Terasic, the maker of the DE-10 Nano kit that’s the heart of the MiSTer FPGA project has just announced its successor: The DE-25. The new kit has 128mb of built-in sdram and dedicated / shared ddr4. Basically, it has 30% more block ram and is capable of higher clock speeds, but still in a similar […]
Matt from RetroDotCards has launched Series One of brand-new physical game cards for the Game Boy Advance E-Reader! These custom-made titles, developed for the GBA and converted into the E-Reader’s unique dot code format, bring back the nostalgia of collecting cards and scanning them. You can grab these cards now at https://www.retrodotcards.com/ Available for E-Readers […]
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Atari, in partnership with Digital Eclipse and Limited Run Games have recently announced a compilation of Mortal Kombat games, for all modern platforms. All four original arcade and console versions will be included, as well as quite a few others. This will be available on the Switch 1/2, Xbox One/Series, PlayStation 4/5 and PC. Digital […]
Rodrigo Copetti has just released the third book in his Architecture of Consoles series, called “The Pioneer Race”. This book focuses on the Sega Saturn, PlayStation, Virtual Boy, and Nintendo 64. All of Rodrigo’s work is available for free on his website or in cheaper eBook versions, however physical editions like this allow for high […]
There are several ways to output 15KHz emulation via GroovyMAME and RetroArch without an external downscaler such as CRTEmudriver for Windows and the Linux distro Batocera. These are very solid options to play retro games in their native resolution on a standard definition CRT, but more options are always welcome. Groovy MiSTer by the late […]
Tito from Macho Nacho productions recently showcased a brand new, fully open-source optical drive emulator for the Nintendo GameCube. The software for the Raspberry Pi Pico-based mod was written by Makeo and SilverStee1 created the flex cable & mount. While it does require some soldering, it should be beginner-friendly. Also, like the FlippyDrive, PicoLoader allows you […]
Skyfloogle’s outstanding Virtual Boy emulator, Red Viper, received a 1.0 reease to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Nintendo’s most infamous system! Designed for the Nintendo 3DS, Red Viper lets you play Virtual Boy games in proper stereoscopic 3D, just as they were originally intended! The 1.0 update also introduces custom color palette options, a welcome […]
Setting up a Network Attached Storage (NAS) device is a great way to share your gaming library amongst multiple MiSTer FPGA’s (or computers), or if you want an easier way of updating your game library without having to turn on your MiSTer FPGA. There are tons of ways of doing this. You can configure your […]
The source code for the Saturn version of Lobotomy Software’s first-person shooter engine was uploaded to GitHub and the Internet Archive last Saturday. Called the SlaveDriver engine, it powered three FPSes on the Saturn: PowerSlave (also called Exhumed in PAL territories), Duke Nukem 3D and Quake. It appears to be the version of the engine […]
