Darksoft has just released an updated hardware revision to his multi-game kit for the CPS-2 arcade platform. Functionally, it’s identical to the previous kit, so there’s absolutely no point in upgrading if you’ve already Installed one. That being said, many things about this were tweaked to allow easier installation, so new installs should go a […]
Alex aka ArcadeTV has begun using Krikzz’ MSU-MD driver to add CD quality audio to Sega Genesis games. This is accomplished by either using a Mega Everdrive Pro, or Mega SD ROM Cart, or by using any way to load a Genesis rom, plus a CD in an actual Sega CD console allowing for 100% […]
Recently, over 200 people collaborated to recreate all of the animated cutscenes from the notorious CDi version of Legend Of Zelda. This “reanimated” video strings all the cutscnes together to form a story and each of the scenes have been completely remade using many different methods: Everything from hand-drawn animation, to CGI, to even live […]
Scarlet Sprites has just posted a video demonstrating how to set up a Sega Titan ST-V arcade board and multi-kit. He goes through the basics of what boards / cartridges are needed, the multi-cart that’s available and some other great tips like adding a plexi case to prevent shorts and adding an easy kick harness […]
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Here’s a detailed overview of the PS1 Digital HDMI mod for the original PlayStation. Overall, the PS1d will offer the best output possible from original hardware, with it’s digital-to-digital video conversion and scaling while only adding an imperceptible 2ms (or less) of lag. While there are other good methods available for playing a PS1 on […]
CBS All Access has jut announced that the documentary Console Wars will premiere exclusively on their service on September 23rd. The documentary is based on the amazing book by Blake Harris (link below) and has been in the works for a few years now. I’m really looking forward to it and think it has the […]
John Linneman from Digital Foundry recently posted a video showcasing the Tony Hawk games and the latest remake of 1+2. The video started out as an in-depth look at the original two Tony Hawk games and their releases on each console. About halfway through, the video evolved into a review of the remakes and a […]
Modern Vintage Gamer recently posted a video that describes the dithering technique used in the PlayStation 1. While dithering had been used for quite awhile before the PS1 came around, what set the PS1 apart was that Sony built in support for dithering as part of the main console’s design. As a result, it was […]
A developer going by the name “sling-homebrew” has created a save game manager for the Sega Saturn and provided it as open source on Github (https://github.com/slinga-homebrew/Save-Game-Copier). It’s still considered “Alpha” but already seems to be fully functional. The developer used the Satiator fork of the Yabuse emulator to integrate Satiator support – giving owners of […]
