DisplacedGamers

Why is Metroid so Laggy? Part 1 – Loading Rooms and Running out of Time – Behind the Code

I’ve wanted to do a video on the lag of Metroid since I first started Behind the Code, and that day (or period of about three months) has finally arrived. If you’ve played NES Metroid, you know there are many instances of unexplainable lag. No enemies on the screen, and it stutters. Why? We get […]

Bob

ZX Spectrum Next – Version 3

The team behind the FPGA-based ZX Spectrum Next has just successfully funded a follow-up Kickstarter.  This third production run includes a more powerful FPGA, as well as new cores for the Sinclair QL and Commodore 64.  Complete units start at about $400 and there’s options to upgrade the original two ZX Spectrum Next’s, board-only options […]

Bob

Weekly Roundup #471

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 […]

Bob

Namco System 2 Multi Pre-Orders

Darksoft has opened pre-orders on an arcade multi-kit for the Namco System 2.  For this to work, you’ll need a joystick game with a specific graphics board, so definitely check the thread (and list below) for all the details.  The price is about $550 and it should ship to customers this September.  More info after the […]

Bob

Castlevania NES to SNES Conversion

Developer Rumbleminze recently released another NES to SNES conversion, this time for the original Castlevania game.  Like with Rumbleminze’s previous NES to SNES conversions, this is utilizing FastROM/HiROM to further speed up the data transfer.  That, combined with the SNES’ higher sprite limit should reduce (or completely eliminate) sprite flicker and slowdown.  This also includes rumble support, […]

Bob

Natalie’s Game Boy Reverse Engineering

Natalie The Nerd has been archiving information needed to reverse engineer classic Nintendo handhelds and is hosting the information on her wiki for free.  This information includes scans of the PCB’s, as well as scans with the protective layer removed and the copper visible.  Natalie also has schematics and CPU pinouts for a few of […]

Danthrax (Sega Saturn SHIRO!)

New Fenrir Lite Model Unveiled for Saturn

The latest model of the Fenrir optical drive emulator for Saturn appeared on the official webstore yesterday. Dubbed the “Fenrir Lite,” it sports a new purple board and is being sold for €50 (about US$58). The webstore says the Fenrir Lite is on backorder and orders will ship starting Aug. 1. That’s because Ced, the […]

Derf

Sony PDF Sorting Project – Consumer Documents

The Sony PDF Sorting Project continues on ConsoleMods.org! What is it? As a refresher of the first post a year and a half ago, we’ve scraped a ton of documents from multiple Sony websites from public Archive.org backups. These documents contain Sony memos that were sent out to distributors, and operation and service manuals for […]