Weekly Roundup #138
Here’s this week’s roundup! Audio-only version, available on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher and wherever podcasts are heard: https://www.retrorgb.com/podcast/?name=2019-02-27_138.mp3
Devil Engine: Glorious New 2D Shoot ’em Up on Steam & Switch
Devil Engine by Dangen Entertainment is a beautiful new 2D Shoot ’em Up for the Nintendo Switch and Steam. It could be considered as a spiritual successor or genre-piece tribute to the Thunder Force series, at least if their marketing motto “Lightning Strikes Again” is any sign (Thunder Force/Lightening Force reference). My Life in Gaming […]
NeoSaveMasta 2019 – Neo Geo AES/MVS Memory Card: Sells-Out Fast!
Brian Hargrove (AKA turfmasta) has offered an incredible line of products at NeoGeoFanClub.com for years, including a replacement of the rare/expensive Neo Geo AES/MVS memory card, called the NeoSaveMasta. NSM has been through several revisions, each with a unique color, artwork, and an evolving list of features. The latest model sold out in minutes, but […]
DCHDMI Round 4 Pre-Orders Opened
Citrus3000psi has opened another round of Dreamcast HDMI DCHDMI kit pre-orders at https://shop.dansprojects.com/dchdmi-pre-order.html I just opened round 4 DCHDMI pre-orders: https://t.co/3unjEwde33 Round 3 pre-orders will go into fab once I receive & program ESP modules (2 week estimate). Round 1 orders being assembled and will ship to me this week. Round 2 fab started […]
Doujindance’s New PC Engine Duo RGB Amp
Doujindance posted an installation video of their easy-to-install RGB amp for the PC Engine Duo. While there is no word yet on the quality of the RGB amp itself, the idea of clipping it directly to the DIN socket is quite efficient, and it looks relatively easy to install. It even has a nice chunky […]
Ludo: Minimalist Emulator Frontend by Libretro (RetroArch)
Libretro, the makers of RetroArch, have released a minimalist emulator frontend for PC and Raspberry Pi 2 & 3 called Ludo. It is also available as an OS, called LudOS, which is tailored for TV Boxes. Ludo will be similar to RetroArch but with less features. https://ludo.libretro.com/
Innsmouth Mansion: Virtual Boy English Translation Released
Thunderstruck has released an English translation of Innsmouth Mansion [インスマウスの館] for the Nintendo Virtual Boy. VB hacks/homebrew/translations/protos, and new releases are rare, and any new English game significantly expands the consoles small library. Pre-patched ROM and screenshots are available at https://www.planetvb.com/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=7285&forum=2
SNESLab: Unified SNES ROM Hacking Community
Vitor Vilela–the Brazilian Super Nintendo SA-1 expert, long-time romhacker, and former SMWCentral Moderator–has started a new community dedicated to SNES ROM hacking called SNESLab. SNESLab.net will be a fully-featured site and forums, and SNESLab’s Discord is now open to the public at https://discordapp.com/invite/bGEV6PB The purpose of this place is joining together people that are have […]
PS Vita Owned: Final Crypto Layer Defeated
Many exploits have graced the PS Vita, allowing user to boot homebrew, emulators, Adrenaline (opening the Vita’s built-in PS1 & PSP functionality), and the like. But now Yifan Lu, the famous Vita scene hacker, has now completely and permanently defeated any remaining protections that Sony had in place by extracting the physically stored hardware keyslots […]
MiSTer Ultimate 40mm Fan Shootout
MiSTerAddons.com put several of the most popular 40mm fans for MiSTer head to head to find out which type is the quietest and keeps the DE10-nano the coolest. His test methods are scientific in that they take the ambient temperature and room noise into account, and he’s taken safeguards to standardize variables that may have […]