Another Atomiswave exclusive game, Dolphin Blue has been ported to the Sega Dreamcast by megavolt85!: https://www.dreamcast-talk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=13611&sid=9c7dfee653c100bc947891bbb5a17fb1 The game gives off the vibe of “Metal Slug, but on the water” and looks really awesome. Unfortunately, there seem to be some bugs and glitches in the game, with the most notable being a section in the third […]
UPDATE: BFI mode lag tested, see below. Here’s a video that lag tests the LG CX series of OLED TV’s, as well as tests for Open Source Scan Converter compatibility. The specific model I tested was the OLED77CXPUA, but I’ve also tested the OLED55CXAUA and got the exact same excellent results. LG CX-Series 77-inch OLED: […]
Mobius Strip Tech has just open sourced his custom RGB board for the top-loading CDi 400 & 500 models. This board allows for the best quality output from a top-loading CDi, or potentially any CDi that utilized the BT (brooktree) output chips: Github: https://github.com/mobiusstriptech/CD-i-RGB Oshpark: https://oshpark.com/shared_projects/50hB7uB8 While the design is now free for anyone to use, it looks […]
I recently pimped out a GameCube with the GC Loader and Greg Collins excellent GC Loader 3D printable mount. While I was in the Cube, I decided to replace the fan as well. The stock fan is a 50mm Nidec unit with a non standard mounting frame. This pretty much means you are either hacking […]
If you’re at all interested in exploring unofficial software on the GameCube, you probably already know about Swiss: a home-brew utility that can allow the GameCube to do things like bypass software region restrictions, sharpen its video output, or even load software from SD card adapters. Now, as of version r963, developer Extrems has also implemented […]
SMS Power user Flip (Rodrigo Copetti) has been working on a full analysis of the Sega Master System: https://www.copetti.org/projects/consoles/master-system/ This is both an archival piece, as well as an excellent source of information for anyone looking to develop on the SMS platform. While some games of that era haven’t aged very well (and others have received […]
Here’s a full playthrough of the game Space Ava 201, featuring it’s creator Nicole Branagan aka Nicole Express. As previously reported, Space Ava is a single-player puzzle-adventure game for the TurboGrafx / PCE CD, that can also utilize the Arcade Card to speed up loading, as well as a SuperGrafx for adding visual enhancements to […]
Krikzz has posted a (few) firmware updates for the Game Boy Advance Everdrive. They add support for the same savegame upgrade the other Everdrives have been receiving, which copies the savegame file back to the MicroSD card each time the menu is loaded: http://krikzz.com/pub/support/everdrive-gba/OS/ Another interesting feature added to this firmware is developer-focused; Now dev’s […]
In my latest video, I cover the technical aspects of porting Atomiswave arcade games to the Dreamcast. I cover the similarities between the two systems and what games we might look forward to. Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77L4KuNpL78 Auto Amazon Links: No products found. http_request_failed: A valid URL was not provided. URL: https://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?SearchIndex=All&multipageStart=0&multipageCount=20&Operation=GetResults&Keywords=B07KPN1SM7&InstanceId=0&TemplateId=MobileSearchResults&ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US Cache: AAL_400f733cd3cc753bff8989272078db08 […]
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=2020-11-11_227.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 used […]
