A brand new Broadband Adapter (BBA) kit for the SEGA Dreamcast was recently shown and released on the Dreamcast-Talk forums. Xrider the maker of the conversion kit. Showed off the process of assembling the kit as well as going over the requirements for doing the kit conversion. Assembly, soldering, and tracking down of parts is […]
John Linneman just posted an excellent video showcasing the development and history of two modern Sega Genesis / Mega Drive games: Matt Phililps’ Tanglewood and Bitmap Bureau’s Xenocrisis. I was really happy to see such a detailed, positive video showcasing the people who are still embracing these platforms and finding new ways to innovate them. […]
Modern Vintage Gamer just posted a short, but informative video about the history of backward-compatibility on Sony’s game consoles. It covers the ability of certain model PS2’s to play PS1 games, ranging all the way up to the PS5, which is rumored to have excellent support for PS4 games. Backward compatibility was first introduced with the […]
The Atomiswave arcade platform is seen by many as a spiritual successor to the Neo Geo MVS, being a collaboration between Sammy, SNK, and Sega. Interestingly, it was very similar to the Dreamcast hardware, even more so than the Sega Naomi. Unlike Naomi though, Atomiswave has been largely overlooked due to its rarity and relative […]
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=2020-10-28_225.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 […]
The Time Sleuth is a device that can test the latency of a display or HDMI device, down to the microsecond. Since it’s release, it’s become one of the most important tools I use and I wanted to post a video showing people how it works, as well as how to update it with the latest […]
Last week Sega released the “Golden Axed” prototype on Steam, available for free addition to your Steam catalogue for only 2 days (and can be kept after that indefinitely). Digital Foundry’s John Linneman live streamed a play through of the title, while he chatted to the developers, Sanatana Mishra and Tim Dawson, about some […]
YouTube user RedHotSonic posted a trailer for the Sonic Hacking Contest 2020 on October 22. Starting in 2002, the Sonic Hacking Contest (or SHC for short) is a yearly competition where people can submit their own Sonic ROM hacks and mods. There are 2 sections, the Contest where they each earn trophies based on different […]
Krikzz has just released a new firmware for the Mega Everdrive Pro that ads a few interesting features, including the ability to create custom menus!: Firmware: http://krikzz.com/pub/support/mega-everdrive/pro-series/OS/ Purchase Mega Everdrive Pro: https://retrorgb.link/medpro While I think the “last game autoboot” option is something many people will like, the more exciting addition is the ability to customize the […]
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=2020-10-21_224.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 […]
