I recently had the opportunity to test Krikzz’ RGB Blaster: An extremely impressive, zero-lag device device that plugs into a Famicom’s cartridge slot and outputs RGB video via a Genesis 2 cable. I plan on doing a deep-dive review soon, however people who received units from the first batch MUST perform the fix described here, […]
Retro Gaming Cables has opened pre-orders on a 6-1 manual pushbutton SCART switch. The switch was designed to be the perfect fit to a RetroTINK 5x, but it will work with anything that fits against the connector. The price is about $65 plus shipping and it performs really well. Also, since it’s passive, there’s no […]
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We talk a lot about “scanlines” here, but a lot of memorable arcade games of the 1970’s and early 1980’s like Asteroids, Battlezone, Star Wars, and Tempest didn’t have scanlines at all: they were vector games, where the crisp sharp lines drawn by the electron beam formed the picture directly. But only one game console […]
One day, all the CRTs and all the original consoles will be gone, and I’ll be eternally grateful for the efforts of those who preserved it all. This story began for me with a tweet. David Shadoff posted that the RGB palette on the popular multi-system emulator Mednafen for the PC Engine module (released as […]
This input card adds both a SCART and “VGA” input to Sony “L-Series” PVM’s and “DxH Series” BVM’s. The card offers a sync combiner that allows both RGBs and RGBHV into the VGA input and passes audio from the SCART connector to a 3.5mm jack. If you have an “L-Series” PVM, this is pretty much […]
Sorry for the scary title – This post is mostly just an educational piece with links to what you need, however there is a real risk of damaging SCART equipment if you use the wrong cable!!! If you’re looking to connect your MiSTer to a SCART device, I recommend either a properly built cable, or an adapter. […]
I’ve recently seen a few devices that all use a similar PCB to adjust the horizontal and vertical position of an RGBs output. I believe it was originally designed for arcade machines that don’t have easy-to-access controls, such as my MiniMVS. I purchased a JAMMA version to test and it seemed to work exactly as […]
There’s a new product from Axunworks that allows JAMMA-based arcade machines to break out the audio and video signals for streaming. There’s actually been quite a few products like this released in the past few years (and at least one more to come in 2021), but as usual, Axun put his own spin on the […]
There’s a new line of switches in the Otaku product line that offer auto-switching and a new layout. Before I get into the review, I need to warn people of an issue I found with the switch they provided me for review: When using normal SCART cables everything seemed okay, but using cables with sync […]
