Alan Robinson, the same person who posted the DIY Raspberry Pi lag test project has started work on an updated “high end” version that doesn’t require the use of a camera. The original version was software that lit the Pi’s LED at the same time that it sent a signal to your TV, allowing a […]
An unreleased NES game based on the movie Days Of Thunder was just re-created and released. This was accomplished by reconstructing data found across several 5.25″ floppy disks. Making things even more complicated was the fact that the information on these 21 disks were backups of 4 separate hard drive partitions, in a proprietary format […]
ROMhacker YZB has released another Sega Saturn hack, following up their recent release of the Castlevania: Symphony of the Night 4MB RAM Cart Hack. This one is for Ultraman [Ultraman: Hikari no Kyojin Densetsu], a 2D fighter that is one of two Saturn titles requiring its own proprietary ROM cart, along with King of Fighters […]
Darksoft has just posted firmware updates for both the AES and MVS versions of his Neo Geo ROM cart. Each can be downloaded from their respective pages: AES Firmware: https://www.arcade-projects.com/forums/index.php?thread/8450-darksoft-s-multiaes-latest-firmware-menu-and-instructions/#post134321 MVS Firmware: https://www.arcade-projects.com/forums/index.php?thread/5101-darksoft-s-multimvs-latest-firmware-menu-and-instructions/&pageNo=1 Here’s the full list of changes and bugfixes: Fix BUFF opening and closing. Possibly also fixes other related to SD card issues. Fix new […]
Dan aka citrus3000psi has just open-sourced his 3DORGB project and announced he’ll no longer be selling them. I had this installed in my 3DO last year and was absolutely thrilled with its performance: You get both a high-quality RGB output and the ability to switch the video modes between 240p and 480i: https://github.com/citrus3000psi/3DORGB Edit: Retrogamerstuff is […]
Everten is selling two new PCB add-ons for Sega ST-V Titan arcade PCBs. The ST-V is the arcade equivalent of the Sega Saturn. One PCB adds a stereo RCA connector under the board which plugs in to the PCB’s JST audio connector, and another flavor adds both stereo RCA and CPS-1 & CPS-2 kick harnesses, […]
Rober Peip AKA FPGAzumSpass is coding an open-source FPGA implementation of the Nintendo DS, as a follow-up to his FPGA GBA core. Although the DS core is young and progress will be slow considering the complexity of the hardware, he does now have it booting games, and he posted a video of it running Ace […]
Here’s this week’s roundup! An audio-only version, is available on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify and for direct-download: https://www.retrorgb.com/podcast/?name=2020-06-03_204.mp3 Video available on YouTube (above), LBRY and Bitchute: Please consider signing up as a supporter! Either hit Join, tip or pledge on this video, or sign up through the following services: https://www.floatplane.com/channel/RobertNeal / https://www.patreon.com/retrorgb The compressed air […]
c0pperdragon the designer of the component mod for the Commodore 64 (C64) now has a sister project designed for the ZX (Zed EX) Spectrum family of British micro computers. This mod will replace and take the space of the existing RF Modulator port socket without having to make any cuts to the computer’s case. Utilizing […]
Woozle has just posted a firmware update for users of the Game Boy Advance Consolizer (GBAz), that involved an almost entire rewrite of the Consolizer code to optimize timing, FPGA usage, and power! The same main features still match the original video review (above), but lots has been added. Unfortunately, it’s a complicated upgrade process […]
