Back in the 1970s, the idea of having a computer in your home, or even on your desk, was more science fiction than reality. Computers were massive, expensive machines that filled rooms and required teams to operate, so you would typically find them in governments, universities, and large corporations. That started to change with the […]
The creator of the PicoGUS is soon releasing a new product that will emulate IDE and ATAPI devices. Called the PicoIDE, it will have a fully open source firmware and hardware. Here are the announced features: Emulates ATAPI CD-ROM and IDE fixed hard drives .bin/.cue or .iso image support for CD-ROM .img/.hda/.vhd/.hdf for HDD Built-in […]
DOSBox Pure Unleashed is a powerful fork of the popular DOSBox emulator designed to simplify and enhance the retro gaming experience across Windows, macOS, and Linux platforms. This fork of DOSBOX stands out with a suite of features aimed at user convenience. Here is a list of notable features: It has the ability to load […]
I just reviewed a $15, USB-powered “PC Monitor Soundbar” that can connect to any analog output with a 3.5mm headphone jack. Essentially, these HM10 speakers from hegmuxco will work with any PC, laptop, tablet, etc, however at less than one pound and about 10×2.5×2.5 in size, it’s the perfect speaker bar to “hide” behind a […]
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I found a 12-outlet power strip that can fit the large power bricks we retro gamers use next to each other. It’s also a sturdy metal construction and is available in three color configurations. The outlets themselves have a very tight grip, which may or may not be good for your setup. As long as […]
A Kickstarter campaign just launched and was immediately funded for a “mini” version of the Vectrex that’s about 50% the size of the original. It’s a software emulation-based device, featuring a 5″ AMOLED display, 12 built-in games with overlays and a Bluetooth controller. It also includes an SD card slot that allows you to load […]
VoidScaler is a custom firmware created by e8root for the original Open Source Scan Converter. It turns the OSSC into a low-latency downscaler to output 15KHz for CRT displays by line blending AND decimation, with almost zero lag! Installing VoidScaler onto OSSC hardware requires flashing the custom firmware .bin file to an SD card and […]
Zaparoo Wizzo recently wrote a technical article on the Zaparoo website discussing some of the things he’s working on. An issue being resolved for Zaparoo, is the problem of making cards reliably launch the same game between different devices. Source 1: https://zaparoo.org/blog/titles-tags-metadata-pt1/ Source 2: https://zaparoo.org/blog/titles-tags-metadata-pt2/ Taito F2 The Taito F2 core has added […]
Tito from Macho Nacho Productions just posted an epic video, covering the re-building of the original Xbox “X” all-metal prototype. This is truly a video every Xbox fan needs to watch, as Tito, along with Wesk, redherring32 and stuckpixel painstakingly recreated the prototype using only pictures and videos from one on display. I don’t want to spoil any […]
