DisplacedGamers

Mega Man 3’s Graphical Glitches, the MMC3 Mapper, and a Bad Development Timeline – Behind the Code

“Is my copy of Mega Man III messed up?” This question is a common one from those that either have not played the third game in the series or are returning to it after a number of years. There is a graphical glitch above Shadow Man in the Stage Select screen. A segment of pixels […]

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Morph Price Drop – $275

PixelFX have just announced a price drop on their Morph 4K scaler, from $400 to $275, citing a decreased bill of materials (BOM) as the reason.  They posted on their Discord server that early adopters who paid the extra $125 will have the option to purchase the upcoming analog bridge adapters for only $25 (as […]

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GameCube SD2SP2 v2.0

Greg from LaserBear is now selling the latest version of the SD2SP2 – A device that allows you to connect a MicroSD card to the rear port of a GameCube.  The previous version worked well, however this update from Extrems fixes some streaming issues and decreases the cpu usage when using a SD2SP2 device.  It […]

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OSSC Firmware Update v1.10

Markus has just released a new (free as always!) firmware update for the original OSSC.  This adds features that focus on passing signals through to a scaler without analog video inputs like the Morph, as well as a VRR flag for HDMI output, a Lumacode decoder and improved sampling jitter reduction, which makes setting phase […]

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OSSC v1 Hardware Mod

Rees recently posted a video walkthrough of how to mod your v1.6 or earlier Open Source Scan Converter to be compatible with the v1.0 and up Firmwares.  Without this mod, all OSSC hardware revisions before the recent v1.8 will not work with the newer firmwares.  If you accidentally flash the wrong one, you can simply […]

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The RetroTINK 4K can Downscale

The RetroTINK 4K is first and foremost an upscaler, and although possible, downscaling is not an officially supported or advertised feature. How well it downscales is dependant on the menu items intended for upscaling. Fortunately, downscaling (technically decimating) on the RetroTink 4K works well to restore integer-upscaled games that were drawn in 240p. So well in […]

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MiSTerAddons 24-Bit I/O Board

Sorg, creator of the MiSTer project, recently released an updated I/O board design, that outputs true 24-bit analog video.  This will allow cores like the PlayStation and Nintendo 64 to output at their full potential.  As Sorg doesn’t sell any hardware, we have to rely on the community to build these designs and the first […]

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Memcard Pro GC Cloud Saves

A new firmware was just released for the GameCube version of the MemCard Pro that allows for backing up your card via the cloud.  At the moment, only Google Drive is supported, but more providers will be added in the future.  You can also flip the screen, which is perfect for Wii users and a new […]