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Weekly Roundup #189

Posted on February 19, 2020January 4, 2023 by Bob

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=2020-02-19_189.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 / https://www.subscribestar.com/robertneal / […]

How GBA Graphics Worked

Posted on February 18, 2020January 4, 2023 by Bob

Modern Vintage Gamer has just released a follow-up to his excellent video that explained how Game Boy Graphics work, this time concentrating on the GBA. As with all MVG videos, he does a great job presenting the information in a way that will satisfy most techincal experts, without alienating his less-technical viewers. Without spoiling too […]

Satiator ODE: Beta Overview

Posted on February 18, 2020February 18, 2020 by Bob

Here’s an early look at the upcoming “Satiator” Optical Drive Emulator for the Sega Saturn made by Professor Abrasive. It’s a plug-and-play device that allows you to boot CD images without modding your console at all. Even though the project is still only in beta, I was very impressed at the performance! Check it out […]

“Dreamcase” Dreamcast Replacement Shell

Posted on February 18, 2020March 7, 2020 by Bob

The Behar Bros and TR Fight Stick have opened up pre-orders on an a brand new shell for the Dreamcast that’s designed to support both the DCHDMI and GDEMU! At $150 with no disc support, this is definitely a niche product, but still one that I think many people might be interested in. The insides […]

Mega Sg Game Gear Adapter Issues

Posted on February 17, 2020January 4, 2023 by Bob

Analogue has just sent out a mass email to everyone who purchased cartridge adapters for the Mega Sg. While the Sega Card and MK-2000 adapters are fine, using the Game Gear adapter can potentially damage your Mega Sg. According to Analogue: “If the Game Gear Adapter is a defective one, there is a chance it […]

PSIO Firmware update (February 2020)

Posted on February 17, 2020February 17, 2020 by Rany Battikh

Australian team Cybdyn just released a firmware update for their PS1 Parallel I/O port device, the PSIO: http://bit.ly/sag-psio Since the latest update back in November 2019, Cybdyn have been hard at work trying to improve the PSIO‘s overall performance and fixing some game-breaking bugs; here’s what they came up with for Menu System 2.6.11/ARM 2.6.7: After changing […]

Mortal Kombat Inspired “Insane Pain” Announced for the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive

Posted on February 15, 2020March 7, 2020 by Ray Commend

A new homebrew fighting game was recently revealed on the Sega-16 forums. The game, which currently goes by the name of Insane Pain, was inspired by Mortal Kombat with a pre-rendered look similar to Killer Instinct. Similar to the latter, the graphics are 3D models created in Blender which are then converted to 2D sprites […]

Sega Ages – Sonic 2 coming to Switch

Posted on February 15, 2020February 14, 2020 by Bob

The classic Sega Genesis game Sonic 2 will be released on February 20th on the Nintendo Switch as a “Sega Ages” release: https://segaages.sega.com/project/sonic-the-hedgehog-2/ A recent interview with M2, the team who ported the game, reveals that there’s a lot more to this version than just a basic port. Some features added: The ability to play as […]

Analog Frontiers Documentary Series – Part 1 Released!

Posted on February 14, 2020February 14, 2020 by MyLifeInGaming

Hey all, it’s Try from My Life in Gaming. I’m so relieved that we’re finally able to share with you a project that has been in the works for nearly two years! For so long we simply called this “the modder doc” and then when we realized it was too big of a subject, it […]

VGA666RGBS by Retro Game Restore

Posted on February 14, 2020March 7, 2020 by Rany Battikh

Retro Game Restore has just announced a new hat for all Raspberry Pi models, with GPIO pins on board (model 1 B+ and onward), that outputs RGBs through RCA, called the VGA666RGBS. Based on the design of the Gert VGA 666, this new solution offers 18-bit-color 15khz RGBs output and is fully compatible with Retropie. […]