Nearly thirty years after the console’s initial release, the Casio Loopy finally has a complete and verified romset! If you’ve never heard of the system before, the Casio Loopy was a 32-bit home console geared towards young girls, released in Japan in 1995. It featured a Hitachi SuperH SH7021 CPU, a Casio-developed sound system, and […]
The YouTube channel Little Car recently posted a video about the history of SCART, as well as why it works the way it does. If you’ve ever asked the questions: “How come there’s RGB in’s and out’s in one cable?”, “Why is there voltage?” “Why does SCART sound like shart?”, this video is a must […]
8bitmods & Rondo Productsjust opened pre-orders on a hilariously awesome case for your Nintendo Switch games. It’s modeled after a Blockbuster Video VHS rental case and can hold 12 Switch games and 4 memory cards. The price is about $20 and it’ll ship mid-November. UK Pre-Order: https://retrorgb.link/blockbusterswitchcase US Pre-Order: https://retrorgb.link/usblockbusterswitchcase Stuff like this are some of […]
Developer Cosam has just released an open source reproduction of the PC Engine motherboard. There are no plans to sell these in any form, this was just a reverse-engineering project meant to help people in the scene. If you’d like to build your own, you’ll need to transfer the proprietary chips from a donor PCE, […]
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So what exactly “killed” Sega? The troubling thing about this question is it really cannot be answered in a single video. What can be said is they lost quite a bit of money throughout the 1990’s. Thanks to a recent leak of the Sega FY1997 Brand Review, and translations of recent statements from former Sega […]
ModzvilleUSA has just posted a video about a complicated, but awesome mod for the PS2 Slim: This allows you to install and boot homebrew from an M2 SSD, while also retaining the original DVD drive! It’s compatible with v12 and v13 PS2 Slim’s, however it’s a complicated installation. Also, it does require cutting the shell, so […]
New NFC Scanner Retrocastle is working on a more affordable NFC Scanner PCB with a range of over 5cm. It will be fully compatible with wizzo’s NFC script. The design will be open sourced so any MiSTer vendor will be able to develop and sell it. Post : https://twitter.com/wizzomafizzo/status/1702331972788600876 NFC Video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwQviLwWHYM XTREME MiSTer […]
Mike Chi has just released the CAD drawings for the upcoming RetroTINK 4K scaler. This will allow 3D printing wizards to come up with some cool accessories, to prepare for the launch of the product! Some people have already posted some ideas, which I’ll link to below. Also, check out the launch video above for […]
A new product is coming to help save your old RF only TV. The Reflex RF is from MisterAddons. This compact piece of hardware allows you to easily convert your NTSC composite video and stereo audio into NTSC RF coaxial. You can send in your AV signal through the RCA inputs, then connect the coaxial […]
