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Weekly Roundup #155

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=2019-06-26_155.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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Raspberry Pi 4 Released for $35

The Raspberry Pi team has just launched the “RPi4b”, starting at $35 for the 1GB model and $55 for the 4GB version.  The features are pretty impressive and quite a boost over previous models: A 1.5GHz quad-core 64-bit ARM Cortex-A72 CPU (~3× performance) 1GB, 2GB, or 4GB of LPDDR4 SDRAM Full-throughput Gigabit Ethernet Dual-band 802.11ac wireless networking Bluetooth […]

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Mega SD: Full Review

The Mega SD is a Genesis / Mega Drive ROM cart that plays Genesis, SMS, 32x AND Sega CD games, from all regions, all on one cartridge!  Unlike many other Optical Drive Emulators, this doesn’t replace the existing optical drive…and in fact, it doesn’t need any original Sega CD hardware at all!!! Please check out the review […]

Bob

Weekly Roundup #154

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=2019-06-19_154.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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The Sega Genesis in 1990 by Classic Gaming Quarterly and SmokeMonster CGQ interview

Classic Gaming Quarterly recently released their much anticipated documentary which unfolds 1990 from the perspective of new Sega Genesis/Mega Drive game releases. It’s a great watch and I highly recommend it for the backstory of every new release, and the history behind each game. On Saturday I had the pleasure of interviewing Chris live about […]

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Interview with CEO of LBRY

I recently sat down with Jeremy Kauffman, the CEO of LBRY (pronounced ‘library’) to talk about their blockchain-based video/content hosting protocol.  Sorry for the echo, but there’s not much we could have done in that conference room! While this isn’t directly related to retro gaming, I feel like the problems and alternatives we discuss will affect all […]