With the Analogue Pocket selling out within the first 15 minutes of pre-orders, many potential customers expressed their disappointment with the company. Some have even called into question as to whether Analogue’s practice of advertising zero emulation for its devices is deceptive. Hardware emulation versus software emulation is a volatile topic to say the least, […]
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Terraonion has just updated the firmware for the MODE to version v1.02 R10. The most notable updates are the ability to soft reset to the MODE menu using the controller on both Dreamcast and Saturn, as well as the “fast boot” option. There’s also a bunch of tweaks and bugfixes, making the product even more […]
Axun, creator of the awesome SCA-101 SCART/JP21 switch has just officially announced a new product: The ‘RGB-2YC’. This device can accept a 15KHz (240p/480i) RGB signal and convert it to either composite or S-Video. There’s actually a choice of four inputs, but only one can be used at a time: RGB SCART RGB JP21 DSUB (VGA-style […]
The MODE is an optical disc emulator (ODE) that replaces the CDROM drive in your Dreamcast or Saturn, allowing you to boot from modern storage options, as opposed to original discs. This video will show what storage options to use, how to install it and how it performs! MODE: https://bit.ly/sagmode LaserBear brackets & mounts: https://laserbear.net/ […]
A fanhack of Ocarina Of Time was just released called: Zelda: The Missing Link. While it’s technically a romhack of the original, this game includes completely new areas and the game aims to fill the story gap between OoT and Majora’s Mask. It’s reported that the game’s playtime is fairly short, making this an excellent […]
The team behind the new Battletoads game has just announced it will release in a few weeks on August 20th. The game will launch on Xbox One, Windows 10, Xbox Game Pass, and Steam: Xbox: https://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/battletoads Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1244950/Battletoads/ While this certainly isn’t a “retro” release, anyone who grew up in the late 80’s / early 90’s surely […]
Displaced Gamers has recently released a multi-subject video discussing different revisions and bugs in a handful of cartridge-based games. The whole premise of the video was to focus on how companies dealt with fixes in an era when patching didn’t exist: Once that cartridge was shipped to consumers, the game would forever play that way. […]
