Here’s an audio-only interview with Patrick Gravier, aka savon-pat. His willingness to help and wealth of knowledge have been a tremendous help for the retro-gaming community. It was an absolute pleasure getting to meet with him in person and I hope everyone enjoys the interview! Podcast and direct-stream location: http://www.retrorgb.com/podcast/?name=2018-11-09_pat.mp3 savon-pat eBay Store: https://ebay.to/2RKhrDVpatrickgravier [at] netzero […]
The only add-on you need to have a complete MiSTer that runs all cores is the SDRAM board, since the IO board is only necessary for adding analog output (RGB/RGBS/RGBHV/VGA/Component to SCART/BNC/RCA/VGA/etc) and to house the fan. Using the IO board as a fan mount is complete overkill if you only need HDMI output though, […]
Announced over a year ago (around August 2017) the Vampire v4 Standalone, an Amiga FPGA-based system, was recently showed booting up for the first time. The Vampire V4 has been given the attribute “standalone” because “Apollo Accelerators”, the team behind it, is mainly known in the Amiga scene for producing and releasing the great Vampire […]
MiSTer’s NES core is getting Nintendo Famicom Disk System (FDS) support care of GreyRogue, making it the first FPGA system that natively supports FDS without needing additional hardware to load ROMs. The same update also adds expansion audio for VRC6 and Sunsoft-5B mapper games (Gimmick, Akumajou Dracula, etc). For a first release, it’s relatively mature. […]
Here’s this week’s roundup! Audio-only version here: http://www.retrorgb.com/podcast/?name=2018-11-07_122.mp3
Here’s a short review of an inexpensive SCART / RCA switch from Otaku-Games. It doesn’t have any of the options or enhancements of the gscartsw, but I think it might be a good start for people looking for an inexpensive option! Otaku Switch: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DFxPTtd SCART Switch Page: http://retrorgb.com/scartswitches.html
I’m sure this is considered “old news” in terms of tech blogs, but I wanted to wait for the whole situation to settle before posting an overview. Apparently, AtGames sent John Hancock a review unit of their latest piece of shit emulation box, which used arcade ROMs as the games. John reviewed it and people […]
Voultar just posted another souldooring video, walking through the process of converting a Japanese Famicom cartridge to an English translation. This video is both a great example of the proper way to modify these cartridges, as well as a great tutorial for people who want to use originals carts, but need a patch or […]
My Life In Gaming just posted an absolutely excellent overview of Castlevania Symphony of the Night and Rondo of Blood, how the originals compare to each officially released version and how all compare to the new re-release of both as “Castlevania Requiem” on the PS4. Unfortunately, while some of the 3D graphics looked amazing rendered in […]
A prototype of the unreleased 32x game ClayFigher 2 has been found and dumped. It shows the game in an extremely early state, but it’s still a fun piece of history to check out: http://hiddenpalace.org/ClayFighter_2:_Judgment_Clay_(Apr_28,_1995_prototype) A super early prototype of the unreleased 32x port of ClayFighter 2 has been dumped by the good folks at the […]
