Pre-orders for the PlayStation SD loader called the PSIO are now open to everyone for just over a hundred USD. There’s no word on when these will actually ship, but I hope it’ll be sooner then their past orders – I received mine fifteen months after ordering!! I’d assume a long wait, as the PSIO team […]
Professor Abrasive just posted a status update for the Satiator project. Bare boards for the first official beta of the Satiators have arrived, but sadly without beveled edges. As discussed on the Retro Roundtable, this could cause unnecessary wear and tear on your cartridge connector, so Professor Abrasive is waiting for a replacement shipment to […]
sverx has just posted an update to the SMS Test suite that added Game Gear compatibility. This will allow developers to test Game Gear hardware and could make it potentially easier to determine hardware revisions without opening the case. Just rename the file .gg and drop it on your ROM Cart’s MicroSD card! Here’s the […]
Someone just uploaded an MSU-1 Audio hack of the Beavis and Butthead game for the SNES. This hack replaces the game music with songs they liked on the show. I can’t decide if this is amazing, or if I’ll get tired of hearing the real songs change between areas. Only one way to find out […]
Kevin Mellott has been working on 3D printed connectors for a Virtual Boy extension cable project. This will make consolized Virtual Boy’s easier to play since you won’t need the VB right next to you. Also, this will make SNES controller adapters easier to make, using the male end of the connector. More info on […]
chipnetics.com has just announced a new product called the “SyncReaper”, which is a combination of both a sync stripper and a scanline generator. This might be a good addition to a 4:3 LCD monitor that accepts 15KHz RGB signals via the VGA port. More info can be found in the thread: https://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=63354
St1ka’s Retro Corner just posted a video explaining how Tec Toy changed the main character from the Wonder Boy games to a popular Brazilian comic book character named “Monica”. The video walks through all the changes across the different games, as well as explains the origins of Monica.
Superg just posted a status update for the latest batch of gscartsw’s: Converting sync-on-green (RGsB) to RGBs works in HD resolutions as expected. DIP Switch configuration needs to be set. A few more small bugs need to be worked out. After that’s all set, he’ll start shipping the first small batch out to people, then […]
Here’s an interview with Simon and Chad of the Domesday Duplicator / LD Decode projects – A combined hardware and software effort to achieve bit-perfect rips of laser discs! In my opinion, this project is extremely important, as aging laserdiscs have a finite lifespan and will soon be lost forever if not preserved. An audio-only […]
Nintendo has just filed an application with the US Patent and Trademark Office for what appears to be a cellphone case that turns your phone into a GameBoy. It doesn’t seem like something Nintendo would normally do, for many reasons, the biggest of which to me is that it would be impossible to make a […]
