Roger aka 8-Bit Esquire recently released a video talking about the differences between consumer-grade CRT’s and BVM’s. While the video was pretty long, it’s a really great overview as to why some people hunt down PVM…or even BVM monitors. On a personal note, I’d like to politely remind everyone reading this (as did Roger in […]
Very Ok Vinyl has launched pre-order for Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams soundtrack composed by Kenichi Hirata from Arcade on a vinyl record featuring new artwork from PitCLoverDraws. It’s priced at $43.00 CAD. Scheduled release is Q4 2023. (CA) Very Ok Vinyl: https://www.veryokvinyl.com/products/cotton-fantastic-night-dreams This release comes on a 2LP orange black/green splatter vinyl. Recordings are based […]
Have you ever played The Terminator for the NES? Landing is difficult. Jumping is inconsistent. Sometimes you appear to land but fall through the ground! Sometimes you fall off the edge of a platform while running even though you swear you pressed jump before you got there. Sometimes jumping to the first ledge works but […]
The SHIRO! crew caught up with Ryan Engstrom (aka Archades Games), an independent tester working alongside Retro-Bit at the 2023 Portland Retro Gaming Expo. We discussed their upcoming 2.4Ghz Saturn Wireless Pro Controller, a wireless Saturn-inspired (and Saturn compatible) pad with two thumb sticks, four shoulder buttons and all the fixings of a modern controller. […]
Originally written by Danthrax over at SEGA SATURN, SHIRO! A prominent Saturn homebrew developer whose code was used in part to make a prototype of Metal Gear Solid running on the Saturn confirmed that the prototype is real. XL2 said Friday in the SHIRO! Discord server and Saturday on SegaXtreme that the prototype’s developer, Frogbull, […]
FirebrandX recently wrote a Patreon post that detailed an odd “feature” of the Neo Geo: The ability to pillarbox 320 resolution games to 304. While this is a non-issue on CRT’s, if you scale certain games wrong, you’ll actually cut off too much of the image. Please check out the post for more info: Public […]
Back in 2021, SHIRO! had the opportunity to interview the then Saturn homebrew community newcomer, 7Shades, regarding his shadow-dropped title, CUBECAT. At that time, the game was still fairly early in development, and the engine was still undergoing constant changes. Fast forward to this past weekend at PRGE 2023, and SHIRO! caught up with 7Shades […]
Direct video is a method of outputting an analog video signal through an HDMI port. It is supported by the MiSTer FPGA and gives users an alternate option to connect their setup to an analog CRT. The more popular method to connect to a CRT is using the official MiSTer FPGA analog IO board, but […]
The SHIRO! team caught up with Rich and Andy from Retro-Bit at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo, and we were focused primarily on covering the much anticipated Saturn Wireless Pro Controller. However, the Retro-Bit guys had another trick up their sleeves that caught us completely by surprise! It turns out they’ve been working on both […]
Ship to Shore has launched pre-order for Contra: Hard Corps soundtrack composed by Konami Kukeiha Club from Mega Drive on a vinyl record featuring new artwork from Johnny Dombrowski. It’s priced at $40.00 in US, £42.99 in UK and €42,00 in EU. Scheduled release is Q4 2023. (US) Ship to Shore: https://shiptoshoremedia.com/products/contra-hard-corps-original-video-game-soundtrack (UK) Chipfreq: https://www.vinylguru.co.uk/collections/chipfreq/products/sts-180 […]
