Before Xbox Live, Playstation Network, WiiWare, or even the Satellaview, Sega pioneered downloadable game content in 1994 with Sega Channel: a subscription service that delivered games to a special Genesis cartridge over broadcast cable networks. Subscribers enjoyed a rotating catalogue of first and third party Genesis games during the service’s run, including some titles that would never […]
I recently had the chance to sit down with all three members of PixelFx – Dan, Christof and Woozle – to discuss their first collaboration, the N64 Digital HDMI mod. We went through every option currently available and got to hear directly from the creators about how each feature works. If you wanted to know […]
A Kickstarter campaign for a music video album, Sergio Elisondo‘s You Are Error, was just funded in an impressive seven hours. But this isn’t just any album; these videos are being released on an actual NES cartridge! This is not only quite the technical feat (the cart plays digital video and audio directly through a […]
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Porkshop Express from MiSTerAddons has just announced that MiSTer users now have the choice to order SNAC adapters, from their shop, with a case/shell. Serial Native Accessory Converter or SNAC is a small board that plugs into the USB 3.0 port of the MiSTer’s IO board and basically allows original and 3rd-party console specific controllers/peripherals […]
Modern Vintage Gamer has just released a video talking about the Nitro DS Emulator: A dev kit from Intelligent Systems that provided programmers with tools, as well as video output options to display the games on a larger screen. MVG takes a closer look at the software used when working with the DS Emulator, which […]
I recently did an interview with Shank: A console-to-handheld modder, YouTuber and member of the new company 4 Layer Tech; The team who created the ForeverPak 64. It was impressive to hear the lengths Shank and his friends had gone through to reverse engineer the Wii and to make brand new products for it! I […]
All Sony BVM monitors require some kind of control unit to allow for operation; While some will power on in the last mode used, a wired control unit is required for even the most basic operations like changing inputs, or switching between RGB and YPbPr. As these control modules get less common, prices are rising […]
A new patch has just been released for the 32x version of Doom that ads a ton of performance updates, new music, save support and a lot more. It’s so impressive to see what could have been done with the 32x and the team who worked on this patch did an amazing job – In […]
Retro Game Restore has posted progress updates for their transparent clear and smoke console shells: The tool (mold) for the SFC has had its final tweaks and production should start soon – The picture above is the final sample. Also, the Genesis/Mega Drive version is coming along and a new render and details are below. […]
