The Time Sleuth, a display lag tester that was announced last week, is now available for pre-order at Citrus3000psi’s website: https://shop.dansprojects.com/time-sleuth-lag-tester.html Priced at $80, this device will be compatible with OLED, LCD, Plasma and even CRT screens. The latter will require some adapters to function properly in conjunction with the Time Sleuth, but all of the […]
Christof has just released a new firmware for the DCHDMI that prevents the possibility of bricking the console as the result of a bad download. I recommend every DCHDMI owner carefully updates right away, so you won’t have to worry about it at all. Also, Christof has posted instructions on what to do if your DCHDMI […]
Questions poured in after my interview with Ikari about the SD2SNES Pro (AKA SD2SNES MK.III), and he was kind enough to answer them all. He also shared new photos of his SD2SNES Pro prototype units. Below is a transcript of our conversation. SmokeMonster: Thanks again for joining me for the video. Could I ask a […]
Saint from RetroHQ has just posted an update on YouTube, showing some footage and status updates for the JagGD. As he’s previously hinted on his Twitter feed, CD .iso support is now confirmed as an official feature!!! This is huge for Jaguar owners, as the original CD drives were rare and expensive. That means I’d suggest […]
Jose “Jotego” Tejada, who ported the Ghosts ‘n Goblins Arcade PCB to FPGA a few weeks back, just finished a 1942 Arcade core for MiSTer & MiST. Once again, he used the black box method to translate the arcade PCB into Verilog. Verilog & VHDL are hardware description languages, and are also the languages used […]
Here are some small and interesting updates that happened during the last few days in the Super Nintendo scene: First, following the announcement of the SD2SNES Pro, Krikzz is now offering the SD2SNES at his store for a discounted price of ~168$. (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 […]
