Here’s this week’s roundup, sponsored by JLCPCB! Spend only $2 for 5pcs 1-4 layer PCBs ; PCBA from $0: https://jlcpcb.com/DRE The Roundup is available as a video and on all audio-only podcast services, such as iTunes, Google, Stitcher, Spotify, Amazon Music and direct-download: If you enjoy these videos, please consider supporting this channel via monthly […]
Most Genesis / Mega Drive model 1 owners have consoles with great audio, but terrible looking RGB. You can perform a bunch of different mods that remove the jailbars and interference, but at the expense of composite video. But now, thanks to Tianfeng, you can potentially have both. The project is still in beta and […]
Core’s with ADC and RTC Support If you’re interested in using the ADC/Tape input and RTC features of MiSTer, user pgimeno on the MiSTerFPGA forums has a thread keeping track of what cores support them. -The ADC port allows you to connect a tape drive and read games and software stored in cassette tapes. -The […]
If you manage to land a hit on an enemy in Castlevania on the same frame that Simon gets hit, the whip does considerably more damage than normal. But WHY? Let’s dive into the logic flow of the game to figure out the perfect storm of values in RAM that allow this to occur. Timing […]
Sometimes the simplest questions can be the most fascinating. I wondered to myself if the wireless part of a standard Nintendo GameCube WaveBird controller is introduces any extra latency compared to a wired controller. Spoiler alert: In this test environment the result was ~5ms of extra latency. That is around 1/3 of a frame. I […]
Ship to Shore has launched pre-order for Ninja Warriors soundtrack composed by Hisayoshi Ogura from arcade cabinet on a vinyl record featuring liner notes and artwork from Hisayoshi Ogura. It’s priced at $25.00 in US, $34.00 CAD in Canada, £26.99 in UK and €25,00 in EU. Scheduled release is Q2 2023. (US) Ship to Shore: […]
The Genesis Mini 2 performs better than the original, with a pretty stable 3 frames of lag from button press to movement on screen. Audio delay is about 5 frames over the original, so it can sometimes feel a bit delayed. For $130 delivered with 60 games and an awesome box & shell, I’d call this […]
When Professor Abrasive released the Satiator — the optical drive emulator he invented that plugs into the Saturn’s rear VCD card port — it could play hundreds of games off an SD card without issue. But players looking to try out their newly bought Satiator seemed to run to one game again and again: Marvel […]
Jeffrey Roberts a VGM archivist had a live panel at the vgmtogether 2022, named “What You Are Missing When Listening to VGM Rips on YouTube”. On this panel, he goes through the nuanced reality about the quality of both official and unofficial releases. YouTube: https://youtu.be/qxK8vXM7uQs vgmtogether: https://vgmtogether.com/panels/ As is demonstrated, there are several not so […]
Here’s this week’s roundup, sponsored by JLCPCB! Spend only $2 for 5pcs 1-4 layer PCBs ; PCBA from $0: https://jlcpcb.com/DRE The Roundup is available as a video and on all audio-only podcast services, such as iTunes, Google, Stitcher, Spotify, Amazon Music and direct-download: If you enjoy these videos, please consider supporting this channel via monthly […]
