Bob

Polymega Is Now An App

Polymega has just announced that the software running their emulation box will soon be released as a free app that can run on most hardware.  There will also be a paid tier with cloud support for games and a hardware module that will allow access to discs and carts from your PC.  Normally I save […]

Bob

RMC Interview with Rebecca Heineman

Neil from RMC recently posted an interview with Rebecca Heineman, an absolute veteran of the gaming scene!!  Neil covered from back when she was the Atari National Video Game Champion, all the way to her latest work at Olde Skuul. Support RMC:  https://www.patreon.com/RMCRetro Rebecca on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/burgerbecky Olde Skuul on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/OldeSkuul You can also listen […]

Bob

RGR Famicom Rear A/V + Power Board

Retro Game Restore has just opened pre-orders on a new rear board replacement for original Famicom consoles.  This board can be a 100% #nocutmod that replaces the original power board with one that can also support a/v out via a simple mod, or RGB out if you install a separate NESRGB.  The price ranges between […]

Bob

Retro-Bit Big 6 Reviews

Chris from Classic Gaming Quarterly just posted a review of Retro-Bit’s Big 6 Genesis controller.  He compared it to both 3 and 6 button original controllers and demo’d it with three classic games.  Overall, he seemed to like it, but noted that sometimes the d-pad would register an “up” press with minimal pressure compared to […]

Rany Battikh

DMC88 interest check – A new ODE for the FM Towns Marty by Fixel

Developer Fixel has just opened an interest check for an FM Towns Marty optical drive emulator (ODE), cleverly named DMC88 (referencing Back to the Future’s time traveling car). Best known for his innovative series of 3DO ODEs, Fixel has recently announced on Twitter that a plug-and-play ODE solution for the Japanese-exclusive Fujitsu FM Towns Marty is […]

DisplacedGamers

How do Boxers Work in Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!!? – Behind the Code

Punch-Out!! has been on my list of games to investigate for a long time, and I finally have something to show after a crazy amount of research. This video covers how opponent data is used to determine where to branch and what to do in code, how to manipulate boxer behavior, secrets that you will […]

SaturnDave (Sega Saturn, SHIRO!)

SAROO: A Saturn Flash Cart Re-emerges…

Something that’s been dormant for nearly a decade has just broken from the ice. A few days ago on February 13, 2023, tpunix started adding new commits to a Saturn flash cart project that was thought to be dead 8 years ago, and it surprised folks when it popped up in their notifications. SAROO is […]