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Weekly Roundup #186

Posted on January 29, 2020January 4, 2023 by Bob

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=2020-01-29_186.mp3 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 / https://bitbacker.io/user/robertneal/ T-Shirts: https://www.retrorgb.com/store.html All equipment used to shoot […]

GBC IPS Replacement Screen Kit

Posted on January 28, 2020 by Bob

funnyplaying.com has recently released an IPS screen replacement kit for the Game Boy Color. This apparently uses the same screen as the GBA IPS kit, with a different ribbon cable for the GBC: https://funnyplaying.com/collections/gameboy/products/for-gbc-ips-high-light-backlight-lcd-kits Installation requires you to cut plastic on the inside of the case, making it an irreversible mod. Luckily, replacement GBC housings […]

Sega 32X Video Noise Fix by Kevtris

Posted on January 28, 2020May 16, 2020 by SmokeMonster

The Sega 32X has famously unreliable video quality, with some units exhibiting serious noise. Kevtris posted about this a few times on Discord over the last year, and I asked if he could share his solution. Kev pointed out that the problem is due to the 32X’s switching power supply, which introduces a lot of […]

Super Mario Land v1.2 Released

Posted on January 27, 2020January 27, 2020 by Bob

The creator of the really awesome remake of Super Mario Land for the SNES has just posted one more revision: https://archive.org/details/newsupermarioland I honestly thought the game’s v1.1 revision had fixed all the complaints people had, but the creator has added the following changes: Further improved gameplay & camera movement. Improved Power Ball functionality. Level design closer to […]

GCLoader Plug & Play Version Announced

Posted on January 27, 2020January 27, 2020 by Bob

Dan aka citrus3000psi has just tweeted a teaser of the next revision GCLoader: One that requires no soldering at all! As shown in the picture above, Dan was able to source a connector that allowed you to simply remove the DVD drive and plug the GCloader in it’s place. I honestly didn’t think the original installation […]

MiSTer: 1440p & 1200p Video Mode Recipes – 6X & 5X Scaling

Posted on January 27, 2020April 15, 2020 by SmokeMonster

Update: Due to improvements to its video scaler, MiSTer now supports up to 1536p. I wrote up the details here. I have been on a quest to improve my MiSTer video capture setup for 2020, with the goal of improving my channel’s videos and streams. Few people might realize this, but MiSTer supports resolutions far […]

Mario 64 Sped Up By Recompiling

Posted on January 26, 2020January 26, 2020 by Bob

MattKC just posted a video that, if true, points out an interesting choice by Nintendo’s Mario 64 dev team: Apparently they didn’t use optimization when compiling the C code used in the NTSC versions of the game. This resulted in certain areas being really slow and dropping well below the goal of 30fps. The video […]

RGB-Pi JAMMA Install Tutorial

Posted on January 25, 2020 by Bob

Goombakid has just posted an easy-to-follow install tutorial for the RGB-Pi. I’ve personally been using mine for months now and find it really easy to use if you’re already familiar with how arcade machines and the JAMMA standard work. If not, this tutorial will provide some direction and help out: https://nostalgaming.blogspot.com/2020/01/setting-up-raspberry-pi-33-and-rgb-pi.html Please keep in mind that […]

Goemon 2 & 3 English Translations Released for Super Nintendo/Super Famicom

Posted on January 24, 2020March 23, 2023 by Bob

DDSTranslation released English translations of Ganbare Goemon 2 and 3 at romhacking.net today. Long considered gems of the Super Famicom library, the legendary Goemon series is starting to open up for English speakers after decades of pleas from fans. The Goemon games are extremely difficult to translate because of they way they are coded, and […]

Retro Gaming Cables Genesis & Saturn YPbPr cables

Posted on January 24, 2020January 25, 2020 by Rany Battikh

After the initial announcement in early 2019, Retro Gaming Cables finally released its anticipated component YPbPr cables for the Genesis/Mega Drive 1 & 2 and Saturn consoles. Set to output at the console’s original resolution of 240p, the cables are advertised to work perfectly with the RetroTink 2x, although they should work as good with […]