Krikzz has just released the updated version of his Everdrive ROM cart for the Sega Game Gear: https://everdrive.me/cartridges/everdrive-gg-x7.html The x7 offers quite a few upgrades over the original, including save states, in-game menu and instant loading! Here’s the full list of features: Max ROM size: 4MByte Max SAVE RAM size: 32KByte Save States function and In-Game […]
Brook from BrookAccessory.com has just released an updated firmware for their PS3/PS4 to Mega Drive/PC Engine Super Converter Adding the much needed 6 button controller support for the PCE and SuperGrafx. A demo video of the new firmware is below and it’s available from their download section at: https://www.brookaccessory.com/download/
In an update provided by developer Lizardcube, the upcoming Streets of Rage 4 is sporting a few new notable features since the prior update from last year. The first announcement is a new character named Floyd Iraia, a “bruiser” style character that is oddly reminiscent of Jax from the Mortal Kombat series if he performed […]
Here’s a review of the Koryuu Transcoder, a device that converts Composite and S-Video to YPbPr Component video. The device is brand new and the developer has spoken about potentially adding some interesting updates in future firmware versions. Here’s a video that demo’s it’s main features, available on YouTube (above), LBRY and Bitchute (below). Links […]
Infidelity updated his incredible Zelda – The Legend of Link, which is a total ROMhack of the NES Legend of Zelda that creates an all new game, complete with new graphics and sprites, a new overworld and levels, and a new script. It’s an all-new adventure for lovers of the legendary NES title. The hack […]
A “pop-up” book was just released that celebrates some of the “body sensation” arcade machines from Sega; Games that aimed to give players a more immersive experience than just standing in front of a wooden cabinet and playing with a stick + buttons. The games featured in the book are: Hang-On, Space Harrier, Out Run, After […]
Displaced Gamers recently posted an excellent video that explains chroma – Or, essentially how colors are created with analog video signals. The video starts out by breaking down analog video formats and demonstrating how the signals are generated. I love the examples they used of oscilloscope captures shown over 100% color bars! This is one […]
Here’s this week’s roundup! An audio-only version, is available on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify and for direct-download: https://www.retrorgb.com/podcast/?name=2020-02-19_189.mp3 Video available on YouTube (above), LBRY and Bitchute: Please consider signing up as a supporter! Either hit Join, tip or pledge on this video, or sign up through the following services: https://www.floatplane.com/channel/RobertNeal / https://www.patreon.com/retrorgb / https://www.subscribestar.com/robertneal / […]
Modern Vintage Gamer has just released a follow-up to his excellent video that explained how Game Boy Graphics work, this time concentrating on the GBA. As with all MVG videos, he does a great job presenting the information in a way that will satisfy most techincal experts, without alienating his less-technical viewers. Without spoiling too […]
Here’s an early look at the upcoming “Satiator” Optical Drive Emulator for the Sega Saturn made by Professor Abrasive. It’s a plug-and-play device that allows you to boot CD images without modding your console at all. Even though the project is still only in beta, I was very impressed at the performance! Check it out […]
