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Danthrax (Sega Saturn SHIRO!)

Art Festival to Include Saturn Homebrew Game Red Moon: Lost Days

SHIRO! already knows Saturn games are art, and now an arts festival agrees. Red Moon: Lost Days, the first commercial Sega Saturn homebrew game, has been accepted into the ninth ECRÃ Festival of Cinema and Experimental Art. The ECRÃ Festival is a respected Brazilian experimental art and cinema event that’s heading into its ninth year. […]

Bob

New Philips CDi Game – SkyWays

Developer TWBurn is working on a new game for the CDi, called SkyWays.  It’s a “space racing game” and while it’s based on the DOS game SkyRoads, TW completely redesigned it for the CDi.  There’s currently a free demo available and TW just posted a dev update that even includes an online level editor, for […]

Bob

Wave Phoenix Firmware Update

Greg from LaserBear just posted a video demonstrating how to use bluetooth and a web app to update the firmware on your WavePhoenix receiver – An open source, community-built replacement for the official WaveBird controller’s receiver.  The latest firmware fixes an issue that prevents the WaveBird from re-syncing after the console was rebooted, so it’s […]

Bob

BigPEmu Atari Jaguar Emulator v1.19

Rich Whitehouse just posted the latest public release of his awesome Atari Jaguar emulator, BigPEmu, with a ton of tweaks, updates and fixes.  As a note, I wrote a post when v1.18 was released back in February, but was holding off until Steam approved the app…and they STILL HAVEN’T.  While the Steam version is mostly the […]

Bob

Neptune Motherboard Region Fix

Developer Cosam has just published a fix for the Neptune “region flicker” problem, which was causing issues with some Sega CD games and noticeable in the 240p Test Suite.  In order to stop the Genesis + 32x console from constantly changing between regions, you’ll need to add one jumper wire from a chip leg to […]

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USB Gamepads on Retro PC’s

My experience with DOS gamepads left a lot to be desired. While there are great options for racing wheels and flight sticks, I never found a native DOS gamepad with a good d-pad. That’s where the HIDman comes in. Created by TheRasteri on YouTube, its intended use is the ability to let you connect USB […]

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Weekly Roundup #464

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“Printed Scanlines” for Arcade1Up Cabinets

Subcog.net has just uploaded PDF’s that allow Arcade1Up owners to add cheap “scanlines” to cabinets that don’t include the effect as an option, by printing them on transparency paper and placing them over the screen.  Now, this obviously won’t replace something like the RT4K’s CRT mask emulation and they’ll probably need to be modified for […]

New Sega Genesis / Neo Geo Game, Daemon Claw, Out Now!

Another day, another modern game for the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive, but this time, it’s also on the Neo Geo. This is Daemon Claw, a 16-bit action platformer developed by Neofid Studios, the same makers behind Demons of Asteborg and Astebros:  https://neofid-studios.com/en-us/products/pre-order-daemonclaw-new-boxed-cartridge-with-printed-manual-for-sega-megadrive-genesis-i-ii-and-iii Neofid studios has generally been on an upswing with Demons of Asteborg being […]