The RGB-Pi team just released the highly anticipated Jamma RGB-Pi board for the Raspberry Pi 2b, 3b and 3b+ models. This add-on (also named “hat” in the RP world) is a double-sided PCB that sits on top of the Pi’s GPIO pins and turns the tiny computer into a fully functional device that can be […]
A new Amiga 1200 PCB Motherboard is in development and work is being shown on the Belgian Amiga Club via the work from Jeroen Vandezande. Additional information can be found on the retro computing section on the website Hackaday (article by Jenny List). This is a complete board replacement for the Amiga 1200. Providing Amiga lovers […]
Game-Tech US just announced that they will be taking pre-orders for fully assembled GBA Consolizer systems; this will include the main consolizer kit, a plastic enclosure, a plexi cover and an actual GBA motherboard. Woozle‘s brilliant GBA Consolizer kit is already available (for pre-order) through game-tech.us and comes in 2 main forms. The first kit […]
Konami just announced its game line up and release date for its upcoming mini console collection based on the PC Engine, CoreGrafx, and TurboGrafx 16. Regardless of the region or model you pick up. Customers will get the same games no matter which version of mini console purchased. Available on 19 March 2020, and links […]
Shortly after last week’s announcement/release of the Raspberry Pi 4, questions were raised about the product’s backward compatibility with previous retro gaming related software and hardware released for the first 3 iterations of the RP. First, on the software side of things, Libretro, the team behind the multi-emulator frontend RetroArch, explained through a statement on […]
Posted on Micomsoft.co.jp, which is the company behind the FrameMeister (HDMI Upscaler). Has announced that production has come to an end with all the stocked parts now used to make the last units. The remaining supply of stocked FrameMeister units are now all that remain for sale. Potential buyer should buy now before they are […]
Programmer and creator Francois Lionet has been working on a new version of the AMOS/STOS programming language called AMOS 2. The AMOS and STOS are forms of BASIC (Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) which is a programming language made simple for beginners to pick up and start their programming careers. This new version AMOS 2 is a […]
Multiple news sources are reporting. With Sega showing off via a stream and on twitter the Sega Mega Drive (Genesis) “Tower of Power”. The famed saying used to describe a complete Sega Mega Drive Model 1 setup with the Sega CD Model 1 and Sega 32X. The complete setup looked like a tower with console […]
A brand new Amiga ‘Shoot’em-Up'(Shmup) game called Reshoot·R has been released for the AGA (Advanced Graphics Architecture) series of Amiga computers. This means owners of Amiga 1200, 4000, and the CD32 are able to play this game with no addon cards, and is developed to run on standard hardware setups. Two Megs of Fast-RAM is […]
Bruno Freitas recently released info on his project to let gamers use modern USB controlled devices on classic console hardware. Currently called the “USB2Classic”. This device will take the input from these currently supported controllers; – Playstation 4 USB controller – XBOX 360 USB controller (and compatible XInput devices) – XBOX 360 USB Wireless Receiver […]
