Bob

Interview with Jan from Consoles4U

I was able to sit down in-person with Jan from Consoles4U while he was traveling in NYC. Luckily, the owner of Brooklyn Video Games allowed us to use the basement arcade to record, so it was a really cool, laid-back atmosphere! Also, a bit echo-y, with the occasional subway car going past 🙂 Either way, […]

Bob

How To Spot A Fake FlashMasta

The Flashmasta team has just posted pictures and a description showing how to spot fake versions of their product.  Sadly, cloners have started selling low-quality versions of their Neo Geo Pocket Color flash cart, after stealing the design.  Not only have they done this, but they blatantly list this as a clone product in their […]

Zez Retro

History of the SD2VITA

If you have ever installed Custom Firmware on a PlayStation Vita or a PlayStation TV you will be familiar with this device: the SD2VITA. It allows you to use a regular Micro SD card instead of the proprietary and expensive Sony memory card. Read the Article – History of the SD2VITA While the adapter itself […]

Crystal

Sonic Spinball Vinyl Release + Represses

Data-Discs has released a vinyl soundtrack for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis game, Sonic Spinball composed by Composed by Howard Drossin, Brian Coburn and Barry Blum from the SEGA Technical Institute in the USA on a 180g 45rpm single LP for £23.99. Audio was sourced from a Japanese Mega Drive alongside archival files supplied by Sonic […]

Rany Battikh

Retroverse Controller Tester kit by Consoles4You

Consoles4You has just opened pre-orders for a Controller Tester kit that aims at testing a wide range of retro controllers without the use of consoles. The kit consists of a base unit and individual controller adapters. The base unit features an OLED screen, a USB-C port for power and a DB25 female connector. Each controller […]

Bob

480i Downscalers Tested

One question I get all the time is how to downscale from modern HDTV signals to 480i.  Downscalers like the GBS-Control and RetroTINK 5x downscale 480p (or 720p) to 240p, which is the look most of us are going for.  There are some use-cases for wanting to downscale to 480i though, so check out more info […]

Bob

PAL / NTSC Composite Converter Tested

Do you need to connect an NTSC composite video source to a PAL device?  How about the opposite, a PAL console, VHS player, etc to an NTSC TV or scaler?  I just finished a livestream with Louis from Zez Retro, where we tested (among other things) just that!  The color conversion was decent (for a […]

Bob

Weekly Roundup #312

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 […]