Long gone are the days of strolling into a CompUSA or Best Buy and picking up whatever high capacity IDE harddrive was on sale and slapping it into a modded original Xbox. IDE drives are now an all but forgotten relic of years gone by superseded by far more modern storage technologies such as Serial […]
In this episode of Retro Man Cave (RMC), Neil explored the origins of the first video games that were utilized on Compact Disk (CD). Neil took great care to explain the history behind the development and marketing of the compact disk. The debate behind which is the first video game based off of the CD […]
EA, yes Electronic Arts is coming out with a remastered version of this beloved Real Time Strategy game, and before you roll your eyes. Please hear me out with this on going article. Which has been and is a collection of information gathered over the past few months to a year, and might be edited […]
While the Sega Triple Bypass has been discussed on this site since its inception, I’ve held off on making a formal “introduction” video until it was both deemed a “completed project” and in stock in decent quantities at a store. While there will always be “special editions” and people’s own interpretations, the goal of a […]
Chinese ROMhacker YZB has coded a high-level hack of the Sega Saturn Castlevania: Symphony of the Night [Akumajou Dracula X-Gekka no Yasoukyoku] which implements a number of quality of life improvements by using the 4MB RAM cart and other modifications: Disk-reading slowdown is improved by preloading data to a 4MB RAM cart, the CD file […]
Since the release of Firmware v2.07 just a few days ago, Krikzz has been working on adding even more features to his NES/Famicom flagship rom-cart, the EverDrive N8 Pro and here’s what’s included this time around, with the latest firmware upgrade v2.08: New mappers: 104, 153, 155, 157, 159, 170, 210, 262, 290, 516 EEPROM […]
UK based modder Will Gentry just revealed the MegaKiosk DS-18, a new 8-slot add-on device for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. Originally based on the never-publicly-released SEGA DS-16 6-slot Kiosk demo unit, the DS-18 is an Arduino-based external peripheral that interfaces with any (all models from all regions) Genesis/Mega Drive console through a custom cartridge (and […]
The MDFourier team has just launched a MacOS version of their analysis software. This provides the same exact toolset as the Windows version, with the minimum supported OSX being 10.9 Mavericks. The Windows version was also updated as well, with both versions at v1.01: https://www.patreon.com/posts/mdfourier-1-01-37411280 For anyone unfamiliar, the MDFourier software works by playing a series […]
While it boasts a library of beloved games in spite of it, the CPU in the Super Nintendo has never been considered a performance powerhouse even by the standards of its release. In fact, some developers struggled to maintain consistent frame rates when the action heated up and you can see this in many of […]
The original incarnation of XBOX Live 1.0 is possibly getting a new lease of life with a project known as Insignia. Insignia is a Work in Progress (WiP) reverse engineered network structure that will allow owners of the O.G. XBOX to play online with their games and consoles without any modifications needed. Modern Vintage Gamer […]
