Two projects that are considered vaporware by many have risen from the depths of limbo this month. The first of the two, known as the Polymega, recently allowed for Bob of RetroRGB to get some hands-on time with their pre-release hardware. Now, in a similar strategic move, Paprium‘s head, Fonzie (the head of Watermelon Games) has finally […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Developer Nicolas Hamel has posted a sneak peak at his work on a port of the rad arcade game “Bad Dudes” for the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis. If that wasn’t a surprise in itself, he’s also received assistance from the @bigevilboss himself, Matt Phillips of Tanglewood fame! Small side project, a megadrive code editor […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The best Saturn emulator on Android, Yaba Sanshiro just received a new update to version 2.4.0. The emulator, which plays many games at full speed on the Nvidia Shield TV and many other devices received an important usability update. According to the release notes: WHAT’S NEW * in-game controller configuration. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjwSuPTWgy0 * Riglord saga 2 […]
