Bob

Open-Source GDEMU Menu

Like it or not, GDEMU’s can now be found everywhere, at a cheap price.  The current version of the firmware and menu are (in my opinion) excellent, with only a few flaws.  Unfortunately, Neuroacid, the creator of the original GDEMU GUI hasn’t posted in a long time or released the source code, leaving the community […]

Bob

8BitDo’s Wireless Genesis Controller and Receiver

8BitDo has just opened pre-orders on their Sega Genesis “retro receiver” as well as their 6-button controller.  Both are interchangeable, meaning you can use the controller with any of their bluetooth dongles and the receiver can accept many other bluetooth controllers, including the 8BitDo line of controllers.  The controller is $27 and receiver is $25, […]

Rany Battikh

Collectorvision Phoenix Pre-Order and updates

Announced back in October 2018, Collectorvision’s Phoenix has recently gone up for pre-order. Following recent announcements, the aforementioned system went beyond being just a Colecovision FPGA-based console. First, listed on Collectorvision’s pre-order page are 4 purchasing packages, ranging from $200 to $1000. The system will be optionally bundled with Caverns of Death and/or an SNES […]

Bob

Insurrection Industries’ Carby back in black!

Insurrection Industries now has an updated version of their Carby GameCube HDMI adapter available for purchase!  This version has a slightly tweaked board design, ships with GCVideo firmware v2.4c and now comes in black.  It’s still the same price of $75, which includes a remote control, HDMI cable and free shipping to the US! In […]

SmokeMonster

New Arcade Platform: EXA-Arcadia at the Japanese Amusement Expo (JAEPO) – 2019

The upcoming arcade platform EXA-Arcadia appeared in full force at the Japanese Amusement Expo [JAEPO], with a number of cabinets (mostly Viewlix) set up and ready to play with a large variety of horizontal and vertical games, ranging from new Shoot ’em Ups to Fighters. ArcadeHeroes.com has been covering the new platform since it was […]

Bob

Furrtek’s Neo Geo FPGA Core

Furrtek has just posted a Neo Geo FPGA progress update on his Patreon page:  https://www.patreon.com/posts/progress-january-24218461 The post is subscriber-only, so I don’t want to share the whole story…but it looks like Furrtek has games running!!!  At the moment, it’s video only, but he thinks he’ll be able to integrate Jotego’s YM core pretty easily. Please consider supporting […]