8BitDo just released 2 separate DIY kits that will basically turn original wired Sega Saturn and Nintendo Dogbone (NES-039) controllers into Bluetooth controllers, making them fully compatible with devices like the Switch, PC and Raspberry Pi. Each kit includes a board that fits snugly under the D-pad and buttons on the inside of the plastic […]
Over on the SegaXtreme forums a member by the name TrekkiesUnite118 has started a thread about using the English translation from the Playstation version of Grandia to localize the Japanese Saturn version. https://segaxtreme.net/threads/translating-grandia.24330/ In its day Grandia was an incredible technical achievement and remains one of my favorite games of all time. I have always […]
Retro-Bit has once again delayed the release of their Sega Saturn 2.4GHz wireless controllers. This is the second time the controllers have been delayed, as they were first announced with a November 2018 release date, then would release in summer 2019 and now a card on their E3 booth is claiming a “September 2019” launch – Almost […]
Retro-bit has announced via Twitter that its analog Sega controller will be pushed back to the Summer of 2019. The controller, which was scheduled for release in November of 2018, and then February 2019 was been pushed back “in order to
Daifukkat.su AKA trap15 released a patch to cut down on some of the input latency built in to the Sega Titan ST-V Arcade game Guardian Force. GF is beautiful shoot ’em up, but suffers from 5-7 frames of input latency built in to the sloppy code. The patch removes 2 frames of lag from the […]
The first two Panzer Dragoon games are getting a new lease on life according to developer Forever Entertaiment and Sega. Their announcement states that
Professor Abrasive has posted an update on the status of the Satiator ODE for the Saturn. The gist of the update is that the PCBs, components and stencils have been shipped to the fabrication house and will hopefully be returning to him shortly after which he will prove out the QA test rig by rigorously […]
Although the difficulty of actually buying either a GDEMU or a Rhea has often neared the bar set by Limited Run Games, that is to say harder than beating Super Ghouls ‘N Ghosts with one hand, there will be another chance coming up! For those unfamiliar, the GDEMU and Rhea are Optical Drive Emulators for the […]
Ijor released the source code for FX68K a cycle-accurate Motorola 68000 soft-core (soft cores are components, rather than whole platforms) that was first hinted at in the release of his Atari ST core FXCAST. The 68000 was a common processor used in a wide range of consoles, home PCs, and arcade games. Having a perfect […]
Professor Abrasive just posted a status update for the Satiator project. Bare boards for the first official beta of the Satiators have arrived, but sadly without beveled edges. As discussed on the Retro Roundtable, this could cause unnecessary wear and tear on your cartridge connector, so Professor Abrasive is waiting for a replacement shipment to […]
