The Genius Box II, successor to the original Genius Box, was made and sold by MIMO Enterprise until their supply started to dry up around 2018. It is an upscaler AND downscaler that can handle a number of PC resolutions including XGA (1024×768) and 480p/VGA (640×480). Similar to the Ultracade uVC, its downscaling prowess may appeal […]
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Martin Donlon aka Wickerwaka has uploaded a few videos that highlight some of the arcade bard reverse engineering he’s been doing. The first video showcased an 8-bit ROM emulator in a DIP-32 compatible form factor he’s calling PicoROM. It’s main use case is for rapid iteration when experimenting with arcade hardware. It can emulate ROMs […]
Still running Windows 95, NT4, 98, 98SE, ME, 2000 or XP in 2024? Well, first up, you probably shouldn’t be doing that on your “daily driver” PC – these OSes all stopped receiving security updates years ago. But of course, there’s still a lot of historical interest in these older Windows releases, particularly for those […]
Wobbling Pixels recently released completely overhauled profiles for the RetroTINK 4K, that allow for much more accurate emulation of the displays found in the original Game Boy DMG, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance and Sony PlayStation Portable 1-3k. WP also added GameCube profiles for Swiss R4K optimize, that disables the game’s internal scaling and […]
TapTo EntirelyTom and RaspberryL337 made some 3D print files available for TapTo NFC reader case that incorporates an eject button. This makes it a little easier to remove NFC cards from a TapTo reader. wizzo also posted a 3D models of the PN532 USB-C module commonly used in TapTo projects, so you can use them […]
A modder named Francesco came up with an ingenious way to create a portable PlayStation 4 Slim. His inspiration stemmed from a desire to play his favorite game franchise, Dark Souls, on the go. To make it even more impressive, he aimed to use only parts he had lying around the house. On top of […]
The Saturn MiSTer core has seen a flurry of updates in the last week, partially thanks to an unexpected source — another developer. A developer named Rattboi did a lot of work to add mouse support, and the core’s creator, Sergiy Dvodnenko, aka SRG320, merged that work into the main unstable branch Wednesday. Earlier this […]
Stone Age Gamer is now the official US reseller of the OSSC Pro! They’re currently in-stock and selling with a remote and PSU for $350 plus shipping; Essentially the same price as if you bought them from the UK reseller, but with faster shipping to North America. SaG is also selling the Composite and S-Video […]
Kuro recently posted a CRT emulation profile for the RetroTINK 4K that recreates the look of one of the best slot mask CRT’s out there: The JVC D-Series. Specifically, the profile was based off of a fully calibrated 27″ D200 and verified on a 48″ LG C1 WOLED; If you’re using a different TV type […]
