Hello, I’m ChrisFratz. But you can call me Chris. When it comes to retro gaming, I personally love emulating a lot. Along with modern ports and remasters I think it’s one of the most important things in retro gaming as it’s one of the most accessible ways to play these old games.
If you wanna here what I have to say about other kinds of things you can follow me on my twitter, though what I say on there are my thoughts alone.
IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR ONCE AGAIN!! The Sonic Hacking Contest is back for another year. In case you don’t know, the Sonic Hacking Contest (or SHC) is a fan run event where a bunch of modders and ROM hackers submit what they’ve been working on to be voted on and judged for awards. […]
Back in February of last year, I decided to order a Logitech Z906. A 5.1 surround sound set in a box for $400 on the recommendation from a few people in the My Life in Gaming Discord as an inexpensive way to dip my toes into surround sound. And in terms of how it […]
N64 recompiled is a program designed to take an N64 ROM and recompile it for PC. Created by Wiseguy, it takes an N64 ROM and converts all the code back into C automatically, allowing it be compiled for modern computers running windows or Linux. Yep, that means you don’t need proton to run it on […]
Nintendo 64 programmer James Lambert decided to try and make an Oculus Rift DK1 VR headset to work on an N64. He did this using a USB to N64 controller adapter he made, and he connected the headset to that with an Arduino so which is used to process the data and send it to […]
On the 3rd of June, Twitter user Dario revealed that his path tracing renderer that powered his ray tracing mod for Mario 64 (which was covered here in the past) named RT64 is being turned into a graphics plugin for N64 emulators. As you can see in the tweet above, he released a demo video […]
On February 10th, 2022, Nightdive Studios released a new remaster of the Sega Saturn and PS1 version of PowerSlave. PowerSlave was originally released back in 1996 for the PC, Sega Saturn, and PS1 and was developed by Lobotomy Software. And while the PC version has been available for years on stores like Steam and GOG, […]
A YouTube user named The Brickster has recently uploaded a full remastering of the soundtrack to Pokemon HeartGold & SoulSilver on to YouTube. This remaster came from a user named Kurausukun with The Brickster having permission to host the remaster on his channel. This soundtrack remastering is different to most of the work present on […]
It’s that time again, YouTube user RedHotSonic has just uploaded the trailer for the 2021 Sonic Hacking Contest. And in case you don’t know, the Sonic Hacking Contest (SHC) is a a week long event where people can submit ROM hacks and mods for sonic games that people can download and play. Not only […]
On December 10th, 2020, Cyan released a new remake of the classic 1993 adventure game Myst exclusively for the Oculus Quest platform. So why am I writing about it now? Because on August 26th, 2021, the game was released on PC with optional VR support through Steam, Epic Games Store, GOG.com, and Xbox Game […]
A couple months ago, the YouTube channel Nerrel uploaded a video summarizing a few of the advancements that have been made in the emulation scene. While covering things that have written posts about here in the past like the widescreen hack for Super Mario World, the Messen HD packs, and the SA-1 enhancement hacks from […]
