Sverx has just updated his SMS test suite to v0.24, adding solid colors and a full white screen. This is a small but important update for people testing voltage on their original SMS consoles via a flash/rom cart. A huge thanks to Sverx and of course to Artemio as well for all of his work […]
The Real Phoenix has just posted an update to his Game Gear cartridge shell 3D print files. The latest revision tweaks the design a bit and ads a version specifically for the Game Gear Everdrive, which at the moment is the only ROM/Flash cart available for the GG. Now I need to make a version in […]
The “international” version of the Neo Geo Mini is now up for pre-order on Amazon for $109 and will ship on October 15th: Neo Geo Mini: https://amzn.to/2QmJeulBlack Controller: https://amzn.to/2NB5jqpWhite Controller: https://amzn.to/2p0AGgf Early reports show the console to be a fun little toy when the built-in screen is used, but the HDMI output ads a blurry filter to the […]
Here’s this week’s roundup! Audio-only: http://retrorgb.com/podcast/?name=2018-09-12_114.mp3 #weeklyroundup, #podcast
A new device is up for pre-order that turns your Sega Genesis / Mega Drive into a MIDI processor!: https://catskullelectronics.com/genmdm According to the store: “genMDM is a MIDI interface for the 16-bit Sega Genesis/Megadrive developed by little-scale. It features DIN MIDI as well as USB MIDI via the on board mini USB port. It is able […]
I know, I know…just the title alone is probably making you cringe! The average person reading this site already knows the story of the SNES “PlayStation” CD console and is probably sick of all the “secret DARK history of the SNES CD” clickbait posts & videos that kept appearing after the discovery of the prototype […]
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 […]
