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Sega Just Announced its Next TEN Games for the Upcoming Genesis Mini

This morning, Sega revealed the next 10 games for its upcoming Genesis Mini. Out of the 10, the one that stands out the most is Mega Man: The Wily Wars.  This game never received a physical release in North America.  Those that did play it when it was released either imported the game from other […]

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GB Studio Lets YOU create Gameboy Games For Free

Developer Chris Maltby has released his GB Studio, a free program that allows for aspiring developers to create their own Gameboy, Gameboy Color games without any programming knowledge. The program can be downloaded from gbstudio.dev.  There are versions available for OSX, Windows, and Linux. Per the developer site, these are some of the benefits offered by using GB […]

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Gameboy Emulation gets Widescreen Option with Wide GB

If you’re in the camp that looks at retro games and wishes that they had a true widescreen option that doesn’t rely on weird stretching techniques, then emulators like WideNES and now Wide GB might satisfy that need. Based on a modified version of sameboy, Wide GB includes an extra option:  “Use Widescreen”. Enabling this […]

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FX Unit Yuki Port Released for the Genesis / Mega Drive with Some Caveats

In mid-2018, the Turbografx and PC Engine CD received a new action-platforming game titled FX-Unit Yuki: The Henshin Engine.  Following a successful kickstarter campaign, backers were able to participate in a survey to choose a console port for development after the original version was completed where the Sega Genesis won the popular vote. Now, nearly […]

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How to Update Your 8bitdo M30 2.4G if You’re Having Connection Issues

The M30 2.4G by 8bitdo is a fantastic controller for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive that is proven to have low lag AND a low price. Unfortunately, many of the early units suffer from connection issues and unlike the M30 bluetooth edition, there is no obvious way to update the 2.4G receiver that comes bundled with […]

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HD Retrovison Shows Transparency/Color-Depth Restoration Algorithm to Minimize Dithering

HD Retrovision has provided some screenshots of an anti-dithering feature for their long ago announced “HD-Mizer“, an analog to digital video interface box with HDMI® output.  This is a plug-n-play device that would take standard analog signals and process them correctly for modern digital displays in a clean 480p/576p. Per their in development product page, this […]

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MegaCat Studios adds Locomalito title and Tanzer to their Genesis Line up

If you’re not familiar with Locomalito, he makes AWESOME professional quality pixel style games that attempt to adhere to and mimic classic arcade systems, computers, and consoles. Even better, he releases many of them for free for various platforms.  While checking out MegaCat’s site today, I noticed that both Tanzer and L’abbaye Des Morts are now […]

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Gorgeous Looking Pixel Art Game “Project Genesis” Shown Running on Real Hardware

Genesis and Mega Drive users have yet another game to look forward to with the announcement of Project Genesis, a new game designed to run on real hardware. This time, the developer is Bits Rule Games, an Argentinian development studio currently composed of four members. The game reminds me of Monster World IV visually with a […]