PixelFX have just posted their first official update on the Morph in over a year and a half and it seems like it was worth the wait! Their target release date is before the end of this year and there’s multiple versions to choose from: An HDMI-only version at $400, plus multiple analog + HDMI […]
SHIRO! sat down with John Linneman of Digital Foundry for the first of (hopefully many more) retro gaming conversations. We talk beginnings at Digital Foundry, the creation of his Retro Series, favorite consoles & games and several interesting graphics & performance idiosyncrasies of the 32-Bit consoles. While this chat didn’t get too far into the […]
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 […]
8BitDo have just opened pre-orders on an NES and Famicom-themed “Retro Mechanical” keyboards. They offer bluetooth, 2.4GHz RF and USB connections and also come with two buttons that you can map to basically anything using their software. The price is $100 and they’re due to ship by the end of September. Select which edition you’d […]
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Developer Infidelity has just released his NES to SNES conversion for the game DuckTales. As with his previous Zelda, Mega Man II and Mega Man IV releases, these eliminate slowdown, reduce sprite flicker and allow for MSU-1 audio conversions. Infidelity also added a pretty cool feature: Holding the A button performs Scrooge’s pogo jump! While […]
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 […]
Saturn fans rejoice! 8bitdo’s excellent M30 controller just got a lovely new makeover in the style of the Sega Saturn’s Japan-only HSS-0101 pad. With a solid white body, six multicoloured face buttons and two deep red shoulder buttons, the new M30 is a perfect re-creation of that old NTSC-J controller which tantalized PAL and NTSC […]
Bitmap Bureau have just opened pre-orders on a Super Nintendo / Super Famicom version of Xenocrisis. There are NTSC, PAL and Japanese versions of the game, all with standard and limited editions. And each run in true 60fps! The price is about $70 / $100 plus shipping and it’s due to arrive at customers before […]
The GCLoader, a GameCube optical drive emulator from Daniel Kraak (meneerbeer) and Dan Kunz (citrus3000psi), will finally be back in stock this coming Monday, July 31st. Released in 2019, the GCLoader was the first commercially available ODE for the Nintendo GameCube, boasting improved functionality over existing SD card interfaces and (after an awkward initial release) […]
