Retro-Bit have just opened pre-orders on official re-releases of the Super Famicom game Shockman Zero. This was originally only released via the Satelleview addon and broadcast to Japanese audiences back in 1997, making this the first official worldwide release. The price is about $55 and there’s both PAL and NTSC versions that will be sold in […]
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“Is my copy of Mega Man III messed up?” This question is a common one from those that either have not played the third game in the series or are returning to it after a number of years. There is a graphical glitch above Shadow Man in the Stage Select screen. A segment of pixels […]
PixelFX have just announced a price drop on their Morph 4K scaler, from $400 to $275, citing a decreased bill of materials (BOM) as the reason. They posted on their Discord server that early adopters who paid the extra $125 will have the option to purchase the upcoming analog bridge adapters for only $25 (as […]
Greg from LaserBear is now selling the latest version of the SD2SP2 – A device that allows you to connect a MicroSD card to the rear port of a GameCube. The previous version worked well, however this update from Extrems fixes some streaming issues and decreases the cpu usage when using a SD2SP2 device. It […]
FPGA Sega Neptune A brazilian company called GamesCare, announced the GF1 Neptune. an FPGA recreation of what would’ve been the Sega Neptune. That means it’s a console that combines both the Sega Genesis and 32X devices. Instead of having the 32X as an addon. It will also have an expansion port for a Sega CD […]
I just had the pleasure of doing an audio-only podcast with Nick from PandaMonium Reviews, to discuss his latest epic documentary about Sega Rally. We discussed what goes into making a four hour, forty minute production, as well as how he gets his game footage and some other fun moments about the documentary, game and […]
Markus has just released a new (free as always!) firmware update for the original OSSC. This adds features that focus on passing signals through to a scaler without analog video inputs like the Morph, as well as a VRR flag for HDMI output, a Lumacode decoder and improved sampling jitter reduction, which makes setting phase […]
Rees recently posted a video walkthrough of how to mod your v1.6 or earlier Open Source Scan Converter to be compatible with the v1.0 and up Firmwares. Without this mod, all OSSC hardware revisions before the recent v1.8 will not work with the newer firmwares. If you accidentally flash the wrong one, you can simply […]
The RetroTINK 4K is first and foremost an upscaler, and although possible, downscaling is not an officially supported or advertised feature. How well it downscales is dependant on the menu items intended for upscaling. Fortunately, downscaling (technically decimating) on the RetroTink 4K works well to restore integer-upscaled games that were drawn in 240p. So well in […]
