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Revisiting SMS Jailbars

Voultar has recently revisited a nagging old problem:  SMS Jailbars!  There’s too much to tell in this post, but overall he thinks the issue might be in the VDP location.  He posted a video showing how he can make it better and worse:   Lets exacerbate thr Sega Master System Jailbars by forcing the address […]

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New SNES MSU-1 Hacks

Some more awesome MSU-1 audio hacks were recently posted for the following games: Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow MSU-1 by PepilloPEV, Connhttp://www.snesforever.com.br/2018/07/maui-mallard-in-cold-shadow-msu-1.html R-Type III MSU-1 by Kurrono, PepilloPEVhttp://www.snesforever.com.br/2018/07/r-type-iii-msu-1.html Captain Commando MSU-1 by PepilloPEV, Relikkhttp://www.snesforever.com.br/2018/07/captain-commando-msu-1.html Sunset Riders MSU-1 by PepilloPEV, Relikkhttp://www.snesforever.com.br/2018/07/sunset-riders-msu-1.html   Playable on real hardware via the SD2SNES!:  http://retrorgb.com/sd2snes.html   #sd2snes, #snes, #msu, #msu1, #msu-1

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Switch SF 30th vs Saturn

Ray Commend just posted a quick comparison of the Sega Saturn version of Street Fighter running through an OSSC vs the Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection for the Nintendo Switch.  It’s still pretty surprising to me that those of us in the retro gaming community can consistently produce better looking classic games than on new […]

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Game Boy Interface Update

Extrems has just added support for Nintendo DS Rumble packs (GBA cartridges) when using a Game Boy Advance as a controller via link cable.  It supports both the DS Rumble Pak support and the DS Slide Controller (mouse?) which includes rumble support: https://www.gc-forever.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=41699&sid=9e2ee28b4573ad4fd896a4b9dfb0d322#p41699   #gameboyinterface, #gbi, #gba, #extrems