Mostly known for selling Raspberry Pi peripherals and hats, Taiwanese designer Retro Game Restore is now accepting pre-orders for clear case/shell replacements that specifically fit the original all-white PC Engine (without modification) console and the second generation controller (with added turbo switches). The cases will be made of polycarbonate plastic, a polymer that is mainly […]
Displaced Gamers has just uploaded a new video the highlights the different versions of the MSX computers and their internal components. The videos goes into detail about how the MSX handles scrolling and clarifies some myths about the platform’s overall performance. While I’m not a programmer, I always appreciate the methods developers used to squeeze […]
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The PC Engine CD game known as Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon is now accessible to English speaking audiences thanks to the hard work of a group that goes by the name of Supper. As it is known in English, Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon is a visual novel that was originally released for the PC Engine […]
RetroHQ’s “Game Drive” ROM cart is now available for purchase from Stone Age Gamer for $95: https://bit.ly/ngpgamedrive You’ll have a choice of three different labels, each in a different Neo Geo style: AES, MVS and NGP. In my opinion, this is a really cool way to personalize the cartridge and choose your favorite color scheme. […]
I just finished overhauling the entire Raspberry Pi section of the website and put together a short video that sums up the basics of what most people would need to know. I tried to approach the video both as a beginner introduction to the RPi gaming scene and a refresher for people who’ve been out […]
UPDATE: Sold out. A follow-up batch in silver should be coming in the future though! A Virtual Boy fan and CNC machinist from Sweden has recently created a unique and helpful upgrade for the Nintendo Virtual Boy’s stand: A metal “medallion”. One common issue I’ve seen with Virtual Boy stands is the original plastic medallions […]
Terraonion has just announced a new product called MODE: The Multi Optical Disc Emulator. This product is an ODE that’s currently compatible with all versions of the Sega Saturn and the Dreamcast, with connections available for MicroSD, USB and SATA HDD’s! Not only does that cover all different storage use cases, but you can use […]
A few years ago, René from db Electronics posted a guide on how to replace the Sega Saturn’s volatile save memory with a chip that retains your savegame files, regardless of the battery. The original guide was awesome, but I wanted to add a few more thoughts, as I recently did this mod to my […]
Sorge, the head of the MiSTer FPGA project, swapped out the old screen in his MiSTer-modded PiCade for a 2048×1536 screen, and promptly added native support for the somewhat strange resolution used by Apple’s Retina Display iPads. I previously reported on MiSTer video scaler improvements that added support for other >1080p resolutions like 1440p and […]
