Shortly after last week’s announcement/release of the Raspberry Pi 4, questions were raised about the product’s backward compatibility with previous retro gaming related software and hardware released for the first 3 iterations of the RP. First, on the software side of things, Libretro, the team behind the multi-emulator frontend RetroArch, explained through a statement on […]
After announcing it back in February 2019, Undamned just showed the InfiniKey de-suicide board for Capcom’s CPS hardware. While the CPS2 version of the InfiniKey revives all known B-boards (Capcom implemented the “Suicide battery” into the entire CPS2 catalog), its CPS1 counterpart will only resurrect the following 7 troublesome games (the remaining library is basically […]
After almost 2 decades of Final Burn Alpha, the multi-platform arcade emulator was recently pronounced dead by all developers behind it, except for one. The team has since announced and released their new-born emulator named: Final Burn Neo. Shortly after Capcom’s Home Arcade trailer and website went live, speculations arose about the fair use of […]
Mike Chi, most notably known as the creator of the Retrotink line of products, just posted a tutorial video showcasing the Retrotink 2x working in conjunction with the OSSC. Purchase all RetroTINK Products via multiple vendors worldwide here: https://www.retrorgb.com/retrotink.html Mike used an unmodified NES to output composite video to the Retrotink 2x. He, then, instead […]
Retro Access just added new Dreamcast SCART and BNC cables to their ever-growing inventory of high-grade RGB cables: Dreamcast SCART Cable (you can choose cable type from the drop-down) Dreamcast BNC Cable (choose length and audio connector from the drop-down) Both versions come equipped with a 15kHz/31kHz switch, neatly fitted on the console’s end plug, for […]
My Life in Gaming recently posted a video, listing in it the best possible ways to play the original Phantasy Star quadrilogy. They first offered a detailed overview of each game covering story elements, gameplay mechanics, graphics and sound, spanning from Phantasy Star on the Master System to the main series final title “The end […]
Yet another LCD replacement screen for the Game Boy Color has surfaced lately, this time it’s by Midwest Embedded. Described as a drop-in replacement for the original GBC screen, the ME LCD module still requires some modification to be done to the case/shell (slight trimming around the frame and cutting). The picture is displayed in […]
As an alternative solution to Undamned’s Infinikey-CPS2, aje_fr posted a new method to resurrect dead CPS2 boards, on the arcade-projects forums. This simple yet effective new mod only involves soldering a pic12f675 8-bit microcontroller to 6 pins on the game rom board. Of course, the placement of the mentioned pins depends on the board revision at […]
2019 seems to be the year of Nintendo’s mid-90s underdog, the Virtual Boy, as fans of the system can now enjoy the minuscule retail library on a big screen through the Virtual Tap (discontinued for the moment), play Hyper Fighting using a proper arcade stick, and eventually boot their favorite game(s) via an SD based […]
Both of Darksoft’s Neo Geo multi’s received firmware and menu updates this past week addressing a few bugs and adding new features: * Fixed bug when updating several slots concurrently. * Fixed a new introduced bug that didnt’ allow games like Pulstar to reset twice, resulting on Red Deadlock screen. * Firmware identifies in which […]
