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Nintendo has just won a two million dollar lawsuit against a company selling mod chips for the Switch.  On top of that, members of the hacking group Team Xecuter have been arrested and it looks like Nintendo plans on prosecuting them to their fullest extent. News like this always brings up mixed feelings and Modern […]

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=2020-09-30_221.mp3 Video available on YouTube (above), LBRY and Bitchute:  Please consider signing up as a supporter!  Either hit Join, tip or pledge on this video, or sign up through the following services:  https://www.floatplane.com/channel/RobertNeal  /  https://www.patreon.com/retrorgb   T-Shirts:  https://www.retrorgb.com/store.html All equipment used […]

Wrestling With Gaming has just released a new documentary chronicling the legendary N64 game Goldeneye.  The video dug into the making of the game, as well as the team involved.  There’s a bunch of cool behind-the-scenes tidbits, but my favorite was definitely the story about when the multiplayer mode was implemented. Also the visuals in […]

The fan-made port of the game Cave Story to the Sega Genesis has been updated and it appears savegame support has been fixed:  https://github.com/andwn/cave-story-md/releases It’s odd that the full list of changes (below) since the last time we wrote about Cave Story don’t list a savegame issue at all.  I did attempt to report the issue […]

John Lineman from Digital Foundry has just posted an in-depth analysis of the Nintendo Switch port of Ori and the Will of the Wisps.  Overall, the port is extremely impressive and while you don’t have the detail of the 4K Xbox One X or PC versions, it still looks…and more importantly, performs well. John was able […]

Here’s a review of the MakeMHz HDMI mod for the original Xbox. This mod taps the digital audio and video signals before they’re ever send to analog, making it a true digital-to-digital HDMI solution MakeMHz Xbox HDMI:  https://retrorgb.link/xboxhd OpenXenium ModChip:  https://makemhz.com/products/openxenium Kit + Installation Service:  https://stoneagegamer.com/xbox-hd-makemhz-digital-kit-installation-service.html?afmc=retrorgb The review also goes over alternatives to an internal mod, demonstrates […]

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=2020-09-23_220.mp3 Video available on YouTube (above), LBRY and Bitchute:  Please consider signing up as a supporter!  Either hit Join, tip or pledge on this video, or sign up through the following services:  https://www.floatplane.com/channel/RobertNeal  /  https://www.patreon.com/retrorgb   T-Shirts:  https://www.retrorgb.com/store.html All equipment […]

Strafefox has recently posted a documentary on the making of Street Fighter II.  It was great to hear the stories of the developers and how the game’s iconic moves and gameplay took shape.  I’d highly recommend this to anyone with an interest in the history of the game. I’m always so impressed at how members […]

This video showcases the RetroTINK 2x Mini, which at the moment seems to be the perfect device for anyone just getting started connecting their classic consoles to modern flat-panel TV’s – There’s no special cables needed, just connect your consoles using wherever cables they came with and connect the TINK Mini to your TV using […]