Hi, I am Louis Zezeran from Zez Retro, I am an Australian living in the European country of Estonia.
I make retro content on my YouTube channel as well as a weekly podcast, the “Cathode Ray Podcast” with Steve from Retro USA. Together we discuss CRT’s, retro and old technology, as well as a fair mix of our own stupid stories. I also have a solo podcast “The Zezcast” where I talk to creators who I admire.
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ZezRetro
Podcast: https://anchor.fm/zezretro
You will also find all podcast episodes on my YouTube channel and your favorite podcast app.
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Creator Robert Dale Smith has produced an open source design for a USB to GameCube controller adapter which you can build yourself for about $8 in parts. This adapter is designed for using a wired USB controller on a real GameCube. On the left we have my janky home made version. On the right we […]
In this episode I speak to Danhans42, the creator of the “Litemenu” custom menu for the PSIO. The PSIO is a plug in dongle for the original Playstation 1 which allows playing backups from an SD card. Photo taken from official PSIO website https://psio.cybdyn-systems.com.au/ Despite working well enough for most users needs, the PSIO has […]
Last week I got a chance to talk to N64 hardware hacker Konrad Beckmann. Konrad got attention last summer for his work on the “PicoCart64”, which was a very low cot N64 flash cart made mostly from a Raspberry Pi Pico. Konrad has since gone back to finish a previous project working on HDMI digital […]
Lu from Lu’s Retro Source and Louis from Zez Retro (me) sit down and talk through all the changes to MiSTer FPGA which enable s-video and composite output. With the addition of Mike Simone’s S-Video updates into the MiSTer main project, the project is now ready for public release. The project has been under active […]
If you are interested in using your MiSTer with composite or S-Video output, there are several new options on the market right now. Mike Simone (MikeS) has been developing special versions of each core which can output S-Video natively. Then using a relatively simple adapter, this can be converted into composite. Mike recently finished his […]
Bob gave me the idea to investigate the current status of racing wheel support on the MiSTer. It seems that most wheels are not plug and play and will need some support added into Mister main release branch somehow. If you have a Logitech G27, G29 or GT then you may be in luck, these […]
Sometimes the simplest questions can be the most fascinating. I wondered to myself if the wireless part of a standard Nintendo GameCube WaveBird controller is introduces any extra latency compared to a wired controller. Spoiler alert: In this test environment the result was ~5ms of extra latency. That is around 1/3 of a frame. I […]
As part of my day job, I present Stand Up comedy events and occasionally we get to work with some well known names. In this case it was two nights of the John Cleese show in Tallinn. On the second day the theater was setup and no preparation was needed in the afternoon. That is […]
Last week Steve from Retro Tech and myself got a chance to talk to Polish developer Maciej Kobus, otherwise known as Webhdx, the creator of the new popular PicoBoot GameCube modchip. We covered the following topics: Maciej’s road to becoming a GC hardware hacker. Why does PicoBoot use a Raspberry Pi Pico? Will RPi Pico […]
If you have ever installed Custom Firmware on a PlayStation Vita or a PlayStation TV you will be familiar with this device: the SD2VITA. It allows you to use a regular Micro SD card instead of the proprietary and expensive Sony memory card. Read the Article – History of the SD2VITA While the adapter itself […]
