Chimeric Systems is opening another round of pre-orders for their original Xbox plug and play HDMI adapter. This adapter is compatible with every revision, as well as every resolution the Xbox outputs. Pre-orders will be live on Monday the 4th at 10AM ET: https://chimericsystems.com/products/hdmi-video-adapter If you’re playing on a flat-panel, using an HDMI solution is […]
Here’s a video about the Warrior 64 – A kit for Nintendo 64 consoles that offers HDMI output. The new case is pretty cool, but the video circuit is one of the worst I’ve ever seen designed. I’ll be honest, I didn’t want to do this review at all. My gut told me it was […]
Many thanks to Hackaday’s recent article for bringing this to my attention: Amiga Now Includes HDMI By Way of a Raspberry Pi Daughterboard Back in June 2020, Bob reported on the RGBtoHDMI project that initially aimed to extract the 3-bit (8 colours) RGB output of the BBC Micro computer and convert it into pixel-perfect digital […]
An initial tweet exchange between Chris Covell and Bernard Bygott lead to some deeper analysis by Bernard into the Sega Master System’s blue channel. Initially Chris mentioned the phenomenon: That's cool! Have you tried this analysis on the Sega Master System, by any chance? I hear its RGB is not exactly linear. — Chris Covell […]
Retro Gamer Stuff is now selling Mobius Strip Tech’s RGB mod board for the Philips CDi. The price is around $35 plus shipping: https://retrogamerstuff.com/collections/cd-i/products/philips-cd-i-400-500-series-rgb-board?ref=9qd6Y As previously mentioned, these boards feature a really unique design that pulls H&V sync directly from the main video chip, to create csync. The previous methods of getting csync usually involved […]
Nicole Branagan has just released a 2-part blog post, covering the differences between the Neo Geo, Neo Geo CD and CDz. I found the whole thing really interesting and even though I was familiar with the CD consoles, I feel like I have a far clearer understanding of exactly why some games took forever to […]
Dustin from MakeMHz has just posted another status update regarding the Xbox HDMI project: https://makemhz.com/blogs/news/xboxhdmi-update-4-part-1 If you’re planning on installing the kit, or are running into any trouble, I’d strongly recommend reading the entire post. A basic summary is that most people’s installs seem to be going well, but they’ve identified a few motherboard revisions with potential […]
Here’s this week’s roundup! An audio-only version, is available on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify and for direct-download: https://www.retrorgb.com/podcast/?name=2020-12-30_234.mp3 Video available on YouTube (above), LBRY and Bitchute: Please consider signing up as a supporter! Either hit Join, tip or pledge on this video, or sign up through the following services: https://www.floatplane.com/channel/RobertNeal / https://www.patreon.com/retrorgb T-Shirts: https://www.retrorgb.com/store.html All equipment […]
Castlemania Games is now accepting pre-orders for Retro-bit‘s latest addition to the Legacy16 line of products, a SNES-styled wireless controller. Earlier this year, Retro-bit unveiled a USB-only bare-bones wired version of the Legacy16. With the newer model, a slew of features were introduced placing the Legacy16 wireless more in line with the typical Switch-compatible retro-style […]
Krikzz has just released firmware updates for both models of his N8 (N8 and N8 Pro) line of rom-carts. Both updates introduce an updated YM2413 core by Necronomfive. The YM2413 (aka OPLL) is typically associated with the Master System/Mark III as it is the chip that generates the FM audio found in over 60 games. […]
