Vanessa (Vanessaira)

WinUAE 4.4.0 Update Released

The Amiga Emulator WinUAE has recently released their latest update.  Now available as version 4.4.0.  This new version brings out a whole host of new features and bug fixes, as well as bringing an overall accuracy to the emulation project.  Making the already attractive WinUAE even better.  Here is the full feature list and bug […]

Bob

FXPak Super Game Boy Support Updated Once Again

Another extensive update was just added to the new SD2SNES/FXPak beta firmware that includes Super Game Boy 2 support:  https://github.com/redacted173/sd2snes/releases/tag/sgb02 The full list of changes are as follows: Fixed stack overflows due to delayed interrupts by masking OAM STAT interrupt when sprites are disabled. Updated STAT interrupt code to make match/oam coincident. Added MBC1M support. […]

Bob

Classic Consoles on VGA Monitors

Your average CRT VGA monitor is a higher quality device than your average consumer-grade CRT, but most aren’t compatible with classic game consoles.  These quality monitors can still be found for really cheap, so this video will show you how to use a few devices to allow compatibility…and make them look exactly like a high […]

Bob

RAD2x Pre-Orders Back open!

Retro Gaming Cables has just opened more pre-orders on the RAD2x cables!  These keep selling out much faster than anticipated, so if you were waiting on one, get yours now!: RAD2x SNES/N64/GameCube/AV Famicom Genesis 2 PC Engine Duo Master System / Genesis 1 (Mono) Genesis / Mega Drive 1 (Stereo) Neo Geo AES / CD […]

Bob

Lost Genesis SFII Champion Edition Found and Released

hiddenpalace.org has just uncovered a pretty important, previously lost piece of history:  The original, unreleased port of Street Fighter II Champion Edition for the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive:  https://hiddenpalace.org/News/The_Lost_Street_Fighter_II:_Champion_Edition_for_Sega_Mega_Drive You might ask: “But I already own Champion Edition for the Genesis…how could it be ‘lost’???” What was released to the public was actually the “Special […]

Alex Mitchell

Analogue Delays Nt Mini V2, Details New Features

(Edit: Previous revisions of this article contained a typo that referenced analog video output from the DB-15 instead of the HD-15 port. This typo has been corrected. To reiterate, the Nt Mini Noir is not capable of outputting analog video from its DB-15 port.) Retro hardware manufacturer Analogue released several statements today regarding the latest […]

Bob

Recapping Sony BVM D24 Input Boards

Steve from Retro Tech recently posted a great video, showing his experience replacing the capacitors in certain input boards on a Sony BVM D24:  One of the rare 16:9 broadcast monitors ever to be released. WARNING:  Working on CRT’s is extremely dangerous if you don’t know what you’re doing!  Please be careful and don’t attempt any internal […]