Florent Gorges has just released the English version of his awesome book on the history of the Game Boy, as well as an English version of The History Of the Famicom/NES. Both were previously released in other languages and were praised for their original content and quality. If you’re a fan of video game history, […]
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Salamander Beta 2 for the Salamander core has been released by developer Raki. This version fixes a bug in the video timing generator that was causing shaking video. Post : https://twitter.com/RCAVictorCo/status/1834117542966952127 Raki support page: https://www.patreon.com/ikamusume Raki Twitter: https://twitter.com/RCAVictorCo Raki Github: https://github.com/ika-musume MiSTer Game Challenge The next game in the MiSTerFPGA Discord game challenge is Bull Fight by Sega. […]
Video Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjUgXkdiVq4 Though I’m not much of a video production guy (and more much of a software engineer/hacker), I decided to put together a video tutorial to help all of the people out there asking me and others for help with openMenu. So, what is openMenu, you ask? It’s a completely free and open source […]
New firmware for the Satiator released Wednesday adds new features to the Saturn optical drive emulator, including support for switching discs during gameplay and booting up discs that have been burned or are from any region. Firmware version 161 and menu version 68 can be downloaded from the official Satiator website. Being able to swap […]
Tito from Macho Nacho Productions recently posted an update video showing all the progress and changes since his FlippyDrive Gamecube Optical Drive Emulator launch video. There’s a ton to talk about: Network game loading, controller support, a MicroSD extension, better Swiss integration…this video answers all the questions people had about the project! You can also […]
Humble Bazooka has just started selling a bluetooth controller adapter for the Nintendo Famicom. This is based off Darthcloud’s open source Blueretro platform, that offers some of the lowest bluetooth latency ever recorded when used with a fast controller. The price is $50 plus shipping and it will also work with NES consoles via a $15 adapter: […]
Analogue is now selling versions of the Pocket handheld in colors that are inspired by the Game Boy Color. The price is the same $250 plus “premium shipping” and they’ll start shipping this Monday. Analogue also released an updated version of the firmware, with quite a few new additions and fixes; Still no DAC support […]
Lundy Electronics is selling a $50 DRAM to SRAM conversion upgrade for Colecovision and Coleco ADAM consoles. This is handy for anyone who’s DRAM has gone bad, as there aren’t any new replacements available. Apparently, it’s common for people to mis-diagnose a power supply issue as a RAM failure…but Lundy Electronics is also selling a […]
The original Unreal is a fascinating single-player shooter which shares a striking amount of similarities to a certain Xbox shooter which would change the genre forever. Which one comes out on top today? And did the original Halo really change shooters for the better? All this and more, as we take a critical look at […]
