4th Round of RetroTINK 5x Orders

Mike Chi has announced that the fourth batch of RetroTINK 5x’s will go on sale exactly 12 hours from now, at a time that’s meant to be more convenient for people in timezone’s outside the US.  Here’s a purchase link, as well as a link to a time zone converter, with a few examples below: […]

RetroTINK 5x Firmware Update v1.84

Mike Chi has just released a new firmware update for the RetroTINK 5x, with a heavy focus on PAL50-related features.  There’s also some bugfixes and a small update to the scanline options that was also included in the previous v1.77 update that we missed (sorry).  Here’s links, plus see below for more info: Purchase all […]

RetroTINK 5x Smoothing Filter Added

Mike Chi has just released a new feature for the RetroTINK 5x that was previously thought to be impossible:  A smoothing filter!  This is great news, as the RT2x line of products had a smoothing filter that (in my opinion) really improved the early 3D graphics of PS1, Saturn and especially N64 games.  Many people […]

3rd Round of RetroTINK 5x Orders

Mike Chi has announced that the third batch of RetroTINK 5x’s will go on sale today, August 28th at noon NYC-time (4pm GMT) for everyone except UK;  UK folks will have a special checkout link which will be live one hour later, at 6pm UK local time.  Limit 1 per person, all orders are expected to ship […]

2nd Round of RetroTINK 5x Orders

Mike Chi has announced that the second batch of RetroTINK 5x’s will go on sale this Saturday, July 24th at noon NYC-time (4pm GMT) for everyone except UK;  UK folks will have a special checkout link which will be live one hour later, at 6pm UK local time.  Limit 1 per person. EDIT:  Sold out.  There will be […]

RetroTINK 5x Firmware Update v1.55

Mike Chi has just released a new firmware update for the RetroTINK 5x, that includes “LCD style” scanlines, tweaked automatic phase detection…and something previously thought to be impossible:  Certain modes with 240p processing, that matches the 4:4:4 colorspace output that the OSSC provides!  That’s right, in some scenarios, the output will now equal the OSSC’s!  […]

Retro Labs RetroTINK 5x Remote Control Overlay

Retro Labs has just opened sales on their remote control overlay for the RetroTINK 5x.  The price is $10 CAD, which came to about $11 USD after shipping to NYC. RT5x Remote Overlay:  https://retrolabs.com/mods/retrotink-5x-remote-control-overlay-decal Purchase all RetroTINK Products via multiple vendors worldwide here:  https://www.retrorgb.com/retrotink.html I love everything about this:  Mike used a generic remote control to […]

RetroTINK 5x Firmware v1.29

UPDATED 06/19:  Cable/Harware requirements have been expanded.  See below… Mike Chi has just released another firmware for the RetroTINK 5x that adds an interesting feature:  The ability to automatically scale the Game Boy Interface software to 6x, 7x and 8x.  Here’s links to everything you need, with lots more info below the RT5x updating instructional […]

RetroTINK 5x Wall Mount

Greg from Laserbear has just created a wall-mount bracket for the RetroTINK 5x.  This is great for people who want a tidy setup and would prefer to mount their RT5x out of the way!  Check out a quick overview in the YouTube short above, as well as a few more pics below the links! Purchase […]

RetroTINK 5x Vertical Stand Now Open Source

Todd has just released the 3D printed design files for his RetroTINK 5x vertical stand / remote control holder.  I’ve been using one and think it both looks cool and does a great job with wire management.  If you have a RetroTINK 5x and don’t mind vertical orientation, you should consider buying or printing one!  […]