Magic Trashman has written a tutorial on how to padhack a Neo Geo Mini controller to DB15 (arcade/Neo Geo direct connection) and add a clicky microswitch d-pad to it. It’s a relatively complex mod involving custom 3D prints, but MT has been offering pre-modified controllers for sale through Twitter. I bought one of these from […]
Jacob Proctor aka Tinkerplunk aka Arithmaldor has just released breakout adapters designed for PlayStation and SNES-Style Multi-Out’s. These are handy boards for people who want simultaneous access to all of the signals generated by these consoles. With both boards, you can output Composite, S-Video and RGB (or component if it’s a PS2), all at the […]
Matt Joly, AKA QcRetro, has released for free a 3D printed shell design for the open-source Minigun Arcade Supergun. Superguns consolize arcade game PCBs, adding controller inputs, AV output, a power supply attachment, etc, for playing real arcade games outside of cabinets. Matt plans to continue updating his 3D shell design to support future revisions […]
Preliminary reviews of the upcoming Sega Genesis / Mega Drive Mini consoles are starting to come in from respected reviewers. So far, the consensus seems to be that it performs around as good as the NES/SNES classic consoles, although with different strengths and weaknesses. I’ll be looking forward to upcoming in-depth reviews, but at least […]
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Krikzz has posted a few updates regarding the Everdrive N8 and N8 Pro Flash/ROM carts. First, Krikzz has released a beta “auto-boot” firmware for developers that want to test their games on an Everdrive as if it were a real cartridge: https://krikzz.com/pub/support/var/EDFC-autoboot.zip To auto-boot, simply rename your existing “EDFC” folder and add that one. Then choose […]
Retromodding.com has just opened pre-orders on brand new replacement screens for Game Boy Advance handhelds. They screens are IPS backlit and claim to have better performance than the AGS-101 screens. The pre-orders are $35 and come with the screen, as well as a glass screen protector (a great upgrade in itself). It also has a […]
I was loaned a GComp (8×2) case by a twitter follower in order to make a custom case for the switch. I was really enamored with the look of the switch, the PCB has a really great look to it. So rather than hide all the beauty of SuperG’s hard work I decided to keep […]
Konami recently announced that they would be adding more games to the already massive list coming out for the PC Engine/CoreGrafx/TurboGrafx-16 Mini consoles. These new games include the following: Bringing the total list up to 57 games. Most of the recently added titles were from the PC Engine/Japanese side of the library, […]
Several people were sent test copies of Analogue’s much anticipated prototype DAC (digital to analogue converter), which connects the Super Nt and Mega Sg, and future Analogue products, to CRT TVs, Monitors, and PVMs. I posted a video overview of the unit, and another video showing off light gun support.
