Hidden Palace has just come across a prototype of a very ambitious unreleased game for the Sega Genesis, based on the popular 1988 anime movie Akira: https://hiddenpalace.org/Akira%20(Prototype) The game’s current state doesn’t allow you to beat any level or the game, however you can try any level and switch between each by hitting Start during gameplay […]
Terraonion just released firmware 1.04 R07 for their Genesis/Sega CD/Master System rom-cart, the Mega-SD: https://bit.ly/terraonionmegasd So many new impressive options have been added this time around, like the directory cache feature, save ram backups, doubling the size of the CD RAM cartridge and the much requested MD+ audio fade command among a whole slew of bug […]
The Swiss team has been hard at work with more updates and some new features are focused on the new ways to launch homebrew: The SD2SP2 and the GameCube Loader ODE. One interesting update is the focus on support for multi-disc games. This is something that I tend to forget about, as my personal favorite […]
Here’s a review of the Omega MVS from Arcade Works. The Omega is essentially a custom case and “supergun” for a Neo Geo MV1C MVS motherboard that looks like it could be an official SNK console! ArcadeWorks Omega MVS: https://www.arcadeworks.net/omega-neo-geo-mvs-home-console Shielded cable for ORIGINAL Omega Video Board: https://www.retrogamingcables.co.uk/Omega-CMVS-RGB-SCART-Cable?tracking=5543fb4c077bb RGB & Audio Upgrade Board (no composite […]
MegaGRRL Desktop is a hardware device that plays Sega Genesis VGM files from an SD card, using the same SN76489 and either YM2612 (Genesis Model 1) or YM3438 (all other Genesis consoles) sound chips found in real Sega hardware. This makes it a hardware-accurate Sega 8 & 16-bit music player. This is a standalone unit […]
Krikzz has just posted a very large update for users of the original Everdrive N8. As promised, Krikzz has back-ported many of the things learned from the N8 Pro’s development into the v1.20 firmware for the original N8, with the focus on mapper support and audio tweaks. The full changelog is as follows: OS naming convention […]
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=2019-12-25_181.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.patreon.com/retrorgb / https://www.subscribestar.com/robertneal / https://bitbacker.io/user/robertneal/ 00:44 Indivisible […]
The Commodore C64 “Maxi” (Made by Retro Games LTD) has been released and is now available in much of Europe and Australia/New Zealand. The date for the North American launch however, has yet to be determined. Stock has been limited but reviews are coming out from various contributors and it looks like the emulation device […]
Marcus Mitcham just designed a consolizer case for Nintendo’s Virtual Boy. Using Furrtek‘s Virtual Tap and Servo pcbs in conjunction with Db Electronic‘s SNES AV multi-out you can now turn your broken Virtual Boy into a fully fledged console outputting RGBs. You would of course need to provide a VB motherboard as well, from a […]
Greig Stewart aka Theramin Hero recently released a video of an LED matrix cube displaying an emulated version of NES Castlevania. And it’s looks awesome. The whole thing was accomplished by linking together six Adafruit 64×64 LED matrix screens using a Raspberry Pi 4 and a customized software emulator. While it’s not a way I’d […]
