Yahel from Wrestling With Gaming just posted a new documentary about the Sega Activator: One of the first motion-based controllers, that was advertised as a way to use your body to play Sega Genesis games. This was a short, but great video that talked a bit about its history, how it worked and why it […]
VSGravity.com is doing a production run of homebrew “remote mounts” for 20″ BVM monitors. These are made of metal and allow you to mount the display’s controller underneath the BVM, for a much cleaner look. Originals are expensive and really hard to come by, so even at $155 + flat $35 international shipping, these are […]
The MiSTer core powered Chromatic Game Boy Color handheld is now in stock, with no pre-order window – Just place your order and they should ship right away. The price is still $200, but there also appears to be a version that uses a Sapphire screen, instead of the Gorilla glass it usually comes with. […]
Data-Discs has re-pressed the vinyl soundtracks for Sonic CD, Sonic Mania, Streets of Rage 2, Shinobi III, and Shenmue. Pricing for Sonic CD vinyl is £43, Sonic Mania is £25, Streets of Rage 2 is £30, and Shenmue with Shinobi III are £24 each. These are pre-orders, that ship in October 2025(SoR2 ships in Septembre). […]
Limited Run Games *just opened pre-orders on a brand new version of Doom for the Super Nintendo / Super Famicom. This version has been completely remade by the original SNES version creator Randy Linden, based on the source code from the 1995 version. This includes all the missing levels and all of Episode 4, as […]
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Retro-Bit has just opened pre-orders on an official re-release of the 1989 vertical shooter called Undeadline. This game was only previously released in Japan and this is the first time it will be available for a worldwide release. The price is about $60, which is far cheaper than what originals sell for. Pre-orders will remain open […]
Chrissy has just released the design for a small flex cable that makes the region fix for Cosam’s Neptune a bit easier. You can have these made at a fab house like JLCPCB, then use it as a clean way to perform the pin jump to ground. It’s still a small pin to solder to, but […]
Tito from Macho Nacho Productions just posted a video showing how to install RetroNAS directly onto a UGreen NAS box. This is extremely handy, as their cheaper 2-bay devices might be the perfect device for retro-enthusiasts: Get two matching drives and run them in RAID 1 for *redundancy and you’ll have a pretty robust unit […]
Stone Age Gamer received stock of Humble Bazooka’s Neo Geo bluetooth adapter, which is compatible with all original AES, MVS and NGCD consoles, as well as some superguns with similar inputs. This is based off Darthcloud’s open source Blueretro platform, that offers some of the lowest bluetooth latency ever recorded when used with a fast controller. The […]
