Loïc *WydD* Petit undertook the massive job of writing a complete PCB trace-out for the Capcom CPS-2 Arcade B-Boards (game boards). There were around 850 traces in total, and he has shared his work in a Google doc. Hopefully this will be archived and preserved for posterity. I considered this as my holiday puzzle. When […]
Irken Labs has released a successor to their JVS-PAC, which is basically a keyboard encoder for JVS IO boards, so you can use the direct JVS wiring standard on, say, a MAME PC without re-wiring anything. The advantage of JVS-PAC 2 compared to an ultimarc JPAC is, for example, direct usage of the JVC IO […]
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=2019-05-29_151.mp3 Video available on YouTube (above), LBRY and Bitchute:
Thunderstruck, a long-time Virtual Boy coder from PlanetVB forums, has released an open-source Vectrex emulator that runs on the Nintendo Virtual Boy. It currently runs Minestorm only, and very slowly. The author is hoping that another coder will come in and do the “boring” work of optimizing and improving it. Details on how it was […]
I’ve been spending some time with a Zisworks zero-lag / integer scale 4K kit installed in my Samsung monitor. It is a zero-lag (or at least sub 1ms) solution and (when a compatible signal is sent) the integer scaling works perfectly, but unfortunately, it’s not currently stable enough for most classic console gaming. There’s a TON of potential though […]
After almost 2 decades of Final Burn Alpha, the multi-platform arcade emulator was recently pronounced dead by all developers behind it, except for one. The team has since announced and released their new-born emulator named: Final Burn Neo. Shortly after Capcom’s Home Arcade trailer and website went live, speculations arose about the fair use of […]
The Scuf Gaming Company has pre orders up for the Scuf Prestige Xbox Controller. This is a PC and Android compatible Xbox controller that allows customers to fully customize their controller to that which is similar to the Microsoft (MS) branded first party “Elite” controller. Sharing many features and options to that of the MS […]
sverx at the SMS Power Forums is developing a tool suite for the Sega Master System that is inspired by Artemio’s 240p Test Suite. So far it includes some basic but very useful video tools and a graphical controller test. Sverx will post the source on Github when it reaches v1.0, and is open to […]
Could this mean that the dawn of new Saturn games may be upon us? Developer Maxime, AKA XL2, posted a new video that showcases his homebrew Sega Saturn engine and it’s impressive. It boasts a nice steady framerate with far less clipping & artifacts than a lot of officially released Saturn titles. Even more impressive is […]
Move over BSNES, Yaba Sanshiro looks to be muscling in on your territory. Hot on the heels of the recent advances for HD mode 7 and widescreen options on the SNES, the Sega Saturn emulator Yaba Sanshiro has added a similar feature. “I implement Hi-Res RBG (Rotate Background) screen emulation operation using the computer shader. […]
