Nintendo gave pirates yet another excuse to mod their Switch consoles, announcing that some multiplayer games can’t have their saves backed up. “The vast majority of Nintendo Switch games will support Save Data Cloud backup. However, in certain games this feature would make it possible to, for example, regain items that had been traded to other […]
Dan was able to test the latest version of the WiiDual HDMI/RGB kits for the Nintendo Wii and everything performed as expected! Boards and flex cables are going into production now and will be available as kits and as an installation service soon: I built 5 WiiDual boards this weekend and all tested great. Fab […]
Members of the Atariage forum have put together a “Community Build” of the Stella Atari emulator that can be installed onto the Retron 77: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/281462-retron-77-community-build-image/ This image should be loaded on a MicroSD card using a disk image software, the same way a RaspberryPi image is loaded. Reports have shown that it increases performance, however as […]
UPDATE: Available now – https://insurrectionindustries.com/product/carby/ Insurrection Industries has just opened pre-orders on their “CARBY” GCVideo HDMI solution. The price is $75 and includes free shipping, as well as an HDMI cable and remote control. Expected shipping date is September 28th. Look for reviews soon, but the CARBY certainly looks promising…especially at that price! CARBY is […]
Jose Cruz has just completed the world’s first installation of db Electronics’ Sega Triple Bypass! This is the first install and as with all projects, I suspect there will be a few more bugs to work out, plus discovering the best installation locations for each revision motherboards. At the moment, it’s looking extremely promising though and the audio […]
Greg Collins has just published his 3D design for a “no-cut” Hi-Def NES installation for a top-loading Famicom or NES! Installation instructions, 3D print files and pictures are all available here* (a huge thanks to Greg for writing up the instructions!): http://retrorgb.com/height-defnes.html If you’d like to purchase one pre-printed, Game-tech will be offering them soon! Here’s […]
Here are scans of the special comics advertised in Mortal Kombat & Mortal Kombat II arcade:Mortal Kombat ComicMortal Kombat II Comic Jassin from arcade-projects.com, converted the original scans to a double-sided format for printing reproductions. #mortalkombat, #mortalkombatiii, #arcade, #comic
Taijigamer2 is continuing his research into the 3DO console and may have found an alternative to the 240p/480i switch mod for consoles with the BT9103 chip that doesn’t require lifting any pins: “The service manual shows that PAL 3DO have a resistor bridging the Interlace signal between CLIO and BT9103. By removing that resistor and soldering […]
iFixRetro showed off what is probably the world’s first RGB-LCD modded PC Engine GT (AKA Turbo Express). This finally brings a McWill-like solution to the handheld, and the results are stunning. The mod was done using the hard-to-source LCDDRV, which is only available in Japan at the moment. It pulls RGB directly from the GT’s […]
Christian coded an online tool that can be used to update old SD2SNES themes (menu.bin files) to the latest firmware. This is a huge time-saver for menu makers like myself, since this had to be done by hand previously. Themes made on an old firmware needed to be rebuilt from scratch with each new SD2SNES […]
