Rodrigo Copetti has just released the first physical book in his Architecture of Consoles series, which focuses on the Xbox 360 & PlayStation 3. Rodrigo has been doing deep-dive analysis of consoles for years and his documentation is some of the most thorough I’ve ever seen. All are available for free on his website, or […]
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Developer Infidelity has just publicly released his latest NES to SNES conversion, this time for the game Mega Man 5. As with his previous conversions, these eliminate slowdown, reduce sprite flicker and allow for SNES-related enhancements that aren’t possible on NES hardware. Unfortunately, Mega Man 5 has quite a bit of lag as a result of […]
The deadline for the SegaXtreme Sega Saturn 30th Anniversary Game Competition passed on Friday, shortly followed by competition coordinator EmeraldNova revealing the entries, which totaled more than two dozen. There were 25 entries across three categories, including nine original games; nine hacks, patches and translations; and seven utilities. The full list is as follows: Original […]
We take the distribution of game updates for granted these days. So long as the download happens in an acceptable amount of time, everything is fine. Sometimes the patch notes matter. Sometimes they don’t. Whatever. Game on. Meanwhile… the previous version of that game? It will never be seen again. In the cartridge days, this […]
Mazinger Z A core for the Cave arcade game Mazinger Z has been released by the CoinOp collection team. Mazinger Z is a top down shooter based on the Manga series of the same name. Mazinger Z features encrypted sprites and there is currently no loader support to decrypt the data, so patching the sprite […]
1995’s Wipeout has just received a stunning new fan port for the Sega Dreamcast. Based on the Wipeout Rewrite project, Github user jnmartin84 has brought the classic PlayStation racer to Sega’s final console. With silky-smooth performance and a boatload of optional enhancements, this new era-appropriate Dreamcast release feels like a peek into an alternate history […]
Tito from Macho Nacho Productions recently posted a video about the Sharp X1 – A predecessor to the Sharp x68000 PC that could also play PC Engine HU Card games. Tito cleaned it up and installed a Gotek floppy disk emulator, as well as demo’d PCE functionality…and a licensed copy of Super Mario Bros. That’s […]
A new firmware update was recently released for the GameCube version of the MemCard Pro. This adds the ability to override the default region of the memory card and fixed an identification error that was occurring on Japanese consoles. The wifi-based firmware updates have now been moved to a different server, so if you update […]
Dennis van den Broek aka Pointer Function has just released the design files for a Turbo Express / PC Engine GT replacement shell. This is meant as a drop-in replacement for either of the handheld consoles and each piece can be printed separately if you’re just looking to replace a damaged part. You can use the […]
