I’m Bob, the founder of RetroRGB. If you’d like to support my work, please consider following me on social media, or even supporting via paid platforms; Those support services are what keeps the work I’m involved with and this site going. More about me below the links:
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Like many people who are probably reading this site, I grew up playing consoles like the SNES and Genesis, which featured styles of games that aren’t nearly as common today. While I love new games and in many ways they can be far superior, they’re not always the style or experience someone is looking for. Some of the biggest pet peeves of modern games are loading times, constant software updates and often long “training sessions” required before the gameplay even starts. Heck, even many of the games are significantly longer! Someone looking to game during the small bits of free time they might have, often look to classic consoles and handhelds that provide a way to just jump in and start playing; Many classic games can be completed within an hour and are a satisfying experience.
The most common styles of games found on those platforms are different too. There are similar games available for newer consoles, like Shovel Knight, The New Super Mario Bros, Ori and the Blind Forest and (of course) Axiom Verge. Still, the amount of 2D vs 3D graphic games made is very small, so I often find that to enjoy that style, you need to go back to some of the classic consoles, which was the original catalyst for this site…
The journey to experience retro video game awesomeness started in October 2011 when I discovered a (low quality) Retro Controller Adapter for the Wii. After a few months of playing virtual console games on my Wii via the adapter, it started to feel like a tease; I got to use the original controller, but I missed the look of a CRT, as well as not having any lag on my games!
I soon realized if I wanted a “real” experience, I had to get the real thing and as a result, I ended up building the Retro Cart. I was happy playing all the old games the way they were meant to be played, on the original hardware, on a high quality CRT TV that brought out the best in the older games. After that project, I thought I was done…
Then, I re-discovered RGB and my retro video game life changed forever (I knew about RGB as a kid, but it was so unfathomably expensive back then that I just put it out of my mind). Even though it was less than three months from the time I completed the Retro Cart, I knew I had to start over. I was able to use most of the same equipment I already purchased, but there were some key differences. I dug so deep into it, that I decided to document exactly what I went though via a Google Doc, just in case “a few of my friends” ever wanted to do the same. I eventually gathered so much information that Cousin Scott suggested I make it into a website, so if other people wanted to walk down the same path, they could skip all the research and follow one easy to read guide. Hopefully I succeeded!
Sega has announced the final batch of games being included with the upcoming Genesis Mini and they included some interesting choices, such as Tetris, which was never officially released on the Genesis! It also includes Monster World IV which was previously a Japan-only release! Overall, this console is looking to have the most potential of […]
The final Japan-exclusive Pokémon Mini game – Pichu Bros. Mini – has been translated by a team of dedicated fans. That means now the entire Pokemon Mini library can be played in English via an emulator or by using the DITTO mini flash cart. It’s my (Bob) personal opinion that language translations are an important […]
The video above shows the first successful full sync of Crystal Glitchless, which is longer than any other published console verification on TASVideos by more than an hour. This was made possible by a combination of efforts from TASVideos members and Pokemon Speedrunners and has allowed MrWint’s Pokemon Crystal TAS to be verified on original hardware […]
Extrems has just updated the Game Boy Interface software to include a new “breakthrough discovery” in video rendering. For standard and speedrunning editions, the changes are as follows: Improved video rendering. Renamed oversample scaler to area. Changed default scaler to area. The “area scaler” is (for lack of an easier description) a way that helps present […]
Unseen aka Ingo Korb has just released an update to the GCVideo firmware. Version 2.4d corrects the remaining “chroma shift” bug and can be downloaded here: https://github.com/ikorb/gcvideo/releases This fix should remove the need for people to use the “menu shift” trick described in a previous update. It’s my (Bob’s) personal opinion that if you don’t have […]
Professor Abrasive has just posted an update to the Satiator project: The design of the plastic shell is nearing completion and SLA samples have been received. There’s still some tweaks to be made, but it’s looking like all versions of the Satiator (including beta versions) will ship with some kind of plastic shell: Also, there’s […]
It looks like the administrator of the Assembler Games forum has announced that it will be closing next month in June due to financial reasons. Forum users have publicly offered to donate to keep the site alive, but the administrator hasn’t responded to anyone publicly as of the time of this post: https://assemblergames.com/threads/this-forum-to-close-in-30-days.71032/ OPINION (Bob’s): As […]
Knights of Bytes have just shown a teaser of their 2017 hit Commodore 64 game Sam’s Journey running on the Nintendo Entertainment System. The C64 edition of the game was available to purchase both as a physical disk, as well as a digital download. I hope they’ll offer the same with the NES version, as […]
Sony has just announced they’ll be releasing a remastered version of “Ghostbusters: The Video Game” in 2019. Sony claims the game itself will be updated with “enhanced textures and lighting” and I assume that means higher resolution rendering as well. Also, all the cutscenes will supposedly be in 4K, as according to the blog: “All […]
As you can see from the title, my first experiment with “retrobright” was a massive failure. Please check out the video (YouTube above, BitChute below) to see what went wrong and make sure to subscribe and follow these news posts to see how I get it right next time! Salon Care 40 Solution: https://amzn.to/30UeshL Console Cleaning: https://www.retrorgb.com/cleanconsoles.html […]
