World of Games, a publisher that is focussing on releasing physical copies of independently made games for older consoles, has just announced a physical NTSC-only release of the 3DO homebrew “BioFury”: https://worldofgamespublishing.com/shop Developed by RetroLoveLetter, BioFury is a first person shooter in the tradition of Wolfenstein3D but with a Resident Evil style twist. For folks with […]
TR Fight Stick have successfully funded an Indiegogo campaign for a new arcade-style fight stick, they’re calling the “Octopus Arcade Fight Stick”. While the Octopus will be compatible with many platforms, such as Neo Geo / Supergun, Nintendo Switch, MiSTer and PC, it also has a built-in VMU for complete Dreamcast compatibility as well! The […]
Join SHIRO! for a chat with Audi Sorlie of Limited Run Games talking SEGA Saturn, NEC PC-98, Japanese Visual Novels, Digital Foundry, game music composition, physical media & the current state of the games industry and several other retro gaming topics! Podbean Version: https://segasaturnshiro.podbean.com/e/ec_ep19
Nintendo 64 The Nintendo 64 core nows has 50% of the TLB implemeneted. This helped with the following games: Paper Mario Mystical Ninja 2 Castlevania 64 Bomberman 64 Perfect Dark Shadow Man Turok 2 Revolt Post : https://twitter.com/AzumFpg/status/1727035243285082389 FPGAZumspass Twitter: https://twitter.com/AzumFpg FPGAZumspass Github: https://github.com/RobertPeip FPGAZumspass support page: https://www.patreon.com/FPGAzumSpass Post 2 : https://twitter.com/AzumFpg/status/1728090988025892956 Martin Donlon Interview Pixel Cherry Ninja conducted […]
The Neptune, a console originally slated for release by Sega in 1995, never saw the light of day due to its cancellation, closely tied to the impending launch of the Sega Saturn. Essentially, the Neptune can be considered a fusion of the Genesis and the 32X. Despite Sega’s decision not to release the console officially, […]
As gaming media inevitably progresses and moves forward, we often forget our origins and how gaming reached its current point and I feel one of those casualties was the Wizardry series. Launched in the same year as Ultima, the Wizardry games co-created the RPG videogame genre as we know it today, without it, today we […]
First – The OSSC Pro mostly likely does NOT need a fan. In fact, if you’re keeping it on a shelf, or alongside your consoles – even in hot climates – the temperatures will almost surely stay within safe operating specs. That said, if you plan on mounting under a table, against a wall behind […]
After purchasing the Bluetooth-based Brawler64 from Retro Fighters, the very first thing I did (as you can imagine) is lag test it! I used the MiSTer lag test kit I previously demo’d in livestreams and found some excellent results: The USB connection averaged 3.3ms of latency, while the Bluetooth connection averaged 8.5ms – both in […]
John Linneman recently posted a full review and tech analysis of every version of Sonic Superstars – The latest 2D Sonic game from Sega. The review was top-tier as usual, however John pointed out something really interesting about the audio: Some tracks felt “unfinished”, or more “Sonic 4-like”. The examples he played really stood out […]
In 2001 Nintendo released a Game Boy Advance accessory that allows unique gameplay options to be added to certain games, perhaps most notably was Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros 3. The accessory was the e-Reader and due to its complexity and obscurity, many thought this unusual version of the game to effectively be […]
