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Rich Whitehouse really has outdone himself this time: He reverse engineered the JagVR head tracker protocol from the Missile Command games that originally had VR support planned. This isn’t the first time Rich did something this crazy – He was the person who reverse engineered the SegaVR protocol a few years ago as well! There’s […]
Pre-orders are open from now until September 2nd for a wireless version of Retro Fighter’s StrikerDC. It comes in white, as well as transparent blue and also uses a Hall Effect joystick. The receiver also acts at the VMU reader, which means it’s not inserted into the controller itself like the originals – Probably not […]
While the upcoming RetroTINK 4K has been privately beta tested since 2022, public beta units have been sent to some of the best testers/reviewers in both retro and modern gaming! Between the My Life In Gaming livestream last night featuring Mike Chi himself, as well as many still comparisons being posted on social media, you’ll […]
Retro-bit has recently open pre-orders for a hall effect analog stick kit for OEM N64 controllers: https://retrorgb.link/rbhalln64 Hall effect joysticks have been taking the modern controller world by storm for the past year. Many renowned 3rd party controller makers have jumped on the hall effect hype train, with the sole purpose of offering a robust alternative […]
Nintendo 64 The RSP in the Nintendo 64 core passed all n64-systemtests, but the instruction decoding setup is missing 2 key features. Robert will postpone its implementation until some games start working. For more technical details, check out Robert’s Patreon article on the RSP’s power compared to the GBA & Playstation CPU’s. Post : https://twitter.com/AzumFpg/status/1686651471771664386 FPGAZumspass […]
Stone Age Gamer now has stock of Yoei’s high quality Model 2 Saturn replacement shells, in both translucent and painted versions: The translucent versions are available in Blue, Red, Orange, Yellow and Neon Yellow, with painted versions in Gold and Silver for $25 more. Purchase from Stone Age Gamer Here As a note, please take […]
Pre-orders are now live for a new Famicom motherboard replacement by Retro Game Restore (RGR). For those unfamiliar with Nintendo’s first major cart-based console history, the Famicom saw 2 types of motherboard models throughout its lifespan: the HVC-CPU and the HVC-GPM; the most common revision being the HVC-CPU-07. Notably, in this revision, both the power […]
PixelFX have just posted their first official update on the Morph in over a year and a half and it seems like it was worth the wait! Their target release date is before the end of this year and there’s multiple versions to choose from: An HDMI-only version at $400, plus multiple analog + HDMI […]
SHIRO! sat down with John Linneman of Digital Foundry for the first of (hopefully many more) retro gaming conversations. We talk beginnings at Digital Foundry, the creation of his Retro Series, favorite consoles & games and several interesting graphics & performance idiosyncrasies of the 32-Bit consoles. While this chat didn’t get too far into the […]
