CastleMania Games is now selling qwertymodo’s ‘RGBench’: A device designed to make it easy to connect component video, SCART and VGA, directly into an oscilloscope, without constantly changing cables: https://retrorgb.link/rgbench I’ve personally tested this device and have found it to work very well for testing video voltages. It’s switchable 75ohm termination means it’ll work well both […]
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I’ve been following an interesting project that uses a Raspberry Pi Zero to convert RGB from classic consoles into HDMI with only 3ms latency added…which is so low, it can be considered “pretty much zero”. Unfortunately, this project won’t work with consoles, only older, low resolution PC’s. Using a Raspberry Pi as a scaler has […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
John Linneman from Digital Foundry has just posted an excellent documentary on the Final Fight game series. While I don’t want to give away any spoilers, I definitely had a few thoughts to share. First, I was really surprised at how respectable the Sega CD version turned out to be. I was especially happy that […]
(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 […]
