Modern Vintage Gamer (MVG) just recently posted an update video on the replacement XBOX LIVE service called Insignia. The original XBOX LIVE shut down in 2010 and fans of that online service have lamenting its shutdown as many of those games had fantastic multiplayer experiences that never carried over to the XBOX 360 Era or […]
Back in May of 2022, Malenko, the one who brought us the English patch for Fire Pro Wrestling 6 Men Scramble, started working on another English patch for Shutokou Battle ’97, also known as Tokyo Highway Battle on PlayStation in the US. After roughly 3 months (and much help from the Sega Saturn community) the […]
Gaia Crusaders Out of Beta Gaia Crusaders, a beat em up arcade game that ran on the Cave 68K hardware, is now out of beta and it can now be played the next time you update your MiSTer. This game was brought to MiSTer thanks to help from atrac17. Announcement: https://twitter.com/nullobject/status/1548828511854817280 atrac17 help: https://twitter.com/nullobject/status/1548830301144891393 Developer Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nullobject atrac17 […]
I recently had a fun chat with Pat from the Shiro! crew to discuss vinyl records. While this topic (and cassettes) really need a deep-dive video to prove the points we made, I thoroughly enjoyed the technical speculation, as well as just sharing our thoughts on the format. It doesn’t matter if you’re a fan […]
WebHDX, creator of the PicoBoot Gamecube mod, has just release two kits for the Wii Mini that brings back capabilities that Nintendo stripped out of the budget friendly console. Those capabilities are Wi-Fi and a SD card slot with a reset button. I've been working with @machonachomedia on his newest video showcasing my Wii Mini […]
A couple weeks ago, Dr. Emerald Nova came onto the SHIRO! SHOW and let us take a first look at his work on an English translation of Baroque for the Sega Saturn. The version currently released, is fittingly named, “Bastard Baroque”, which is to reflect the basic elements translated to help play through and beat […]
Amazon now has pre-orders open for the Genesis Mini 2 emulation console, due to ship in late October of this year. This is the North American version, meant to look like the Genesis 2 we got here as kids; A Mega Drive version will be available in Japan, along with more accessories and a “decoration […]
Krikzz has just posted a new firmware for his Nintendo 64 ROM cart, however this firmware will not work on older v2 or v3 carts – You need to use the 2.0 firmwares for those. This update seems to focus on bringing some of the more recent additions to Krikzz’ other carts to the N64. […]
Ship to Shore has launched pre-order for Breath Of Fire II soundtrack composed by Yuko Takehara for SNES on a vinyl record featuring artwork by Tbone and Aljax as well as liner notes by Axe of the Blood God podcast host Naida Oxford. It’s priced at $40.00 in US, $54.00 CAD in Canada, £39.99 in […]
My latest video takes a step back from modern dev in Sega homebrew and instead looks at some old skool projects from over a decade ago that have unfortunately been all but forgotten. The video covers the Genesis’s (much spoken about at the time) 512 color Fantom Bitmap mode engineered by Oerg866 (Overdrive / Overdrive 2) and […]
