I’m Bob, the founder of RetroRGB. If you’d like to support my work, please consider following me on social media, or even supporting via paid platforms; Those support services are what keeps the work I’m involved with and this site going. More about me below the links:
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Like many people who are probably reading this site, I grew up playing consoles like the SNES and Genesis, which featured styles of games that aren’t nearly as common today. While I love new games and in many ways they can be far superior, they’re not always the style or experience someone is looking for. Some of the biggest pet peeves of modern games are loading times, constant software updates and often long “training sessions” required before the gameplay even starts. Heck, even many of the games are significantly longer! Someone looking to game during the small bits of free time they might have, often look to classic consoles and handhelds that provide a way to just jump in and start playing; Many classic games can be completed within an hour and are a satisfying experience.
The most common styles of games found on those platforms are different too. There are similar games available for newer consoles, like Shovel Knight, The New Super Mario Bros, Ori and the Blind Forest and (of course) Axiom Verge. Still, the amount of 2D vs 3D graphic games made is very small, so I often find that to enjoy that style, you need to go back to some of the classic consoles, which was the original catalyst for this site…
The journey to experience retro video game awesomeness started in October 2011 when I discovered a (low quality) Retro Controller Adapter for the Wii. After a few months of playing virtual console games on my Wii via the adapter, it started to feel like a tease; I got to use the original controller, but I missed the look of a CRT, as well as not having any lag on my games!
I soon realized if I wanted a “real” experience, I had to get the real thing and as a result, I ended up building the Retro Cart. I was happy playing all the old games the way they were meant to be played, on the original hardware, on a high quality CRT TV that brought out the best in the older games. After that project, I thought I was done…
Then, I re-discovered RGB and my retro video game life changed forever (I knew about RGB as a kid, but it was so unfathomably expensive back then that I just put it out of my mind). Even though it was less than three months from the time I completed the Retro Cart, I knew I had to start over. I was able to use most of the same equipment I already purchased, but there were some key differences. I dug so deep into it, that I decided to document exactly what I went though via a Google Doc, just in case “a few of my friends” ever wanted to do the same. I eventually gathered so much information that Cousin Scott suggested I make it into a website, so if other people wanted to walk down the same path, they could skip all the research and follow one easy to read guide. Hopefully I succeeded!
This post was originally written by tikevin83 and explains how to use OBS and a filter plugin to get pixel-exact captures of Extrems’ Game Boy Interface software. It was posted here by Bob with Kevin’s permission. Technical requirements: A DOL-001 model Gamecube, a Game Boy Player, a method to load homebrew, and a GCVideo 2.4b HDMI output device […]
In the past few days, I’ve seen many, many, many, many posts about SMB being ported to the C64. I’ll be honest, I completely blew it off, as I assumed it was just another basic SMB port to a different console; *Something that’s been done since the dawn of emulation. While fan-made console ports are (in […]
I recently performed lag tests on the updated MiSTer HDMI scaler written by Grabulosaure and found that the lag is now less than one frame! My test method consisted of running the RGB output of the MiSTer into a Sony PVM monitor via the core (console)’s native resolution and refresh rate. I then ran the HDMI […]
FirebrandX has just posted a view detailing exactly how he tweaks the audio settings for the Mega Sg and all it’s cores. It’s a great video for people who want to learn why and how to do things like this… …but if you’d like to ‘skip to the end’, FBX posted the settings for each […]
Here’s this week’s roundup! Audio-only version, available on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher and wherever podcasts are heard: https://www.retrorgb.com/podcast/?name=2019-04-17_145.mp3 Now available on LBRY and Bitchute…and Spotify!!!: https://open.spotify.com/show/2VS4k3vyhMyDHT1uJ8HDdf * lbry://@retrorgb/145 https://www.bitchute.com/video/hhHhxWt164DP *alternative lbry links are: https://spee.ch/@retrorgb:1/145 https://beta.lbry.tv/145/2ffcea5339fa2bee8a4d608e34e4c12e74eee017
The Analogue Mega Sg just got another firmware update, both for the jailbroken version, as well as the “official” firmware. Honestly though, there’s zero reason to use the official firmware; Even if you predominately use an Everdrive for Genesis and SMS ROMs, this jailbreak allows for Game Gear and Colecovision ROMs to be played as well!!! […]
As discussed just over a month ago, the “Sinden Lightgun” project has opened a kickstarter campaign. The gun kit itself will run you just over $100, while there are other support options ranging from “donations” to the software developers, all the way to a model with recoil running almost twice the price at $170. Both […]
Capcom has just announced an “emulator in a stick”: A “dual arcade stick” shaped like the Capcom logo featuring 15 original arcade games and Sanwa buttons & sticks. It will be released on October 25th of this year for around $300: http://www.capcomhomearcade.com The list of included games are as follows (trailer below): 1944 Alien vs Predator […]
Nintendo has released version 8.0.0 firmware for the Switch, with two notable points to keep in mind: This update allows for moving (not copying) individual game save files between Switch consoles. It’s anticipated that this will break many of the pre-existing jailbreak tweaks and it’s advised you don’t update jailbroken units. This interested me for […]
Extrems, creator of the Game Boy Interface software, as well as contributor to the GameCube homebrew Swiss has just made a pretty amazing discovery! Apparently, there’s a problem with the original Nintendo Revolution SDK that effects every piece of 480p software ever released on the Wii. That’s right, the software dev kit used to make all commercially […]
