When Analogue opened pre-orders on their FPGA-based N64 recreation a few weeks ago, 8Bitdo also opened orders on their N64-style controllers. At the time it looked like the black version sold out right away, but apparently they never went on sale at all! Well, both the white and black are finally up for pre-order at […]
Koala Koa has just started selling fully loaded MiSTer kits, based on Heber’s open source MiSTer Multisystem. These kits are pre-configured and even include TapTo pre-installed into the case, with some NFC cards to launch the licensed games that come pre-loaded. Tons more details below and a full unboxing and demo can be found above, but […]
New Wallpapers Ranny Snice released two new wallpapers for the MiSTerFPGA. It is based on the Alien Storm arcade game and Castlevania The New Generation. You can have your MiSTer download it for you if you enable Ranny Snice’s wallpapers in the Update All script settings Post : https://x.com/RannySnice/status/1800181134409535605 Post 2 : https://x.com/RannySnice/status/1800921003805000058 DE10 Nano Clone […]
Stone Age Gamer has just opened pre-orders on a plug & play Bluetooth adapter for the Sega Dreamcast. The software is based off of Darthcloud’s open source BlueRetro software and there’s no “installation” required – Literally just plug it in and hold the button to pair it with a compatible controller. It’s available in White […]
After purchasing the Bluetooth-based Brawler64 from Retro Fighters, the very first thing I did (as you can imagine) is lag test it! I used the MiSTer lag test kit I previously demo’d in livestreams and found some excellent results: The USB connection averaged 3.3ms of latency, while the Bluetooth connection averaged 8.5ms – both in […]
Shank was recently a guest on Kevin Kenson’s channel, to discuss “GameCube Joycon’s” – Nintendo Switch controllers or docks that are designed to give you a “GameCube feel” when playing the Switch. Since Shank’s video from three years ago (now at about 12 million views)was obviously an inspiration for at least some of these, he was […]
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Pre-orders are now open for two physical editions of the Metroidvania game A Robot Named Fight! for the Nintendo Switch. There will be a “premium edition”, that’s a physical copy with a few extras that will sell for $40. There’s also a $60 “retro edition”, which is essentially a “collectors edition” with an NES-style box […]
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