3D printed mounts for the XStation ODE are now available to order from Laserbear.net and the 3D print design is available for download: Purchase SD Mount: https://laserbear.net/shop/ols/products/ps1-xstation-sd-card-mount Download the design: http://retrorgb.com/assets/3dprint/XStationSDMountAJ3_2020-11-04.zip I was able to test a beta version in my PlayStation and really liked it! The color matches the original PS1 plastic very nicely and […]
The Orpheus sound card has entered production. It aims to be the ultimate ISA sound card for classic DOS computers, produced by the same group that makes the PCMIDI (Roland MPU-401 alternative) that we covered recently. Orpheus is feature packed and focused on perfect classic gaming PC compatibility. The card is based around the Crystal […]
CBS All Access has jut announced that the documentary Console Wars will premiere exclusively on their service on September 23rd. The documentary is based on the amazing book by Blake Harris (link below) and has been in the works for a few years now. I’m really looking forward to it and think it has the […]
While this post doesn’t directly relate to retro-gaming, it affects everyone in the community: YouTube has recently announced that they’re removing support for community-submitted subtitles in video. Their reasons are as follows: Community contributions will be discontinued across all channels after 28 September 2020. Community contributions allowed viewers to add closed captions, subtitles and title/descriptions […]
John Linneman from Digital Foundry recently posted a video showcasing the Tony Hawk games and the latest remake of 1+2. The video started out as an in-depth look at the original two Tony Hawk games and their releases on each console. About halfway through, the video evolved into a review of the remakes and a […]
Modern Vintage Gamer recently posted a video that describes the dithering technique used in the PlayStation 1. While dithering had been used for quite awhile before the PS1 came around, what set the PS1 apart was that Sony built in support for dithering as part of the main console’s design. As a result, it was […]
The latest version of the Neo BIOS Masta is now in stock at neogeofanclub.com. This device is used to upgrade the BIOS on the MV1B and MV1C motherboards to the UniBIOS, which ads a very long list of features. The cost for the 2020 version is around $20 and for $5 more you can purchase […]
EDIT 2021: The cost of this kit seems to have raised substantially. Please check the Tindie link for updated pricing and decide if you feel it’s still worth it. Chipnetics Computing, makers of the Sync Slayer and other products have just released kits for the GBS-Control project. Shipping starts at $15 to the US and […]
A developer going by the name “sling-homebrew” has created a save game manager for the Sega Saturn and provided it as open source on Github (https://github.com/slinga-homebrew/Save-Game-Copier). It’s still considered “Alpha” but already seems to be fully functional. The developer used the Satiator fork of the Yabuse emulator to integrate Satiator support – giving owners of […]
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=2020-09-09_218.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 […]
