Weekly Roundup #184

Here’s this week’s roundup!  An audio-only version, is available on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify and for direct-download:  https://www.retrorgb.com/podcast/?name=2020-01-15_184.mp3 Video available on YouTube (above), LBRY and Bitchute:  Please consider signing up as a supporter!  Either hit Join, tip or pledge on this video, or sign up through the following services: https://www.patreon.com/retrorgb  / https://www.subscribestar.com/robertneal  / https://bitbacker.io/user/robertneal/ 00:20  […]

Furrtek Demonstrates Decapping Process

Furrtek has just posted a video that gives us a glimpse into how he decaps his chips and how he begins his reverse-engineering process.  To anyone unfamiliar with this, please allow me to explain: In order to create accurate FPGA (hardware emulation) cores, you essentially need to recreate the original hardware in HDL (Hardware Description […]

New Super Mario Land v1.1 Released

The creator of the amazing GB-to-SNES Super Mario Land conversion has just released version 1.1, which fixes all previous complaints!:  https://archive.org/details/newsupermarioland For anyone just discovering this game, an unknown developer re-wrote the original Game Boy’s Super Mario Land from the ground up as a Super Nintendo game, playable on original hardware.  Everything about the game was re-created, including […]

Weekly Roundup #181

Here’s this week’s roundup!  An audio-only version, is available on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify and for direct-download:  https://www.retrorgb.com/podcast/?name=2019-12-25_181.mp3 Video available on YouTube (above), LBRY and Bitchute:  Please consider signing up as a supporter!  Either hit Join, tip or pledge on this video, or sign up through the following services: https://www.patreon.com/retrorgb  / https://www.subscribestar.com/robertneal  / https://bitbacker.io/user/robertneal/ 00:44  Indivisible […]

Project Neon “Caravan DEMO” Released to the General Public (Neo-Geo Homebrew)

Project Neon, a recently announced Neo-Geo shmup released a public “Caravan Demo” that is playable on real hardware, MAME, and the MiSTer.   The proposed game, which we covered recently on this blog, is set to be a co-op a bullet hell shmup with selectable levels when completed. Developer release notes are as follows: Project Neon […]

Weekly Roundup #179

Here’s this week’s roundup!  An audio-only version, is available on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify and for direct-download:  https://www.retrorgb.com/podcast/?name=2019-12-11_179.mp3 Video available on YouTube (above), LBRY and Bitchute:  Please consider signing up as a supporter!  Either hit Join, tip or pledge on this video, or sign up through the following services: https://www.patreon.com/retrorgb  / https://www.subscribestar.com/robertneal  / https://bitbacker.io/user/robertneal/ 00:37  Swiss […]

Artemio & Smokemonster on Retronauts!

Both Artemio and Smokemonster were recently guests on one of the most famous podcasts in retro gaming: Retronauts!: https://retronauts.com/article/1386/episode-261-ventures-into-the-new-frontier-of-emulation https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/retronauts-episode-261-the-mister-revolution/id672857593?i=1000457809975 It’s so exciting to see such hard working people in the retro gaming scene get the recognition that they’ve certainly earned in their years of contributions to the scene.  While fans of both people might […]

Weekly Roundup #177

Here’s this week’s roundup!  An audio-only version, is available on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify and for direct-download: Video available on YouTube (above), LBRY and Bitchute:  https://www.retrorgb.com/podcast/?name=2019-11-27_177.mp3  Please consider signing up as a supporter!  Either hit Join, tip or pledge on this video, or sign up through the following services: https://www.patreon.com/retrorgb  / https://www.subscribestar.com/robertneal  / https://bitbacker.io/user/robertneal/ 00:20  […]

New Super Mario Land for Super Nintendo Released

New Super Mario Land is a new homebrew release that re-imagines Super Mario Land, the iconic Game Boy title, on the Super Nintendo. It was developed in secret by a mystery coder and 30 custom cartridges of it were sent out to select people to celebrate the Game Boy’s 30th Anniversary. ChronoMoogle posted pictures and […]