The Dell P1130 is a 4:3 bland Dell PC monitor from the early 2000s. So, why is it significant now? To put it simply, this particular CRT monitor is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Under that ugly shell, there is a powerful Sony FD Trinitron monitor waiting to take your breath away. The Cathode […]
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Rich Whitehouse really has outdone himself this time: He reverse engineered the JagVR head tracker protocol from the Missile Command games that originally had VR support planned. This isn’t the first time Rich did something this crazy – He was the person who reverse engineered the SegaVR protocol a few years ago as well! There’s […]
While the upcoming RetroTINK 4K has been privately beta tested since 2022, public beta units have been sent to some of the best testers/reviewers in both retro and modern gaming! Between the My Life In Gaming livestream last night featuring Mike Chi himself, as well as many still comparisons being posted on social media, you’ll […]
Nintendo 64 The RSP in the Nintendo 64 core passed all n64-systemtests, but the instruction decoding setup is missing 2 key features. Robert will postpone its implementation until some games start working. For more technical details, check out Robert’s Patreon article on the RSP’s power compared to the GBA & Playstation CPU’s. Post : https://twitter.com/AzumFpg/status/1686651471771664386 FPGAZumspass […]
8-Bit Esquire recently posted an interview with RetroTINK creator Mike Chi. They discussed his upcoming 4K gaming scaler, as well as Mike’s history and tons of other fun stuff. I listened to the whole thing and it felt a lot shorter than it was…always a sign of a good conversation! While I’m sure I’ll be […]
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1Konami SCC Schematics Core developer Raki has fully extracted schematics for the Konami SCC chip. This chip was used in the MSX, but Raki also mentions that this could be used for a City Bomber or Haunted Castle core. Post : https://twitter.com/RCAVictorCo/status/1683831415643963403 Raki support page: https://www.patreon.com/ikamusume Raki Twitter: https://twitter.com/RCAVictorCo Raki Github: https://github.com/ika-musume MiSTex and Other MiSTer Port sy2002 […]
I had a chance to sit down with Kirston Otis, the Audio and Video Design department head for The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. He is in charge of many projects at the Museum. One of which is to preserve the museum’s large collection of CRTs and other retro video devices. We discuss the methods […]
Strider for NES is quite possibly the most requested game for the Behind the Code series. It feels like it will fall apart at any moment. Random sprites appear in random places on the screen as the frames roll by. What the heck is happening? A minor bug somewhere? Oh… it is MUCH worse than […]
