Questions poured in after my interview with Ikari about the SD2SNES Pro (AKA SD2SNES MK.III), and he was kind enough to answer them all. He also shared new photos of his SD2SNES Pro prototype units. Below is a transcript of our conversation. SmokeMonster: Thanks again for joining me for the video. Could I ask a […]
Smokemonster just posted a short interview with Ikari, regarding the updated SD2SNES Pro. It was just a short “touch base”, but it was really awesome hearing directly from the creator about what to expect! I highly recommend SD2SNES fans give it a watch and a full interview is available below as well. Also, keep in […]
The most powerful SNES flash cart is getting a “PRO” model via a hardware update soon according to Krikzz via Twitter. Possible new features may include the following:
Magno has been working on an open-source S-DD1 special chip FPGA core for SD2SNES for over a year, completing roughly 95% of the code, and Redguy made it playable. His latest commits on Github successfully add support for SDD-1 games in SD2SNES. It hasn’t been officially released yet, but a pre-compiled build was shared (link […]
In my opinion, the SD2SNES was an absolute game changer in the SNES world and I’m thrilled I was able to interview the creator Maximilian, aka ikari_01! We talked about the SD2SNES’ origin story, some of it’s coolest features and what’s to come in the future! Audio-only available here: http://www.retrorgb.com/podcast/?name=2018-10-18_interview_ikari_01.mp3 Here’s the project on github: https://github.com/mrehkopf More information […]
Developer FURiOUS has just forked his own branch of the SD2SNES firmware and added support for savestates on non-special chip games! This is a very cool addition and something that will be a tremendous help to speedrunners who prefer practicing specific sections of the game; Now all practice can be done on original hardware without […]
