Project Neon “Caravan DEMO” Released to the General Public (Neo-Geo Homebrew)

Project Neon, a recently announced Neo-Geo shmup released a public “Caravan Demo” that is playable on real hardware, MAME, and the MiSTer.   The proposed game, which we covered recently on this blog, is set to be a co-op a bullet hell shmup with selectable levels when completed. Developer release notes are as follows: Project Neon […]

Weekly Roundup #179

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=2019-12-11_179.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.patreon.com/retrorgb  / https://www.subscribestar.com/robertneal  / https://bitbacker.io/user/robertneal/ 00:37  Swiss […]

Artemio & Smokemonster on Retronauts!

Both Artemio and Smokemonster were recently guests on one of the most famous podcasts in retro gaming: Retronauts!: https://retronauts.com/article/1386/episode-261-ventures-into-the-new-frontier-of-emulation https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/retronauts-episode-261-the-mister-revolution/id672857593?i=1000457809975 It’s so exciting to see such hard working people in the retro gaming scene get the recognition that they’ve certainly earned in their years of contributions to the scene.  While fans of both people might […]

Weekly Roundup #177

Here’s this week’s roundup!  An audio-only version, is available on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify and for direct-download: Video available on YouTube (above), LBRY and Bitchute:  https://www.retrorgb.com/podcast/?name=2019-11-27_177.mp3  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.patreon.com/retrorgb  / https://www.subscribestar.com/robertneal  / https://bitbacker.io/user/robertneal/ 00:20  […]

New Super Mario Land for Super Nintendo Released

New Super Mario Land is a new homebrew release that re-imagines Super Mario Land, the iconic Game Boy title, on the Super Nintendo. It was developed in secret by a mystery coder and 30 custom cartridges of it were sent out to select people to celebrate the Game Boy’s 30th Anniversary. ChronoMoogle posted pictures and […]

MDFourier Now Available for PCE / TG-16

Artemio’s MDFourier software is now available for PC Engine and TurboGrafx-16 consoles as a Hu Card, CDROM image and SuperCDROM image.  This software allows people to compare two versions of a console’s audio output, while removing all subjective opinions and providing a real, measurable metric. The Sega Genesis version of the software has been used […]

Atari 7800 Schematics Found in Dumpster Treasure Trove

Fifty pages of complete engineering schematics for the Atari 7800 and its associated ICs have been released by Curt Vendel, the historian behind the Atari Museum History Project. The documents have circulated among private individuals for years, but this is the first time they have been publicly accessible. The schematics essentially provide a blueprint that […]

Reverse-engineered schematics for the original Game Boy by Furrtek

Furrtek, mostly known for his excellent work with Neo-Geo hardware and FPGA, just released a 36-page documentation depicting his process of reverse-engineering the original DMG-001. In a 191-hour meticulous process, Furrtek was able to draw schematics for the following: All APU logic. All PPU logic. All I/O and timer logic. All DMA logic. All interrupt […]

SA-1 Support Added To Contra III

Vitor Vilela has just posted his latest edition to the SA-1 Root project, which enhances Super Nintendo games by adding an SA-1 chip to the cartridge, in order to offset some of the processing power from the SNES’ main CPU.  Vitor has previously done this to Gradius III and it was confirmed working on real […]