I recently had a chat with Brendan, better known as BastichB 64k on YouTube. The focus of our chat (and his channel) was the Commodore 64, as well as growing up a gamer in South Africa. This is definitely one of those “slide over a chair at a bar/coffee shop and join us” type of […]
The FXPak Pro (nee, the SD2SNES Pro) has received a new hardware revision that should be shipping to customers as of the date of this article. Although functionality seems to be the identical to previous FXPak Pro revisions, Rev.D is different enough that the current beta firmwares are not compatible with it. If you’ve received […]
Sebastian Staacks, the wild Game Boy hacker who was previously seen streaming Grand Theft Auto 5 over a WiFi DMG cartridge, has released another open source project that they’re calling the GB Interceptor. The project’s goals are simple: The GB Interceptor is an interposer cartridge that lives between your original Game Boy and your original […]
I just received my copy of Life On Mars – A “Metroidvania” style adventure game, I purchased for the Sega Genesis. I liked the game, but there were quite a few things that bugged me about it. I wanted to do my own review, but I also wanted to link to one that’s mostly positive […]
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Developer Master Linkuei, along with BillyTimeGames and YoSoyNach0 have just released an “arcade edition” romhack of Mortal Kombat II for the Sega 32x. This should be playable on real hardware via ROM carts and MiSTer users can simply rename the rom to .32x for use on the FPGA platform. There’s also a MSU-MD release which includes […]
This video is a story about how choosing a two-speaker audio setup might be a better fit for you, based on content, room and budget. Or it might not. Hopefully this is still entertaining though! Here’s links to everything I talk about, affiliate links where available: My Favorites: NAD C 316BEE V2: https://amzn.to/3742YzY ELAC Debut […]
Irem M92 Documentation Wickerwaka is currently documenting the Irem M92 hardware. He mentions that he has a good understading of the M92 A board, excluding sound, and plans to document the GA21 & 22 pins. This doesn’t mean a core is coming soon, but the documentation process is very important for getting a core up […]
I recently tested an interesting cable for the Sega Saturn: It appears to be a shielded cable that outputs RGB and Composite video via RCA connectors. It comes with RCA to BNC adapters, making this an easy way to use both RGB and composite video on something like a Sony PVM…and it’s only $10!!! Here’s the […]
Insurrection Industries has recently started selling a fully-shielded S-Video cable for the Sega Saturn. The quality is excellent and this is a great choice for anyone using an original Sega Saturn console, or any of the MiSTer solutions that use a Saturn MiniDIN. The price is $25 plus shipping and they’re currently in-stock: Insurrection Industries […]
