This isn’t exactly news, since real Neo Geo MVS arcade hardware has been cheap for over a decade, but I just published a video outlining how to buy a real Neo Geo for $35/shipped. A lot of us arcade hobbyists in the know have been buying one-slot Neo Geo motherboards from China for as far […]
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=2019-06-05_152.mp3 T-Shirts: https://teespring.com/stores/retrorgb-2 Video available on YouTube (above), LBRY and Bitchute: If you like these weekly podcasts, please consider signing up as a supporter through the following services: https://www.patreon.com/retrorgb / https://www.subscribestar.com/robertneal / https://bitbacker.io/user/robertneal/ 00:19 JVS-PAC 2: https://www.retrorgb.com/jvs-pac-2-play-mame-on-jvs-arcade-cabinets.html 01:00 […]
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 […]
Mike, the creator of the HAS has just opened pre-orders on pre-assembled versions of his CPS2IOI board. This device is meant to be used with Markus’ CPSHDMI project, allowing for a fully-functional CPS2 without a supergun!: https://homearcadesystem.wordpress.com/cps2ioi/ The pre-order page has options to add a kick harness, controller adapter and more, starting at around $45 USD […]
Markus has posted a few updates regarding his CPSHDMI kits; A digital-to-digital HDMI kit for the Capcom Play System boards. Here’s the updates: Pre-assembled boards will be available from Video Game Perfection. Enter your name on their mailing list to be notified when stock arrives: https://retrorgb.link/cpshdmi For DIY’s, the project is completely open source…but it’s a […]
Frank_fjs, creator of the Sentinel supergun, just designed a board that works jointly with the Digital AV Interface announced/designed a while back by Markus Hiienkari of OSSC fame. The Helper PCB mainly provides 2 Neo-Geo controller ports and power connectivity, basically eliminating the need for a supergun for a comprehensive CPS2 setup. Here are the […]
At just $25, the MC Chthulu has been the go-to board for retro gaming fans who use custom fight sticks. When combined with an RJ45 jack (link below) and custom cables, this board can be used on a very long list of consoles: Undamned Adapter (superguns, arcade boards, etc) PC USB Raspberry Pi Playstation Playstation 2 […]
Rob from Retro Gaming Cables has just announced that they’ll be offering an 8pin MiniDIN to SCART passthrough cable, using their same overmolded, strain relief manufacturing process that the rest of their cables use: https://bit.ly/2Srn1yZ At first glance, this might not seem like that much of a big deal, but DIY’s and custom modders are probably […]
Two new devices have launched that are going to interest anyone who has tried to stream real arcade hardware to two video devices. The SEGV Echo Chan has a host of excellent features that will appeal to the high-end of the market ($200), and the NAC Splitfire comes in at half the price ($100), but […]
Frank_fjs, designer of the Sentinel Supergun, has released free Gerber design files for high-quality DIY JAMMA Arcade fingerboard edges at Arcade-Projects (registration required). This could come in handy when someone designs a MiSTer2JAMMA add-on board 😉 #arcade, #jamma, #fingerboard, #gerberdesign, #sentinel
