Saturn Ultraman Hack Bypasses Proprietary ROM Cart Via 4MB Cart

ROMhacker YZB has released another Sega Saturn hack, following up their recent release of the Castlevania: Symphony of the Night 4MB RAM Cart Hack. This one is for Ultraman [Ultraman: Hikari no Kyojin Densetsu], a 2D fighter that is one of two Saturn titles requiring its own proprietary ROM cart, along with King of Fighters […]

Weekly Roundup #196

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=2020-04-08_196.mp3 eBay Store:  https://ebay.to/2ESH3e4 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:  […]

Neo Geo Arcade Stick Pro pre-installed games announced

SNK just revealed the 20 pre-installed titles for their upcoming Neo Geo Arcade Stick Pro system/controller, and they’re all fighting games! While a big portion of the Neo Geo MVS/AES/CD ‘s repertoire consists of one-on-one fighting games, over-the-top action games/series like Metal Slug, Aero Fighters and Shock Troopers brought forward a whole new audience to […]

Console JAMMAizer by Arthrimus

Arthrimus recently announced, through an Arcade-Projects thread, his latest on-going project,  the Console Jammaizer. Acquiring (and maintaining) arcade boards nowadays is by no means a walk in the park, so for years cabinet owners have opted for different solutions to take full advantage of their setups like: GroovyMame via ArcadeVGA, Raspberry Pi via Jamma adapters, […]

Capcom Announces Home Arcade Stick

Capcom has just announced an “emulator in a stick”:  A “dual arcade stick” shaped like the Capcom logo featuring 15 original arcade games and Sanwa buttons & sticks.  It will be released on October 25th of this year for around $300:  http://www.capcomhomearcade.com The list of included games are as follows (trailer below): 1944 Alien vs Predator […]

New Arcade Platform: EXA-Arcadia at the Japanese Amusement Expo (JAEPO) – 2019

The upcoming arcade platform EXA-Arcadia appeared in full force at the Japanese Amusement Expo [JAEPO], with a number of cabinets (mostly Viewlix) set up and ready to play with a large variety of horizontal and vertical games, ranging from new Shoot ’em Ups to Fighters. ArcadeHeroes.com has been covering the new platform since it was […]

SNK Developers Discuss Original Arcade Games

Silicone Era just posted an interview with the some of SNK’s original Neo Geo arcade developers:  http://www.siliconera.com/2018/07/30/snk-developers-talk-about-how-some-of-the-classic-arcade-games-were-made/ It was pretty cool to hear some of the inside info behind King Of Fighters and Metal Slug!  Thanks to Pete for passing this along!   #neogeo, #snk, #kingoffighters

NeoGeo Pocket

Neo Geo Pocket There are no video-out mods available for the NGP at this time, however there’s an RGB-outputting dev tool called the K2_VIDEO.  Please read on for more info: The Neo Geo Pocket is a portable game console made by SNK, the makers of the Neo Geo. It was originally released in Japan with […]

Sega Dreamcast

Sega Dreamcast The Dreamcast (like most other 6th generation game consoles) outputted most games in 480i, with some supporting 240p and 480p.  If you’re not familiar with those terms, I highly recommend you read my 240p page before continuing. All 480p Dreamcast games look great through VGA and if you have a display that supports […]