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Author: ChrisFratz

Hello, I’m ChrisFratz. But you can call me Chris. When it comes to retro gaming, I personally love emulating a lot. Along with modern ports and remasters I think it’s one of the most important things in retro gaming as it’s one of the most accessible ways to play these old games.

If you wanna here what I have to say about other kinds of things you can follow me on my twitter, though what I say on there are my thoughts alone.

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Chris’s Thoughts: Unleashed Recompiled

Posted on March 8, 2025March 8, 2025 by ChrisFratz
Chris’s Thoughts: Unleashed Recompiled

You may be thinking “Wasn’t there an article about this already?” Yes, but I wanted to share my thoughts on it. Anyway… On March 1st, 2025 YouTube user and Sonic modder Melpontro, streamed a modded copy of Sonic Unleashed. It was a seemingly normal stream where he and a few other people were playing through […]

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The Sonic Hacking Contest 2024 is Live

Posted on October 1, 2024October 2, 2024 by ChrisFratz
The Sonic Hacking Contest 2024 is Live

  IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR ONCE AGAIN!! The Sonic Hacking Contest is back for another year. In case you don’t know, the Sonic Hacking Contest (or SHC) is a fan run event where a bunch of modders and ROM hackers submit what they’ve been working on to be voted on and judged for awards. […]

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I’ve had Surround Sound For a Year

Posted on August 10, 2024August 13, 2024 by ChrisFratz
I’ve had Surround Sound For a Year

  Back in February of last year, I decided to order a Logitech Z906. A 5.1 surround sound set in a box for $400 on the recommendation from a few people in the My Life in Gaming Discord as an inexpensive way to dip my toes into surround sound. And in terms of how it […]

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N64 Recompiled: A New Way to Port N64 Games to PC

Posted on May 15, 2024 by ChrisFratz
N64 Recompiled: A New Way to Port N64 Games to PC

N64 recompiled is a program designed to take an N64 ROM and recompile it for PC. Created by Wiseguy, it takes an N64 ROM and converts all the code back into C automatically, allowing it be compiled for modern computers running windows or Linux. Yep, that means you don’t need proton to run it on […]

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Making an Oculus Rift DK1 work on an N64

Posted on March 12, 2024 by ChrisFratz
Making an Oculus Rift DK1 work on an N64

Nintendo 64 programmer James Lambert decided to try and make an Oculus Rift DK1 VR headset to work on an N64. He did this using a USB to N64 controller adapter he made, and he connected the headset to that with an Arduino so which is used to process the data and send it to […]

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N64 Ray Tracing Emulator Plugin

Posted on June 16, 2022June 20, 2022 by ChrisFratz
N64 Ray Tracing Emulator Plugin

On the 3rd of June, Twitter user Dario revealed that his path tracing renderer that powered his ray tracing mod for Mario 64 (which was covered here in the past) named RT64 is being turned into a graphics plugin for N64 emulators. As you can see in the tweet above, he released a demo video […]

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A Remaster Of PowerSlave Has Been Released

Posted on March 9, 2022 by ChrisFratz
A Remaster Of PowerSlave Has Been Released

On February 10th, 2022, Nightdive Studios released a new remaster of the Sega Saturn and PS1 version of PowerSlave. PowerSlave was originally released back in 1996 for the PC, Sega Saturn, and PS1 and was developed by Lobotomy Software. And while the PC version has been available for years on stores like Steam and GOG, […]

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Retro Game Soundtracks Are Getting Restored

Posted on January 18, 2022 by ChrisFratz
Retro Game Soundtracks Are Getting Restored

A YouTube user named The Brickster has recently uploaded a full remastering of the soundtrack to Pokemon HeartGold & SoulSilver on to YouTube. This remaster came from a user named Kurausukun with The Brickster having permission to host the remaster on his channel. This soundtrack remastering is different to most of the work present on […]

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Sonic Hacking Contest 2021 is Here

Posted on October 5, 2021October 5, 2021 by ChrisFratz
Sonic Hacking Contest 2021 is Here

  It’s that time again, YouTube user RedHotSonic has just uploaded the trailer for the 2021 Sonic Hacking Contest. And in case you don’t know, the Sonic Hacking Contest (SHC) is a a week long event where people can submit ROM hacks and mods for sonic games that people can download and play. Not only […]

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A Remake of Myst Has Recently Been Released

Posted on September 16, 2021 by ChrisFratz
A Remake of Myst Has Recently Been Released

  On December 10th, 2020, Cyan released a new remake of the classic 1993 adventure game Myst exclusively for the Oculus Quest platform. So why am I writing about it now? Because on August 26th, 2021, the game was released on PC with optional VR support through Steam, Epic Games Store, GOG.com, and Xbox Game […]

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