Bob

Weekly Roundup #298

Here’s this week’s roundup, sponsored by JLCPCB! Spend only $2 for 5pcs 1-4 layer PCBs ; PCBA from $0:  https://jlcpcb.com/DRE 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: If you enjoy these videos, please consider supporting this channel via monthly […]

SaturnDave (Sega Saturn, SHIRO!)

WASCA Cart Migrates to Faster, Modular Architecture

In a community announcement today, March 28, 2022, hitomi2500 stated that WASCA (an aspiring “Swiss Army Knife” -type cart solution for Sega Saturn) would be migrating over to the much faster, modular (and perhaps more available) iCESugar-pro architecture, suggesting the possibility of a release for purchase perhaps some time later this year… The iCESugar-pro will […]

Lu

MiSTer FPGA News & Updates – New Cores, NES Mappers, Help System and more

Jotego Updates Get ready for some button mashing because Jotego has released a beta core for Hyper Sports to his Patreon subscribers. Developed by Konami, Hyper Sports was an Olympic sports arcade game from 1984. Players would compete in different events like swimming, Skeet shooting, archery and more. Jotego also fixed a bug in Forgotten […]

Bob

Mythbusting Display Lag

Here’s a video that tries to squash some myth’s many people have about display lag.  This video covers the very basics that should apply to your average gamer (modern or retro), but doesn’t go too deep into special use case scenarios.  I’ll have some follow-up videos and discussions that go in deeper, but this video […]

Bob

Save File Converter

Developer Euan Forrester recently launched a web-based tool that lets you convert save files from multiple retro platforms.  It works by first converting the source save file to a “raw” file that’s often compatible with software emulators.  You can then take that raw file and convert it back to any of the other formats supported.  […]

Andrew Fiore

dedeco is DJing mixes that highlight electronic VGM

✨dedeco✨ mixes electronic video game music DJ sets that make you dance, chill, or consider the genre’s relationship to video games in a new way. Check out his YouTube channel to hear sets that dive deep into subgenres, or find sets that feature classics like WipEout and Bomberman.  YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/dedecoVGMDJ SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/youngpadawan64 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dedeco/ […]