Veronica Explains just posted a video showcasing the new “HD-64” HDMI mod, for the Commodore 64 made by Side Projects Labs. This is a #nocutmod that’s a “hybrid emulation” installation, which retains all original functionality (including Composite and S-Video output). Two different stores are currently selling kits for about $130 and a full installation PDF […]
Tito from Macho Nacho Productions recently released a video showcasing software for the PlayStation 2 that replaces the boot OS with one modeled off the Japanese-only PlayStation Broadband Navigator (PSBBN) menu. This has a really nice looking menu for launching games from your hard drive and is even compatible with POPStarter, however installation requires Linux […]
Digital Foundry recently posted a video showcasing the incredible port of Mario Kart 64, made possible via it’s decomplication project. Basically, you can now play a true, non-emulated version of MK64 on Windows, Mac and Linux, at basically any resolution and refresh rate you’d like. I spent a few minutes with it, running at 4K144 […]
TheRetroChannel is now selling a digital audio mod, that’s compatible with basically all PlayStation 1’s with a parallel port. This is a true digital-to-digital mod, giving you pure 44.1KHz/16bit digital audio with zero analog noise. While this mod still requires soldering two wires internally, it’s still much easier than other methods and since the breakout box […]
I’ve wanted to do a video on the lag of Metroid since I first started Behind the Code, and that day (or period of about three months) has finally arrived. If you’ve played NES Metroid, you know there are many instances of unexplainable lag. No enemies on the screen, and it stutters. Why? We get […]
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Atari Falcon Chips Decapped On the MiSTer FPGA forums, user pepito posted about about some custom chips for the Atari Falcon being decapped. This was a project that started back towards the end of 2024. Because of this team, we will have complete die shots of the Videl, SDMA and Combel chips. They are still […]
I recently did an interview with Randy Linden. While most of us are probably familiar with his work, it was awesome getting the true history of Bleem and the really cool story of how the original SNES Doom port came to light. We talked about quite a few other things and towards the end focused […]
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I recently recorded a podcast with Peter, the creator of Open3DOLED – A hardware kit designed to allow certain high-refresh-rate displays to display 3D content like blu-rays and 3D video games. While it’s not currently an easy thing to accomplish, it may soon be the only way we can experience all of the really cool […]
