Coin Retro just posted a tutorial on how to use the Datapath E1S to capture retro gaming consoles. This is something I plan on covering in-depth sometime in the future, but Coin Retro’s video is definitely good enough to get people started. A short description why a tutorial is needed: The Datapath Vision E1 and […]
An updated version of last year’s “Game Boy iPhone Case” has been released, this time with a full color screen and compatibility with more phone models. It comes loaded with 36 “hit” games, such as “Marios Bros” and “Happy”…so take this for what it is: A cheap toy that makes for a kinda neat iPhone […]
Walmart has just dropped the price of the Tempest / Asteroids machine to $200. After Ray’s review last week, I pretty much gave up all hope on those machines…but at $200, maybe it’s worth revisiting. Will the spinner controls, arcade-style cabinet and LCD screen be cheaper than a DIY option? Honestly, I think it comes […]
Andy from element14 has just posted a video on how to make your own “game genie” cheat device for Atari 2600 cartridges. This mod uses the DE10 Nano, the same device used in the MiSTer FPGA setup!
Superg has posted a status update of the latest revision gscartsw: RGsB has been tested and all resolutions up to 1080i are now supported. The small batch made requires a few modifications before shipping The sync correction features is being looked at, but might wait until the next revision. Also, the 8×2 gcomp switch design […]
Sega consoles never die, and there is no further proof needed than the amount of games announced for the Mega Drive over the last few years. The latest entry to step into the ring is Rhythm Land, by Columbus Circle. According to their website, the game will release
The first two Panzer Dragoon games are getting a new lease on life according to developer Forever Entertaiment and Sega. Their announcement states that
People have been reporting that they can load more games into the Playstation Classic, simply by putting ISO’s on a USB stick and editing the SQL database file that stores information about the built-in games. While I wouldn’t say this makes the PSClassic “appealing”, if someone comes up with an easy, downloadable zip file (just […]
John Romero, one of the original creators of the 1993 game Doom has just announced that he’ll be giving away a free expansion pack in February for anyone who owns the original game. The “megawad” is called “sigil”, is the spiritual successor to the fourth episode and picks up where the original left off. In addition […]
HD Retrovision have received stock of their Component Video cables, but have chosen to continue to sell them through 3rd party distributors. Per co-owner Nick Mueller: “This is just a quick update to let you know that we received the next batch of cables and have begun pushing that inventory out to distributors. Our own […]
