USBODE is an WIP open source project that turns an Raspberry Pi Zero W into an optical disk emulator. When connecting the raspberry Pi to a computer, it will appear as a CD-ROM drive. Then you can mount CDROM images stored on an SD Card to mount on the computer. It can work with a […]
Back on April 30, TZMWX announced the open source availability of his WUXI Drive Switcher project to GitHub for free public use. WUXI is an optical drive channel switcher for Sega Saturn that can switch freely between the CD drive and optical drive emulators (ODE), such as Rhea, Phoebe, and various versions of Fenrir have […]
The developer of Sega Saturn optical drive emulator Satiator released two new firmwares recently to fix regressive issues that appeared in an update last fall. Firmware 162, released April 26, fixes crackling Redbook audio heard in some games, while firmware 163, released May 3, addresses instances when the ODE fails to display its menu when […]
Thanks to developers IQ_132, H0ffman, Blastar, NeoHomebrew and Justingibbins, Neo Geo CD owners are enjoying a recent plethora of releases not seen since SNK themselves supported it in the late 90’s and early 2000’s. In addition to ported and original titles like P.O.W, Shinobi, Golden Axe, Karnov, and Block Panic DX, Neo Geo CD owners […]
On Thursday, March 6th, Ced, the creator of the Fenrir Optical Drive Emulator released a the long-awaited Beta Preview Build of his WiFi SMB Firmware via the Fenrir Discord Server that finally enables stable game streaming over WiFi via an SMB network share! WARNING: This is a BETA preview build, and some folks are experiencing […]
The creator of the Satiator released two new menus over the weekend that improve how the optical drive emulator handles folders for Saturn games that use multiple discs. Professor Abrasive uploaded Menu 70 to his device’s official wiki website Saturday. It fixes an error in how the Satiator sees subfolders within a game’s folder. “[Doesn’t] […]
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 […]
Cybdyn Systems has released an update for their Playstation Optical Drive Emulator, the PSIO. Developed over the course of roughly three and a half years, this update aims to address a wide swath of compatibility and performance issues while adding new features—such as GameID functionality for use with products like 8BitMods’ MemoryCard Pro line and […]
The GCLoader, a GameCube optical drive emulator from Daniel Kraak (meneerbeer) and Dan Kunz (citrus3000psi), will finally be back in stock this coming Monday, July 31st. Released in 2019, the GCLoader was the first commercially available ODE for the Nintendo GameCube, boasting improved functionality over existing SD card interfaces and (after an awkward initial release) […]
Things sure do move FAST in the Saturn scene… It was just a couple days ago (May 2, 2023) that Team SHIRO!s Knight0fDragon began work on an English Translation Patch for Shadows of the Tusk, and here we are on (May 5, 2023) with all options menus and battle dialogs fully translated. [cross-posted from SHIRO! […]
