Weekly Roundup #139
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=2019-03-06_139.mp3
VirtualBoy ROM Cart Announced!!!
Kevin Mellott has just announced the MultiBoy 32: A MicroSD-based ROM/Flash cart! Yes, that’s right, no single loading or configuration, just dump your VB roms and start playing!!! Features include: Flash space: 32 slots of 32Mbit RAM via a 1Gbit Flash. RAM space: 256k x 16 SRAM space (8k x 16 per slot) using MRAM […]
OSH Park now offering Flex PCBs for flex cables, etc
OSH Park, a popular PCB fabrication service used by hobbyists and professionals, is now offering custom flex PCB fabrication. This will be useful for flex cable makers, for the more complex RGB and digital video mods. https://docs.oshpark.com/services/flex/ Pricing $15 per square inch, which includes three copies of your design. For example, a 2 square inch […]
GCDual Pre-order at Game-Tech
Game-Tech has just opened pre-orders for a run of GCDual internal kits: https://www.game-tech.us/product/gcdual/ The price will be $125 and should ship within three months of the pre-order’s close. The GCDual will simultaneously output HDMI and analog signals, either RGB or Component depending on configuration. It’s the perfect choice for someone who wants a dual-output internal solution! […]
Sinden Emulator Lightgun
There’s a new Lightgun project called the “Sinden Lightgun” which is designed for use with emulators of all consoles and will work on all TV screens including LCD: http://www.sindenlightgun.com/ The Sinden Lightgun works by adding a thin border around your television display. The hardware is an optical based system which uses this border to visually calculate […]
RaspberryPi Touchscreen Switch Controller
Matthew Holder has just created a python program for a RaspberryPi that allows you to control A/V devices like an Extron Crosspoint and even a Sony BVM!!!: https://www.sleepingcats.org/piavswictrl This software utilizes the SmartPi Touch, for a full touchscreen control interface! You’ll need to make custom USB-to-RS485 adapters and setup seems a bit complicated, but if you have […]
Sega Saturn Transparency
Someone just sent me a great writeup written by Matt Greer back in 2016 about how transparency effects are used in the Sega Saturn and why you don’t see them as often as other consoles: https://www.mattgreer.org/articles/sega-saturn-and-transparency/ I don’t want to spoil the main article, but basically it’s a result of how the dual VDP1 and VDP2 […]
SSDS3 Audio Bypass Board Available on OSHPark
FirebrandX has just released the files for his SSDS3 audio bypass board on OSHPark, for anyone who’d like to make their own: https://oshpark.com/shared_projects/toEy2VLz He’ll also still be selling them directly from his website, as well as offering installation services: http://www.firebrandx.com/ssds3stereobypassamp.html For more information on the SSDS3, check out this page and see it in action in the […]
AMIGA Keyboard Replacement Keys & Cases
Philippe Lang posted an update on his Indiegogo stating that they had reached their stretch goal by getting to $15000 for the key replacement fundraiser. The campaign is for batch number 2 of the key replacements and Philippe stated that they will take the feedback from the first batch and address quality control issues with […]
Livestream & Meetup at Brooklyn Video Games
Brooklyn Video Games will be hosting a small meetup event this Wednesday (March 6th) from around 5PM-8PM. I’ll be there playing four NG:Dev.Team games (two at a time) on their MVS cabinets and everything will be streamed live on both of BKVG’s accounts. The game’s we’ll be playing (graciously being brought down by Kevin) are: […]