The saga of Paprium is finally coming to a close. What a weird ride it’s been. Reviewers have been posting their thoughts and I wanted to compile their general consensus into one post, as well as links to their thoughts. I strongly recommend checking out the individual reviews linked below, as each one offers a unique […]
Arcade1Up has just announced their new product lineup planned for 2021. Interestingly enough, they claim all products are all still in development and their team plans on taking feedback from the community before finalizing the designs. First up are re-releases of existing Arcade1Up cabs that they’re calling the “legacy collection”; Basically their best selling cabs […]
Chipnetics Computing has just launched a kickstarter for multiple versions of a GBS-Control solution, one of which includes an auto-switch. The products look cool, but I have quite a few reservations about it. Let’s take a look… The first version of the product they’re selling is something called the “Slipgate”, which is $135 and appears […]
I reported recently about Megavolt85’s native 1:1 Atomiswave-to-Dreamcast ports, and I posted a video on the topic. Since then, more Atomiswave arcade games have been ported over. RetroRGB/Bob maintains a list of the ports here. As I explained in my video though, “port” might not be the correct word; the Atomiswave is a Dreamcast and […]
Mike Chi has just released a new firmware for the RetroTINK 2x Pro, that ads more functionality to the comb filter switch: With this update, switching it to “retro” mode will boost the brightness a tiny bit, allowing to compensate for any signals that look a bit dull. Download the latest firmware here: https://www.retrotink.com/post/retrotink-2x-pro-firmware-update-v1-1 RetroTINK 2x […]
Mike Chi has just released a new firmware for the RetroTINK 2x Mini, that allows you to disable the scaler and pass through the composite and S-Video signals to the HDMI output. This essentially turns the TINK Mini into an analog to digital converter, with a comb filter built-in. In order to activate this feature, […]
On December 31st, 2020, HIdden Palace streamed on Twitch an unreleased prototype of the original Sonic the Hedgehog from before the game was set to release. It has a bunch of differences in both level design and graphics, most notable being some of the backgrounds in zones like Marble Zone (shown on the left), and […]
The GameCube Optical Drive Emulator called the GCLoader has sold out within minutes each time a new batch has been released. Luckily, there appears to be a new batch with quite a bit of stock available: GCLoader: https://www.black-dog.tech/gc-loader-pnp.html 3D Printed SD Mount: https://laserbear.net/shop/ols/products/gcloader-sd-mount The GCLoader requires no soldering and is 100% plug & play. There are a […]
A few days ago, a friend of mine sent me a YouTube review of an “S-Video to VGA” device someone used with their Commodore 64 and wanted to know what I thought of it for use in that scenario. I’ve upgraded all my equipment since the last time I tested one of those, so I […]
Users of the original Famicom often struggle with exactly how to output video from it. While the NESRGB mod is an excellent choice, many people just want to connect their Famicom to a basic CRT (or RetroTINK), but that introduces its own challenges: Most TV’s around the world don’t accept the Japanese RF signal and […]
