Tito from Macho Nacho Productions recently posted a video showing the different TV tuner add-ons for classic handheld gaming consoles. While most of us are probably familiar with the Game Gear TV Tuner, there were also tuners available for many other handhelds as well! Check out the video to see them in action and I […]
Super Station One Direct CD-ROM Loading Taki Udon posted an update on the Super Station One that talks about the system loading PlayStation games directly from disc, instead of dumping the game first and then running the game. It is still recommended to have the games locally stored on the MiSTer FPGA for performance reasons, […]
John Linneman from Digital Foundry recently reviewed Gradius Origins: A collection of Gradius games from multiple platforms, now available on modern consoles as well as Steam. This was developed by M2, who have a long history of very high quality emulation ports of classic games on newer consoles. All of the ported games perform exactly […]
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Tito from Macho Nacho Productions recently posted a video showcasing what’s currently the best enhancements for the original Sega Game Gear handheld console. This is essentially a build that only uses the original ASIC processor and cartridge slot, with every other component being brand new. The new components include a reverse-engineered motherboard, high quality screen, […]
Joe from GameSack just posted a review of the awesome new game Earthion. The game was made by Ancient and includes a soundtrack composed by the legendary Yuzo Koshiro. It was created as a “modern Sega Genesis game”, however it’s currently only available on Steam; You can pre-order physical versions for all modern consoles (link below), […]
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Veronica Explains just posted a video showcasing the new “HD-64” HDMI mod, for the Commodore 64 made by Side Projects Labs. This is a #nocutmod that’s a “hybrid emulation” installation, which retains all original functionality (including Composite and S-Video output). Two different stores are currently selling kits for about $130 and a full installation PDF […]
Tito from Macho Nacho Productions recently released a video showcasing software for the PlayStation 2 that replaces the boot OS with one modeled off the Japanese-only PlayStation Broadband Navigator (PSBBN) menu. This has a really nice looking menu for launching games from your hard drive and is even compatible with POPStarter, however installation requires Linux […]
Digital Foundry recently posted a video showcasing the incredible port of Mario Kart 64, made possible via it’s decomplication project. Basically, you can now play a true, non-emulated version of MK64 on Windows, Mac and Linux, at basically any resolution and refresh rate you’d like. I spent a few minutes with it, running at 4K144 […]
