Dustin from MakeMHz has posted a few blog updates informing customers there will be a delay in shipping the HDMI kits compatible with v1.6 Xbox motherboards, due to graphical issues. This delay is only for version 1.6 Xbox motherboards – The kit designed for all previous versions has already started shipping to customers (see below). […]
The infamous 1993 CDi Zelda games “The Faces of Evil” and “The Wand of Gamelon” have just been remade and are playable on Windows and Linux. According to the developer: “Features include widescreen mode, remastered mode for less frustrating play, subtitles, touched up sprites, unlockables, and more. They are not 1:1 remakes, with many differences, […]
An open source project was just launched for a SCART coupler that’s designed for use with retro gaming setups. Many people’s setups won’t require something like this, but there’s a few scenario’s shown that demonstrates where this might be a big help for reducing clutter in your setup: Purchase the SCART Coupler Pre-made: https://retrorgb.link/scartcoupler Open source […]
Remute, the artist behind Technoptimistic for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive and The Cult of Remute for the SNES/SFC, has done it again with a music release for the Turbografx-16/PC Engine platform! Electronic Lifestyle, which will release in March of 2021, features 15 brand new tracks and comes shipped on an actual HuCard. As with […]
CastleMania Games is now offering Tianfeng‘s Omega MVS RGB upgrade board, for $65 plus shipping. They’re expected to ship in about a month: https://castlemaniagames.com/products/rondo-products-replacement-av-board-for-the-omega?ref=w9_zngec1o_ If you upgrade to this board, you’ll loose composite and component video and can not use your original Omega MVS RGB SCART cable; You’ll need to use RGB, Component and HDMI cables […]
Professor Abrasive has recently posted a custom firmware for Action Replay carts based on AR firmware 2.02C. This retains full AR functionality for discs and can be used as a 4MB RAM cart when launching games from the Satiator. At the moment, I don’t think it will allow cheats with games launched from the Satiator, […]
The unreleased Sega VR game Nuclear Rush has been found and is now playable in “VR” on the modern VR headsets via emulation. While it’s fair to say the “16-bit VR experience” hasn’t exactly aged well, it’s still an awesome glimpse into something way ahead of its time: Nuclear Rush rom / Source: https://github.com/DickBlackshack/SegaVR-NuclearRush/releases/tag/1.0 Emulator with […]
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A handful of previously unreleased demo’s and games for the PlayStation 2 have just been posted, after being recovered from a formatted hard drive recently found. Of the games posted, Snood and The Benefactor seem to be demo’s of games that were never released on the PS2. Pillage was actually released a year after this […]
In addition to impressing us with his highly objective and accurate controller and game engine input lag measurements, Loïc Petit has been working hard on a years-long project to fully reverse engineer the Capcom Play System 2, or “CPS2” arcade system. This arcade hardware is responsible for some all time classic titles in series such […]
