Sony just announced that both Castlevania SotN and RoB will be bundled together and released via digital download on October 26th. They’ll be emulated using the PS4’s PS1 emulator and will offer scaling up to 4K with “smoothing” support. Pre-orders will offer a $3 discount at $17, instead of $20. Added features include multiple high […]
The company Argonaut, who made Nintendo’s Super FX chip that powered games like Star Fox and Yoshi’s Island just revealed they worked on a virtual reality headset for Nintendo. Founder Jeremy ‘Jez’ San explained that their device was called the “Super Visor” and was cancelled by Gunpei Yokoi in favor of the infamously-failed Virtual Boy. It […]
Here’s this week’s roundup! Audio-only: http://retrorgb.com/podcast/?name=2018-09-26_116.mp3
There’s been a small update to the Jaguar memory cart project – It looks like the developer is finishing the firmware update code, which is a good sign that this long-awaited flash/rom cart project may finally be finishing up! No pre-orders have opened yet, but I’ll have a post here showing when it does!
Someone has just created a Virtual Boy emulator for iOS that runs in 3D using Google Cardboard! The full project is on github and the source can be downloaded here: https://github.com/tomkidd/VirtualBoyVR-iOS The emulator has adjustments for 3D width to compensate for different sized phones and can be used with wireless controllers. It can be sideloaded onto […]
Pre-ordered for two new Atari Jaguar games have just opened on Atariage: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/283125-defender-of-the-crown-and-treasure-island-dizzy-arrive-on-the-jaguar/ I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say that these games most likely use the Motorola 68000 processor built into the Jaguar and not the main Tom & Jerry chips, resulting in a more 16-bit look. Still, it’s fun to see […]
A PlayStation prototype of the game ‘The New Adventures Of Superman’ (commonly know as Superman 64) was just found: http://game-rave.com/?p=3123 Game-rave has a few playthrough videos on their channel, as well as a “review” video. Is it possible that the game is even worse than the N64 version? UPDATE: Game-rave has just confirmed that the person who […]
Archive.org has just added over a thousand new games to their “Internet Arcade”, a browser-based emulator that allows you to use MAME right from a browser window. Some great games were added, including one of my favorites, Out Run!!: https://blog.archive.org/2018/09/21/over-1100-new-arcade-machines-added-to-the-internet-arcade/
Update 09-27-2018: “Finally have shipping date from assembly plant. They will ship on October-22-2018 to me. So about a month to go.“ An update was just posted (09-24-2018) to the Atari Jaguar Pro Controller project: “This project has taken a lot longer than I could believe it could unfortunately due to persistent delays. Just when […]
The Bliss Box is a device that allows you to use original controllers on any USB-compatible device, such as PC’s RaspberryPi’s and a PS3. The team has just announced that all controller adapters (as well as the Bliss Box itself) are now available directly from their web store, as well as some extension cables: https://bliss-box.net/store/ Previously, these […]
