ControllerAdapter.com, aka Robert Dale Smith, has opened pre-orders for the USB2PCE: https://retrorgb.link/usb2pce This adapter allows real PC Engine hardware to work with USB controllers, keyboards, and mice. Best of all, it is compatible with the 8BitDo PCE 2.4GHz wireless controllers! Robert began working on the USB2PCE earlier in the year. If you’ve spent time on […]
Ship to Shore has launched pre-order for Breath Of Fire III soundtrack composed by Akari Kaida & Yuko Takehara for Playstation 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 […]
A new RetroBrite method was discovered by Simon Lock which generates great results! For those that don’t know, the term RetroBrite is a sort of catch all word for describing methods of de-yellowing aging plastics using hydrogen peroxide products, UV Lights and/or heat. If you Google the term RetroBrite you’ll find several different methods which […]
An Indiegogo campaign has been announced for the VM2: a modern redesign of the Dreamcast‘s hybrid handheld console and memory card. Like many of the features the Dreamcast is notable for, the original VMU was as innovative as it was flawed—its screen displays useful information in some titles and its ability to play mini-games is a charming […]
Any SEGA Saturn fans out there..? This one’s for you! SHIRO! Media Group recently launched a new bi-weekly nostalgia-packed Saturn podcast series called Editor’s Corner. (in addition to the existing mainline SHIRO! podcast). Dave & Peter, editors of SHIRO! MAGAZINE, look back on their teenage memories of the console’s hardware, games and marketing. Join them […]
Lon Seidman just released a series of videos showing off Fixel’s internal ODE for the FZ-1 3DO. The above video is a short overview, as well as a demo and comparing speed to an original 3DO disc drive. Spoiler: The ODE is much faster…a bigger jump than many other ODE’s. Check out Lon’s video above, […]
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Centipede & Sega/Gremlin Core Jimmy Stones is used the information he learned from Missile Command to improve Centipede’s trackball support. A updates is now available. He is also revisiting the Sega/Gremlin Z80 core. He made a recent breakthrough that will help him develop the core further. Sega/Gremlin History : https://segaretro.org/Sega_Electronics Twitter post : https://twitter.com/mrjimmystones/status/1565092644027498505 Twitter Post 2: https://twitter.com/mrjimmystones/status/1565812709454651398 […]
Over the weekend of August 2022, I had the privilege of meeting up with a bunch of awesome people at Retro World Expo. I decided to set up a “podcast station” (with the help of My Life In Gaming) and have a chat with many of the awesome people from the retro gaming scene. The […]
If you’ve been interested in checking out the Pokemon Mini—Nintendo’s Pokemon themed micro handheld from 2001—then today is your lucky day! Developer Grieverheart, who I can’t seem to find much of a history for, has released a MiSTer FPGA core that seems to work well so far. Rather than try to extoll the virtues of this […]
