Jose “Jotego” Tejada, who ported the Ghosts ‘n Goblins Arcade PCB to FPGA a few weeks back, just finished a 1942 Arcade core for MiSTer & MiST. Once again, he used the black box method to translate the arcade PCB into Verilog. Verilog & VHDL are hardware description languages, and are also the languages used […]
Here are some small and interesting updates that happened during the last few days in the Super Nintendo scene: First, following the announcement of the SD2SNES Pro, Krikzz is now offering the SD2SNES at his store for a discounted price of ~168$. (The original price was set at 197$) If you’re still on the fence […]
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=2019-02-05_135.mp3
Smokemonster just posted a short interview with Ikari, regarding the updated SD2SNES Pro. It was just a short “touch base”, but it was really awesome hearing directly from the creator about what to expect! I highly recommend SD2SNES fans give it a watch and a full interview is available below as well. Also, keep in […]
Mike, the creator of the HAS has just opened pre-orders on pre-assembled versions of his CPS2IOI board. This device is meant to be used with Markus’ CPSHDMI project, allowing for a fully-functional CPS2 without a supergun!: https://homearcadesystem.wordpress.com/cps2ioi/ The pre-order page has options to add a kick harness, controller adapter and more, starting at around $45 USD […]
The Domesday Duplicator project has just released revision 4 of the LD Decode software. LD Decode is step two of the Laserdic Ripping Process: First the disc is ripped in real time using the Domesday Duplicator hardware. Then, LD decode takes that pit-perfect rip and turns it into a video file. Each revision has brought […]
Evan Weston just posted a blog entry that chronicled his experience swapping tubes in a Sony PVM monitor. WARNING: Modding or working on CRT’s is extremely dangerous and should only be done by people with the proper skills who understand the risk!!! Unfortunately for us retro-gamers, CRT’s are no longer made and it’s getting increasingly harder to find […]
A new open-source design for a board to assist in RGB-modding TV’s has just been released. WARNING: Modding or working on CRT’s is very dangerous and should only be done by professionals with extreme caution. The general procedure for RGB-modding a TV was to lift the RGBs lines from the On-Screen Display chip, as well as the “blanking” voltage […]
UPDATE: Pre-orders officially opened: https://bennvenn.myshopify.com/products/backlit-gbc-drop-in-lcd-kit-pre-orders BennVenn is at it again, and this time he may just be releasing the definitive solution for playing Game Boy Colors in the dark. On February 1st he officially announced this new mod via Facebook: The new drop in back-lit GBC solution! What do you think? The image size is comparable […]
The most powerful SNES flash cart is getting a “PRO” model via a hardware update soon according to Krikzz via Twitter. Possible new features may include the following:
