I just had the opportunity to have another great conversation with Dr. Anthony Bean, the “video game doc”. His team’s work tying gaming together with psychology has made a really positive impact and I was excited to discuss his history, as well as his new books! The video of this interview is available on YouTube […]
Wrestling With Gaming has just released a new documentary chronicling the legendary N64 game Goldeneye. The video dug into the making of the game, as well as the team involved. There’s a bunch of cool behind-the-scenes tidbits, but my favorite was definitely the story about when the multiplayer mode was implemented. Also the visuals in […]
After successfully funding a line of N64 and Dreamcast controllers, third party controller designers Retro Fighters are gearing up for another controller-centric Kickstarter campaign. Instead of tackling a new console this round, Retro Fighters is heading back to the N64 to release a wireless version of their Brawler64 pad with a few extra features for good measure: […]
Terraonion has just released the MVS version of their Neo SD Pro ROM cart. The price after shipping to the US came to around $660 and it comes with just the ROM cart and case like the AES version. Please note that shipping and taxes will be based on your location: https://shop.terraonion.com/en/neo-geo-mvs-arcade-board/18-neosd-pro-mvs.html According to a […]
Hey, it’s Try from My Life in Gaming. We just released a pretty darn comprehensive episode on “The Best Way to Play Super Mario 64.” If you’ve watched our videos before, then you can probably guess that the answer mostly boils down to “however you prefer to play,” but we try to give enough information […]
Thanks to Ian Hanschen for tweeting information about a project called the RaSCSI: http://retropc.net/gimons/rascsi/ This device connects a Raspberry Pi via the 40pin GPO header to a SCSI connector, and with matching software enables the Raspberry Pi to emulate multiple SCSI devices, including hard disks and CD-ROMs. Currently the project is aimed at the Sharp […]
The fan-made port of the game Cave Story to the Sega Genesis has been updated and it appears savegame support has been fixed: https://github.com/andwn/cave-story-md/releases It’s odd that the full list of changes (below) since the last time we wrote about Cave Story don’t list a savegame issue at all. I did attempt to report the issue […]
John Lineman from Digital Foundry has just posted an in-depth analysis of the Nintendo Switch port of Ori and the Will of the Wisps. Overall, the port is extremely impressive and while you don’t have the detail of the 4K Xbox One X or PC versions, it still looks…and more importantly, performs well. John was able […]
Here’s a review of the MakeMHz HDMI mod for the original Xbox. This mod taps the digital audio and video signals before they’re ever send to analog, making it a true digital-to-digital HDMI solution MakeMHz Xbox HDMI: https://retrorgb.link/xboxhd OpenXenium ModChip: https://makemhz.com/products/openxenium Kit + Installation Service: https://stoneagegamer.com/xbox-hd-makemhz-digital-kit-installation-service.html?afmc=retrorgb The review also goes over alternatives to an internal mod, demonstrates […]
Developer Raph_friend has lately launched a project entitled USB2DB15. It’s essentially an open-source device that aims at converting USB controllers that follow PS3, PS4 & Xbox One protocols, among others, into a DB15-style connector for use with superguns or any Neo Geo console. A group of contributors eventually joined up and assisted in the development […]
