I had the pleasure of interviewing Markus Hiienkari, the creator of the OSSC (Open Source Scan Converter) and CPSHDMI products; The person who changed how the entire retro gaming community uses classic consoles on digital displays! Before Markus, there was no zero lag HDMI scaler! His amazing talent and humble demeanor is inspiring and I’m […]
Bob asked me to write up the upcoming MiSTer FPGA cores, and I came up with quite a few. Below are the *known* in-progress or planned cores that are being worked on or researched. As is the case with MiSTer, you never know when something will simply manifest out of the ether, so there are […]
FPGA developer Robert Peip aka FPGAzumSpass has just released a MiSTer core for his FPGA implementation of the Game Boy Advance. HDMI output is currently supported with analog (RGB/Component/VGA) in the works. At the moment, the core can be downloaded simply by running the MiSTer update script (either “update” or “update_console” depending on your version), […]
FirebrandX has just released a video that demonstrates how to use paulb_nl’s Open Source Scan Converter (OSSC) profile creation website to make your own profile packs: http://pbnl.byethost7.com/ossc/profiles The combination of Paul’s profile import feature, the new firmware with both an on-screen display and more advanced timing support and FBX’s optimal timings is so substantial that […]
New Super Mario Land is a new homebrew release that re-imagines Super Mario Land, the iconic Game Boy title, on the Super Nintendo. It was developed in secret by a mystery coder and 30 custom cartridges of it were sent out to select people to celebrate the Game Boy’s 30th Anniversary. ChronoMoogle posted pictures and […]
Antonio Villena has designed a plug-and-play device for easily installing MiSTer in an arcade cabinet, which also supports Raspberry Pi when combined with πCRT. I covered some exclusive technical details of the JAMMA Interface in my latest video. Antonio also announced a new Supergun that he’s designed. It will work with arcade PCBs and is […]
About once a month, I’ll send a message to Ste asking him: “Hey, if I plug your cables into this new device, will the voltage be okay? I measured on the scope at X volts.” …and every time, he’d respond saying he “doesn’t have enough information to answer that”, throwing adult words at me like […]
UPDATE: Marseille has responded and confirmed that pre-6th generation consoles through the OSSC aren’t supported through the mClassic, as they’ll output non-standard timings. Consoles like the GameCube, Wii, Xbox and PS2 (and newer) should be compatible though. Here’s this week’s roundup! An audio-only version, is available on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify and for direct-download: Video […]
In my continued series on the RAD2x cables, I take a look at the Sega Saturn. Since there’s not much to say about the Saturn version of the RAD2x – Simply plug it in and start playing – I figured I’d throw in a comparison to the mClassic as well as a dithering comparison. The […]
Lazy Game Reviews (LGR) recently posted a helpful video about recording and capturing real time footage from CRT monitors. Clint goes into the details on how he sets up his camera, added hardware or accessories used while shooting. As well as the post production and editing done to have the final images you see on […]
