John Linneman from Digital Foundry has just posted an excellent documentary on the Final Fight game series. While I don’t want to give away any spoilers, I definitely had a few thoughts to share. First, I was really surprised at how respectable the Sega CD version turned out to be. I was especially happy that […]
Darksoft has unveiled his latest arcade multi system, this time for Namco System 1, a platform with notable games like Splatterhouse, Dragon Spirit (one of my personal favorites), Dangerous Seed, Galaga ’88, Marchen Maze, Pac Mania, and more. It is priced at 320 Euros (about $360 USD), and will require a donor System 1 arcade […]
The MDFourier / 240p Test Suite team has been continuing to post regular updates to the incredible test software. The NES, GB and GBA versions of the suite were recently updated and they’ve also, been continuing their tests on hardware…including MicroSD cards. Bernie, aka bfbii has been publishing documentation of his MicroSD test results, which […]
Rober Peip AKA FPGAzumSpass is coding an open-source FPGA implementation of the Nintendo DS, as a follow-up to his FPGA GBA core. Although the DS core is young and progress will be slow considering the complexity of the hardware, he does now have it booting games, and he posted a video of it running Ace […]
This weekend, I decided to fully restore a Super Nintendo “1CHIP” console I had and wanted to post what I did, as well as why I did it. The basic theory of what to do would apply to almost any console, however the origin of RetroRGB started with my love for the Super Nintendo and […]
The MDFourier team has just launched a MacOS version of their analysis software. This provides the same exact toolset as the Windows version, with the minimum supported OSX being 10.9 Mavericks. The Windows version was also updated as well, with both versions at v1.01: https://www.patreon.com/posts/mdfourier-1-01-37411280 For anyone unfamiliar, the MDFourier software works by playing a series […]
While it boasts a library of beloved games in spite of it, the CPU in the Super Nintendo has never been considered a performance powerhouse even by the standards of its release. In fact, some developers struggled to maintain consistent frame rates when the action heated up and you can see this in many of […]
Here’s this week’s roundup! An audio-only version, is available on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify and for direct-download: http://www.retrorgb.com/podcast/?name=2020-05-20_202.mp3 Video available on YouTube (above), LBRY and Bitchute: Please consider signing up as a supporter! Either hit Join, tip or pledge on this video, or sign up through the following services: https://www.floatplane.com/channel/RobertNeal / https://www.patreon.com/retrorgb T-Shirts: https://www.retrorgb.com/store.html All […]
Yahel from Wrestling With Gaming has just posted another excellent documentary, this time about the Neo Geo! He goes into the origins of the company and walks through the entire span of their reign as the kings of home versions of arcade games! The Neo Geo always had such an allure around it, as it […]
Here’s this week’s roundup! An audio-only version, is available on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify and for direct-download: https://www.retrorgb.com/podcast/?name=2020-05-13_201.mp3 Video available on YouTube (above), LBRY and Bitchute: Please consider signing up as a supporter! Either hit Join, tip or pledge on this video, or sign up through the following services: https://www.floatplane.com/channel/RobertNeal / https://www.patreon.com/retrorgb T-Shirts: https://www.retrorgb.com/store.html All […]
