The original Unreal is a fascinating single-player shooter which shares a striking amount of similarities to a certain Xbox shooter which would change the genre forever. Which one comes out on top today? And did the original Halo really change shooters for the better? All this and more, as we take a critical look at […]
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The Universal Video Converter (uVC) was actively supported by UltraCade Technologies between 2003-2005, and were intended for downscaling PC’s to a tri-sync arcade cabinet. They officially support the following resolutions: XGA (1024×768), SVGA (800×600) and VGA (640×480), and downscale to EGA (640×384, 24KHz) and CGA (640×240 15KHz ie 240p). The 640×480 input will likely be […]
Taki Udon MiSTer Products Taki Udon’s MiSTer Products have been released. The purchase website is at retroremake.co. The FPGA boards and bundles sold out quickly, but more btaches are incoming. You can still buy the IO board, USB board and RAM without the need to wait for batches. Purchase site : https://retroremake.co/ Taki Udon Video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbppuWmukw0 […]
EposVox aka The Stream Professor recently posted a video showing the SteamDeck working on CRT’s. This video is great for anyone interested in doing the same, as well as for people interested in “modern retro” games. And of course, seeing how modern games translate to CRT’s is something any retro nerd would enjoy. More thoughts below… […]
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What’s Ken Making recently posted a video comparing the original DE-10 Nano we’ve been using for the MiSTer project, to QMTech’s alternative board. Ken covered everything in detail, including the bundled PSU. Overall, it seems like the original DE-10 is a better choice for use as a development tool, but gamer simply using the board […]
Genesis MIDI Core ModalModule released a core that turns the MiSTerFPGA in a MIDI module that runs off the Sega Genesis/Megadrive’s sound chip. You can either use MIDI devices over USB, DIN, UDP or grab a GamePad to play music. All 10 voice channels are supported. Check out the GitHub for all the cores capabilities. […]
Why does Contra Force on the NES slow down so often? It seems to me that Konami developed this game for a superior mapper chip like the VRC6, planned to release it as “Arc Hound” in Japan in 1991, missed their intended release date, decided to shift most development to the Super Famicom, and basically […]
The prestige of RGB has long been sought after by retro gamers. Unlike Europe and some other parts of the world, not all CRT TV’s had a factory RGB input. Thanks to the collective efforts of the CRT modding scene, there are loads of great resources on how to unlock this premium input signal. In […]
