Castlemania Games has recently opened pre-orders for Retro Game Restore‘s entire line of translucent replacement shells for classic consoles and peripherals. RGR‘s 90s-looking shells have been slowly but surely gaining popularity among retro gaming enthusiasts for the past year and a half. With what started as a single run of PC Engine clear shells back […]
Kevin Mellott has just opened pre-orders on his single-flash Virtual Boy ROM Cart, called the HyperBoy. This is meant to be a stripped-down, more affordable alternative to Kevin’s eInk-based HyperFlash32, is available in black or red and costs about $65 less at $135. These are scheduled to arrive to customers before the end of the […]
Terraonion has just released a new firmware for the Mega SD ROM Cart / ODE with quite a few updates. Some notable additions are 100 more save state slots, the ability to preview your savestate, 3x faster ROM loading and support for Demons of Asteborg; An extremely important addition, as it’s safer to use the […]
Mike Chi has announced that the third batch of RetroTINK 5x’s will go on sale today, August 28th at noon NYC-time (4pm GMT) for everyone except UK; UK folks will have a special checkout link which will be live one hour later, at 6pm UK local time. Limit 1 per person, all orders are expected to ship […]
Furrtek has just posted a firmware update for the Neo SD Loader optical drive emulator, for the Neo Geo CD. The most notable features are increased loading speed, as well as support for the front-loading models of the NGCD, as opposed to just the top-loading models. This is excellent news if you have a front-loader!!! […]
Greg from Laser Bear is now selling his version of the 3D printed shell for the OpenMVS project. The new design splits the top section into two pieces, which allows it to be printed on smaller printers. This doesn’t sacrifice any quality and many people might prefer the aesthetics of a two-tone look. You can […]
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Dear Virtual Boy fans. You’re probably doing it wrong. Planet Virtual Boy members have posted a page from the manual that explicitly states how to orient the stand. Oddly enough, the Nintendo logo on the clamp release should be facing the player, not facing away like so many of us – including me – had […]
Kevin Mellott, creator the HyperFlash32 (and other awesome stuff) had just released a PCB that allows people who consolize Virtual Boy’s to reverse the orientation, so the label is visible. This is specifically for custom builders who are making their own case, not causal modders. PCB Flipper: https://www.retroonyx.com/product-page/vb-motherboard-pcb Once again, this only a PCB. You’ll need […]
One day, all the CRTs and all the original consoles will be gone, and I’ll be eternally grateful for the efforts of those who preserved it all. This story began for me with a tweet. David Shadoff posted that the RGB palette on the popular multi-system emulator Mednafen for the PC Engine module (released as […]
