Bob

Weekly Roundup #170

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=2019-10-09_170.mp3 T-Shirts:  https://www.retrorgb.com/store.html 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.patreon.com/retrorgb  / https://www.subscribestar.com/robertneal  / https://bitbacker.io/user/robertneal/ 00:21  […]

Vanessa (Vanessaira)

Pinball Dreams Available Now! For Amstrad CPC

The amazing Pinball game, “Pinball Dreams” is now available to play on the Amstrad CPC line of computers.  First reported exclusively on Indie Retro News with extensive coverage from Novabug and his YouTube channel.  This Amiga classic pinball game from Digital Illusions (the gaming studio that is now known as DICE of Battlefield fame) is […]

Bob

SA-1 Support Added To Contra III

Vitor Vilela has just posted his latest edition to the SA-1 Root project, which enhances Super Nintendo games by adding an SA-1 chip to the cartridge, in order to offset some of the processing power from the SNES’ main CPU.  Vitor has previously done this to Gradius III and it was confirmed working on real […]

Bob

Virtual Boy on Linus Tech Tips

Linus Tech Tips has just released a video showcasing the Virtual Boy, as well as it’s community-created enhancements like 2-player mode.  It always makes me happy to see popular, mainstream channels take a look at the weird and wonderful things that are often forgotten when talking about classic gaming. Also, as a fan of the […]

Bob

FPGA Panel with Lon.tv

I was lucky enough to be part of a panel at Retro World Expo with Lon from Lon.tv, where we gave an introduction to FPGA’s and helped spread the word about all the wonderful achievements going on in the scene. I was both surprised and impressed at how many people attended the panel with little […]

Bob

Weekly Roundup #169

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=2019-10-02_169.mp3 T-Shirts:  https://www.retrorgb.com/store.html 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.patreon.com/retrorgb  / https://www.subscribestar.com/robertneal  / https://bitbacker.io/user/robertneal/ […]

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Mythbusting the PS3’s YLOD

Back in July, a post on psx-place claimed to have found the real cause of the PS3’s YLOD:  The “tokin” capacitors that filter power for the main chips inside the PS3.  Displaced Gamers, as always, has done an excellent job both articulating the problem and asserting that it might be a fix, not the fix. All these […]

Bob

Interview With RetroTINK Creator Mike Chi

Here’s my second interview with Mike Chi, creator of the RetroTINK line of products.  We shot this during my west coast visit last summer (July 10th 2019), but it’s just airing now, as I wanted to talk openly about the RAD2x after its release. Purchase all RetroTINK Products via multiple vendors worldwide here:  https://www.retrorgb.com/retrotink.html Rad2x:  http://bit.ly/rad2xhdmi […]