Kevin Mellott has just showed off a working prototype of the HyperFlash32 Virtual Boy ROM cart and it definitely seems to be living up to its expectations! While detailed reviews are sure to come soon, this sneak peak shows the cart’s basic operation: Add a MicroSD card loaded with Virtual Boy roms, then power the […]
A guide was just posted that showed how to upgrade your Dreamcast’s RAM from 16MB to 32MB. At the moment, only homebrew and emulators can utilize the extra RAM, not original games: https://tsowell.github.io/2020/06/21/dreamcast-32mb-ram-upgrade.html There’s already BIOS flashers available that will allow homebrew to see the extra RAM, but the real question on people’s minds is: Will […]
Hiddenpalace.org and Frank Cifaldi were able to preserve never-before-seen technical documents for the Yamaha YM2612 sound chip. This chip was used in Sega’s Mega Drive/Genesis video game consoles, as well as Fujitsu’s FM Towns computer series and Sega System 32 arcade machines. The documents found include two binders full of sound driver, YM2612, and PSG […]
NESRGB creator Tim Worthington has just opened orders on the 2020 lineup of products that was previously announced. For more details about each, please see Rany’s post here: https://www.retrorgb.com/tim-worthingtons-2020-product-lineup.html Pricing (in approximate USD) and sale links are as follows: SCART2ARC30 – $60: https://etim.net.au/shop/shop.php?crn=215&rn=573&action=show_detail This is the third revision of Tim’s famous Scart to JAMMA adapter. It basically […]
Virtual Boy developer Thunderstruck has just released an updated version of the unreleased game Bound High, that has the debug menu activated. In order to make this happen, Thunderstruck edited the original source code to activate the options, made the menu easier to access, then complied it with a modern compiler. Here’s the current options […]
Update: More details in my new article. An anonymous coder dropped off a modified SD2SNES firmware in a few places today which adds a Super Game Boy core to the SD2SNES. The Super Game Boy was a cartridge that allowed you to play Game Boy games on a Super Nintendo. It contained an entire Game […]
My Life In Gaming has just released a video demoing “sharpscale”; Custom software for the PSTV that allows for integer-scaling of PSP. Vita and PS1 games. We previously posted about sharpscale a few months ago and it was great to see MLiG dig in and show us exactly what it’s capable of. The video goes […]
Darksoft has unveiled his latest arcade multi system, this time for Namco System 1, a platform with notable games like Splatterhouse, Dragon Spirit (one of my personal favorites), Dangerous Seed, Galaga ’88, Marchen Maze, Pac Mania, and more. It is priced at 320 Euros (about $360 USD), and will require a donor System 1 arcade […]
There are many scenarios in the retro gaming world that you might need to use “VGA”, or RGBHV on a device that only accepts RGBs. I think the most common scenario might be people connecting 640×480 VGA to a 480p compatible RGB monitor, but there’s quite a few others, depending on your setup. Sadly, it’s […]
Voultar has just released a video, showing some mods he prefers to do to Dreamcast consoles. While he covers a few things, there were a few that stood out to me: First, he showed how to recap and clean the internal PSU. I strongly suggest people follow this method for aging or broken Dreamcast PSU’s, […]
