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Neptune PCB Kit For Sale

Consoles4U is now selling Cosam’s “Neptune” Genesis + 32x PCB, with all non-proprietary parts pre-populated.  While this is still an expert-only kit, advanced users now just have to transplant the Sega-specific chips from original Genesis / Mega Drive and Neptune consoles, rather than solder all the basic off-the-shelf components as well.  If you’d like more […]

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Weekly Roundup #461

The Roundup is available as a video and on all audio-only podcast services, such as iTunes, Google, Stitcher, Spotify, Amazon Music and direct-download:  https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/retrorgb If you enjoy these videos, please consider supporting this channel via monthly support services, tips, or even just by using our affiliate links to purchase things you were already going to buy […]

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Retro Fighters PlayStation Defender Pro

Retro Fighters have just launched a Kickstarter for the PlayStation Defender Pro: A controller designed to work with PS 1-3 consoles, as well as many others via Bluetooth and USB.  It comes with the controller in your choice of color (black, grey, blue and red), a receiver dongle for the PS1/PS2 and a 2.4Ghz wireless […]

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Remute² Commodore Amiga Album

The musician Remute has just opened pre-orders on his latest album Remute². Like his previous albums, these were composed and designed to run on original hardware, with both it’s music and visuals generated in realtime.  Using the Amiga CD32 is recommended, however it’ll also run on Amiga 1200 & Amiga 4000 with CD-ROM drives, as […]

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Open Source Neo Geo Projects

Developer Cyril Venditti recently decided to open source many Neo Geo and related projects.  Some that might be of interest to people are a custom battery holder, a SNES to Neo Geo controller adapter and a Supergun.  All are released under the GNU General Public License v3.0, so people can feel free to make them […]

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Weekly Roundup #460

The Roundup is available as a video and on all audio-only podcast services, such as iTunes, Google, Stitcher, Spotify, Amazon Music and direct-download:  https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/retrorgb If you enjoy these videos, please consider supporting this channel via monthly support services, tips, or even just by using our affiliate links to purchase things you were already going to buy […]

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3DO RetroGEM + Overclock Demo’d

Tito from Macho Nacho Productions recently uploaded a video about his PixelFX RetroGEM installation into a 3DO.  He showed the installation process, some recommended maintenance and also showed how the RetroGEM’s web interface can be used to overlock the 3DO!  Obviously do this at your own risk, as there’s clearly a reason they weren’t clocked […]