The Home Arcade System (HAS) – widely known as one of the best superguns ever made – is now back in stock and upgraded to version 5.1. The major change to this revision, is the 8-Pin MiniDIN has been replaced with an HD-15 (VGA-style) port that outputs RGBs; SCART users, will simply need something like […]
The 3D wireframe tank, Virtual Boy homebrew game called ‘Virtual War Zone‘ is now on sale by $25. This includes the complete in box (CIB) version with manual which is now $125, as well as the cart + dust cover version, which is now $74. More info after the link and a 3D video of […]
Greg from LaserBear has just just started selling a new version of his internal bluetooth kit for the Nintendo GameCube. This kit requires minimal installation, but offers features plug & play BT adapters can’t, such as remotely powering the console. This allows for up to 4 bluetooth controllers to be connected (making this cheaper than […]
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Veronica Explains just posted a video showcasing the new “HD-64” HDMI mod, for the Commodore 64 made by Side Projects Labs. This is a #nocutmod that’s a “hybrid emulation” installation, which retains all original functionality (including Composite and S-Video output). Two different stores are currently selling kits for about $130 and a full installation PDF […]
Developer Rich Whitehouse has been releasing beta versions of his Killer Instinct arcade emulator to Patreon subscribers and it’s performing really well. It’s got a lot of the same features as Rich’s amazing BigPeMu Atari Jaguar emulator, including running the game at higher resolutions, savestates, VR 3D support and even netplay! As with BigPeMu, Rich will be […]
Tito from Macho Nacho Productions recently released a video showcasing software for the PlayStation 2 that replaces the boot OS with one modeled off the Japanese-only PlayStation Broadband Navigator (PSBBN) menu. This has a really nice looking menu for launching games from your hard drive and is even compatible with POPStarter, however installation requires Linux […]
Digital Foundry recently posted a video showcasing the incredible port of Mario Kart 64, made possible via it’s decomplication project. Basically, you can now play a true, non-emulated version of MK64 on Windows, Mac and Linux, at basically any resolution and refresh rate you’d like. I spent a few minutes with it, running at 4K144 […]
TheRetroChannel is now selling a digital audio mod, that’s compatible with basically all PlayStation 1’s with a parallel port. This is a true digital-to-digital mod, giving you pure 44.1KHz/16bit digital audio with zero analog noise. While this mod still requires soldering two wires internally, it’s still much easier than other methods and since the breakout box […]
I’ve wanted to do a video on the lag of Metroid since I first started Behind the Code, and that day (or period of about three months) has finally arrived. If you’ve played NES Metroid, you know there are many instances of unexplainable lag. No enemies on the screen, and it stutters. Why? We get […]
