René from db Electronics will be opening pre-orders on his GrafxBooster tomorrow (March 1st) at noon. Update: Pre-order’s open! The price is $65 and shipping should be 6-8 weeks from the pre-order’s close. All profits will fund René’s upcoming UMDv2 project and he’ll hopefully make those for sale someday as well. Pre-orders will be here, […]
Ikari just released the latest SD2SNES firmware v1.10.0, adding support for the new Pro model (AKA MK.III) as well as S-DD1 support for both the original SD2SNES & Pro. The new firmware also allows SA-1 special chip games to be MSU-1 patched for the Pro. SA1+MSU1 were too large to fit the Spartan III FPGA […]
I’m very proud to announce the launch of a new “video capture” section on this website. I’ve held off on adding any capture information until now, as I’ve spent years of trial and error trying to find a reliable method. Finally, thanks to the help of many video experts, professional streamers and some fancy math from […]
The Automatic SPDIF (Optical/RCA) Audio Switch available on Tindie from creator Beni_Skate has been making waves in the retro community recently. Contributor Vanessaira brought news of the switch to the site last month. And this week I’ve had a chance to run it through some tests to see how it performs. Last week I received 2 configurations […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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/
