Bob

OSSC v1 Hardware Mod

Rees recently posted a video walkthrough of how to mod your v1.6 or earlier Open Source Scan Converter to be compatible with the v1.0 and up Firmwares.  Without this mod, all OSSC hardware revisions before the recent v1.8 will not work with the newer firmwares.  If you accidentally flash the wrong one, you can simply […]

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The RetroTINK 4K can Downscale

The RetroTINK 4K is first and foremost an upscaler, and although possible, downscaling is not an officially supported or advertised feature. How well it downscales is dependant on the menu items intended for upscaling. Fortunately, downscaling (technically decimating) on the RetroTink 4K works well to restore integer-upscaled games that were drawn in 240p. So well in […]

Bob

Weekly Roundup #414

The Roundup is available as a video and on all audio-only podcast services, such as iTunes, Google, Stitcher, Spotify, Amazon Music and direct-download:  https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/retrorgb If you enjoy these videos, please consider supporting this channel via monthly support services, tips, or even just by using our affiliate links to purchase things you were already going to buy […]

Bob

M3: Marsupial MiSTer Multisystem

Koala Koa has just started selling fully loaded MiSTer kits, based on Heber’s open source MiSTer Multisystem.  These kits are pre-configured and even include TapTo pre-installed into the case, with some NFC cards to launch the licensed games that come pre-loaded.  Tons more details below and a full unboxing and demo can be found above, but […]

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MiSTer FPGA News – MiSTer Clone, CoCo 2, System 18 & More

New Wallpapers Ranny Snice released two new wallpapers for the MiSTerFPGA. It is based on the Alien Storm arcade game and Castlevania The New Generation. You can have your MiSTer download it for you if you enable Ranny Snice’s wallpapers in the Update All script settings Post : https://x.com/RannySnice/status/1800181134409535605 Post 2 : https://x.com/RannySnice/status/1800921003805000058   DE10 Nano Clone […]

Bob

Sega Rally Documentary

Nick from PandaMonium Reviews just posted his latest epic Sega Saturn documentary – An almost five hour long deep dive into Sega Rally.  As with all of Nick’s work, it’s a complete origin story of the game, starting with the arcade version.  While these are long (just think of it as a ‘TV series’ and watch […]

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An Easier HDMI Mod

The folks over at Electron Shepherd have what I consider to be a very under the radar HDMI mod.  Their “universal” HDMI kit called the ElectronAnalog, is an internal HDMI board that can be used on any console that outputs either a Component or VGA (RGB with H and V Sync) video.  This includes the […]

Bob

Vintage Apple PC HDMI Card

Lon Seidman recently released a video showcasing a new HDMI card for vintage apple computers.  There’s no “modding” required, simply insert this in the proper slot in your PC and it’ll automatically start outputting 480p HDMI.  It’s not cheap at $200 and if you have multiple retro PC’s, getting a scaler is more cost-effective.  That […]

Bob

Weekly Roundup #413

The Roundup is available as a video and on all audio-only podcast services, such as iTunes, Google, Stitcher, Spotify, Amazon Music and direct-download:  https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/retrorgb If you enjoy these videos, please consider supporting this channel via monthly support services, tips, or even just by using our affiliate links to purchase things you were already going to buy […]