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 […]
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Kevin Mellot has just opened pre-orders on a bluetooth adapter for the Virtual Boy, but needs a minimum number of orders in order to make the production run. This is based off the very low latency BlueRetro adapters and a portion of all sales will go to the original developer Darthcloud. If the target isn’t […]
Kevin Mellot has just opened pre-orders on a rumble pack for the Virtual Boy, but needs a minimum number of orders in order to make the production run. If the target isn’t hit, all orders will be refunded and the production run will be cancelled, so if you’re interested, make sure to get your order […]
Last week Steve from Retro Tech and myself got a chance to talk to Polish developer Maciej Kobus, otherwise known as Webhdx, the creator of the new popular PicoBoot GameCube modchip. We covered the following topics: Maciej’s road to becoming a GC hardware hacker. Why does PicoBoot use a Raspberry Pi Pico? Will RPi Pico […]
A new project from the retro soundcard makers Keropi and Marmes has been unveiled. Named the Orpheus II, this retro based soundcard is a massive upgrade over the original Orpheus. Sporting the same base options as the original model, with its genuine Yamaha YMF 289 ‘OPL3’ and PCMIDI capabilities. The new Orpheus II however adds […]
