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New Super Mario Land (SNES) “No Woohoo Sound Effect” Hack

New Super Mario Land stands as a high water mark of homebrew coding–a masterpiece for the ages. A 16-bit re-imagining of the classic Game Boy Super Mario Land for the Super Nintendo by a legendary scene coder. Although after hours of gameplay, the characters’ “woohoo!” jumping sound effect can become repetitive, so many requested a […]

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NES Hardware Sound Comparison

YouTube user マツケん/ MatsukeN recently posted a video comparing how very different each NES/Famicom console outputs audio. Now, of course, there’s a lof of things that factor into this comparison.  What version of the motherboard was in each?  Were they original capacitors, or was a full cap replacement done on each console?  What’s the quality of […]

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Emulicious Winter 2019 Update

Emulicious, the GB, GBC, SMS and GG emulator has just had its second major update this year.  This emulator is popular with developers for it’s debugging features and full control of the games. This update features SMS FM Sound support, as well as tabs in the memory editor: For the Master System and Game Gear […]

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Weekly Roundup #178

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=2019-12-04_178.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/ 00:35  […]

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HyperFlash32 eInk Screen

Kevin Mellott has just shared some more details of his upcoming HyperFlash32 project.  While the project started out as a single-flash cart for the Virtual Boy has evolved into something absolutely unique and awesome!  Here’s everything added: The case will now be made of a carbon fiber black 3D printed frame, surrounded by a strong […]

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Artemio & Smokemonster on Retronauts!

Both Artemio and Smokemonster were recently guests on one of the most famous podcasts in retro gaming: Retronauts!: https://retronauts.com/article/1386/episode-261-ventures-into-the-new-frontier-of-emulation https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/retronauts-episode-261-the-mister-revolution/id672857593?i=1000457809975 It’s so exciting to see such hard working people in the retro gaming scene get the recognition that they’ve certainly earned in their years of contributions to the scene.  While fans of both people might […]