The PSIO, a Playstation optical drive emulator developed by Cybdyn Systems, received a firmware update last week that addressed several bugs and improved game compatibility. The changelog is listed below: Recent Changes from 2.6.11->2.6.12 [Bug Fix] Launching by ‘Quick Start’ would not set the HC05 license correctly which would result in some games freezing. [Bug […]
Australian team Cybdyn just released a firmware update for their PS1 Parallel I/O port device, the PSIO: http://bit.ly/sag-psio Since the latest update back in November 2019, Cybdyn have been hard at work trying to improve the PSIO‘s overall performance and fixing some game-breaking bugs; here’s what they came up with for Menu System 2.6.11/ARM 2.6.7: After changing […]
Jacob Proctor has released an open-source PCB schematic for a Playstation 1, 2, and 3 audio-video breakout board. It supports RGBS, Component, Composite, S-video, stereo audio, and obviously is zero lag. Users can decide if they’d like to use RCA or BNC jacks, or a VGA breakout (like MiSTer’s IO Board), and it can do […]
Sony has just announced they’ll be releasing a remastered version of “Ghostbusters: The Video Game” in 2019. Sony claims the game itself will be updated with “enhanced textures and lighting” and I assume that means higher resolution rendering as well. Also, all the cutscenes will supposedly be in 4K, as according to the blog: “All […]
You can now add the Playstation & Playstation Classic controllers to the growing list of wireless options from 8bitdo. For those not familiar with the DIY kits from 8bitdo, they essentially allow you to swap the internal circuit board of an original controller from a classic console to replace it with a new Bluetooth version […]
Just weeks after the Vita’s final crypto layer was defeated by hackers, Sony has announced that all Vita production has ended. The two events are unrelated of course and the death of the Vita was a long time coming. Launched in late 2011/early 2012, the Vita sold poorly compared to other handhelds, thus Sony does […]
After rumors and speculation of Walmart lowering the price, you can now officially order a PlayStation Classic in the US for $40 with free shipping at Amazon and (WalMart): I think this is just about the price even classic gaming enthusiasts like myself can tolerate. In my opinion, you can look at this two ways: […]
Brooklyn Video Games posted a picture that appears to show Wal-Mart clearing out Playstation Classic consoles for $25. Although no one has confirmed the deal yet. I’ve been intrigued by the PS Classic since it was first revealed to be nothing more than an extremely weak software-emulation platform based on PCSX. Almost any phone can […]
@FireBrandX has just posted an excellent article about the Playstation 1 Digital Audio mod from @Citrus3000psi board. On top of that, he explained how to make it a #NoCutMod. Thanks to him, great info there as always!: http://www.firebrandx.com/psxdigitalaudio.html
xCorra posted a video of a successful video-out solution for the PlayStation Vita via a Raspberry Pi. Most games work, and they are working on a Wifi streaming option for the titles that aren’t supported. Of course, the PSTV is an out-of-the-box solution for Vita HDMI video capture… “Hello, so this is my 2nd update […]
