YouTuber “Displaced Gamers” just released another educational video in his series covering analog signals, resolutions, aspect ratios, and more. This video covered “Luma” and the history of brightness and its uses in television and video signals. As well as its applications to video signal and how the human eye perceives it. Special care and attention […]
Here’s this week’s roundup! Audio-only version, available on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify and for direct-download: https://www.retrorgb.com/podcast/?name=2019-05-15_149.mp3 Video available on YouTube (above), LBRY and Bitchute:
RetroHQ is now shipping all Neo Geo Pocket SD order with a high-quality SLS plastic shell! Previously, the cartridges shipped with a 3D printed case and while those were great, upgrading to SLS is always a good bonus. Also, anyone who wants to upgrade their current NGPSD will soon be able to purchase just the shell from […]
Developer Vitor Vilela has once again used his knowledge of the SNES’s SA-1 expansion chip to improve SNES games, this time focusing on the game Gradius III. Previously, Vitor has focused on games like Super Mario World, but has also dedicated his time to help create dev tools and start SNESLab, a place dedicated to unifying […]
Jose Tejada has just released his 1943 FPGA core to the MiSTer platform! The core should soon be added to the auto-download scripts, but you can get the zip file right now from Jose’s public Patreon post. I’m so excited to see how quickly the MiSTer platform is growing and seeing all the amazingly accurate […]
The Neo Geo Dev Team has just announced that a port of the Neo Geo game Gunlord will be coming to the Switch on May 22nd for $10! I recently streamed other NG Dev Team games and am I’m a huge fan of the team’s work. I’m also really excited to see these games on other […]
After years of only having terrible solutions for Neo Geo, we now have THREE excellent ROM cart choices for AES and MVS consoles! The video at the bottom of this post provides a detailed overview of each, as well as highlights how each of them might be better for you situation. Here’s a quick rundown, as […]
Here’s a full review of the DCHDMI! The video also goes into detail about all solutions for DC on a flat-screen, as well as describes some of the issues with the DC’s signal. For more information and the most up-to-date links, please check out the main Dreamcast page: https://www.retrorgb.com/dreamcast.html DCHDMI used in tournament: https://kotaku.com/an-old-school-marvel-vs-capcom-2-throwdown-was-the-bes-1831415905
Voultar just posted a video that recommends a $100 (approx) soldering kit that performs as good or better than most equipment many times more expensive. It’s a great walkthrough of both what’s better about it, as well as why it’s better. EDIT: It’s been reported that not every T12 has the same circuitry as the one […]
Here’s a short review of an inexpensive SCART / RCA switch from Otaku-Games. It doesn’t have any of the options or enhancements of the gscartsw, but I think it might be a good start for people looking for an inexpensive option! Otaku Switch: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DFxPTtd SCART Switch Page: http://retrorgb.com/scartswitches.html
