Last week, Nintendo detailed their upcoming releases. Some highlights were as follows: Link’s Awakening Switch remake coming “in 2019” Super Mario Maker 2 being released in June. Tetris 99 available now to Switch Online subscribers Personally, I’m excited to see Link’s Awakening and hope t will lead to remakes of all the other handheld Game Boy […]
Genesis Audio Expert Ace was recently part of a team that did a complete teardown and analysis of a Sega Genesis that had a component video mod board installed. This research was part of an assignment at Concordia University in Montreal, with a goal of testing different mods on Genesis hardware to find out more […]
Borti recently uploaded a firmware for his N64 Advanced project that ads a 3x 240p scale option to NTSC resolutions. The N64 Advanced is one of two Nintendo 64 boards created by Borti. The first is a more “basic” RGB board, that still offers features like hardware deblur options. The “advanced” is closer to something […]
Here’s a in-depth look at all the devices currently available for the PC Engine and Turbo Grafx16 consoles! I cover both internal and external options, as well as some new devices. Links to eerything discussed are below! RetroRGB t-shirts: https://teespring.com/stores/retrorgb-2 Smokemonster t-shirts: https://teespring.com/stores/smokemonster-merch Links to everything discussed: PC Henshin (google for sellers): https://bit.ly/2BBIGet List of CD / […]
VerilogBoy is a project to fully implement original GameBoy hardware in FPGA. While it seems like it still has a ways to go before it might be considered a good solution for playing cycle-accurate GameBoy games on a large screen, it’s certainly seems to show some potential to that end. The project creator plans to […]
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=2019-02-13_136.mp3
German Techno artist, DJ Remute, previously known for releasing music on a floppy disc in 2017, has recently announced that his next foray into the world of retro tech would be on a console, more specifically the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis. “Technoptimistic”, Remute’s upcoming album, is set to be released on the 22nd of March, on […]
Shortly after the announcement of the BrawlerGen 2-in-1 controller, Retro Fighters just launched a kickstarter campaign to fund their newest project: the “Next Gen Dreamcast controller“. Following the same path as the critically praised “Brawler 64”, this new Dreamcast controller boasts modern features, besides its overall ergonomic design, such as an updated analog stick (similar […]
One of the best modern Metroidvania’s…and one of my favorite games is now being offered for free on Epic Games: https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/product/axiom-verge/home I’ve played through this game both on the Switch and the Wii U and thoroughly enjoyed everything about it! In my onion, this is a “must-play” for any Metroidvania fan…and now with it free, there’s no […]
Gameboy modder Roarke has just donated some of his expertise to RetroRGB and wrote a detailed guide on how he backlight and bivert mods his Game Boy DMG’s! Roarke has made quite the reputation for himself, with his extremely high-quality mods and we’re honored to have his contribution on the site! Check out the full […]
