The Chinese Guy has just posted a video showcasing the new backlight mod for Bandai’s Wonderswan. The replacement screen is the same size as the original and seems to be high quality with no screen tearing or shimmering; The video claims the screen is a pixel-perfect, integer scale of the original screen and even includes […]
Artemio’s MDFourier software is now available for PC Engine and TurboGrafx-16 consoles as a Hu Card, CDROM image and SuperCDROM image. This software allows people to compare two versions of a console’s audio output, while removing all subjective opinions and providing a real, measurable metric. The Sega Genesis version of the software has been used […]
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Mike Chi has just announced that his “TINKUltimate” Raspberry Pi hat is approaching it’s end of life (EOL). Update – CastleMania is now carrying them: https://bit.ly/2QTc5IG I have mixed feelings about this. First and foremost, the Ultimate offered a way for people to get RGB, VGA, Component Video, S-Video and composite from their Pi, making it […]
Perifractic and Sean Harrington has released a new kit mod for the Commodore 64 (C64) that will allow users to switch between PAL and NTSC modes. Calling it the VIC-II², this kit combines the best of both signal worlds by using the PAL 6569 and the NTSC 6567 VIC-2 (Video Interface Chip) chips. The kit […]
Insurrection Industries has recently released the component video version of their GCVideo “Carby” line. It’s a $90 device that’s designed for people looking to get high quality analog video from their Game Cube’s digital-out port, without relying on original and expensive component cables. The cables only output video, so you’ll still need some Nintendo Multi-Out […]
Sam Battle aka Look Mum No Computer, a DIY musician and creator of the Furby Organ, has just released a video showing off his Sega Master System Synthesizer. In the video he takes a Sega Master System II, creates a rack-sized breakout board, and utilizes a SEGA Master System MIDI Interface device designed by Little […]
Terraonion has just open-sourced the “CartDBManager” that allows you to show box art and game information in the game select menu: https://github.com/Terraonion-dev/GameDBManagerMD UPDATE: Looks like Terraonion released the software for the SSDS3 as well: https://github.com/Terraonion-dev/GameDBManagerPCE Mega SD: https://bit.ly/terraonionmegasd SSDS3: http://bit.ly/ssds3ode Adding games to the library seems to be about the same as most other methods I’ve seen for other […]
OSSC creator Markus has just shown off an upcoming feature for the Open Source Scan Converter: An on-screen menu!!! This is yet another amazing accomplishment that was originally thought to have been impossible! In fact, many of the features Markus has added to the OSSC over the years could have totally warranted a brand new […]
There’s a new project being teased that’s a true digital-to-digital HDMI mod for the original Xbox. The most important difference between an analog-to-digital mod (or cable) and this is that the signal is tapped right from the GPU’s encoder before its converted to analog, resulting in a noise-free, 1:1 representation of the signal. This project doesn’t […]
