Renowned RGB cable manufacturer Retro Access recently introduced their latest line of cables entitled: Fortraflex. UPDATE BELOW AS OF APRIL 6TH… 2nd UPDATE AS OF APRIL 7TH – It’s “Fortraflex”, not Fortaflex. Spelling changed in-post, but please excuse the URL. 3rd UPDATE AS OF APRIL 22ND – Size is corrected and all Genesis models properly […]
After recently restocking their infamous “Packapunch” line of Scart cables, Retro Gaming Cables just announced that they will be soon releasing Component YPbPr for various systems including: Sega Mega Drive 1 / Master System 1 Sega Mega Drive 2 Sega Saturn Sega Dreamcast Super Nintendo PAL and NTSC PAL Gamecube Sony PlayStation 1 & 2 […]
Announced back in April 2018, the Mega Drive Mini by SEGA was initially set for a late 2018 release. It got eventually pushed back to 2019, following the “At Games” debacle and SEGA themselves wanting to take their time to deliver a quality product. Through Twitter, SEGA of Japan recently posted that fans get to […]
Custom Game Cases just launched a GoFundMe campaign to support their up and coming Virtual Boy clam-shell plastic cases. UPDATE: Indiegogo Campaign here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/virtual-boy-collectors-game-cases#/ While most retro cartridges got the “custom case” treatment throughout the years, systems like the Vitual Boy get often pushed aside. With the fragile nature of cardboard cases (for all Nintendo systems […]
FirebrandX seems to be on a quest, lately, to extract “audiophile” sound quality out as many systems as possible. He wrote a detailed guide on his website about restoring flawless audio on the NeoGeo AES notoriously bad 3-3 and 3-4 board revisions. The process, being fairly simple, involves soldering a few ceramic capacitors on the […]
German Techno artist, DJ Remute, previously known for releasing music on a floppy disc in 2017, has recently announced that his next foray into the world of retro tech would be on a console, more specifically the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis. “Technoptimistic”, Remute’s upcoming album, is set to be released on the 22nd of March, on […]
Shortly after the announcement of the BrawlerGen 2-in-1 controller, Retro Fighters just launched a kickstarter campaign to fund their newest project: the “Next Gen Dreamcast controller“. Following the same path as the critically praised “Brawler 64”, this new Dreamcast controller boasts modern features, besides its overall ergonomic design, such as an updated analog stick (similar […]
The much-anticipated Dreamcast scart cable by Retro Gaming Cables just got pushed back, unfortunately, due to manufacturing setbacks. Here’s what RGC had to say about it: “We received a test casing of the connector shell (just ignore imperfections in the shell, as this is just a prototype), however there needs to be an adjustment made […]
The Time Sleuth, a display lag tester that was announced last week, is now available for pre-order at Citrus3000psi’s website: https://shop.dansprojects.com/time-sleuth-lag-tester.html Priced at $80, this device will be compatible with OLED, LCD, Plasma and even CRT screens. The latter will require some adapters to function properly in conjunction with the Time Sleuth, but all of the […]
Here are some small and interesting updates that happened during the last few days in the Super Nintendo scene: First, following the announcement of the SD2SNES Pro, Krikzz is now offering the SD2SNES at his store for a discounted price of ~168$. (The original price was set at 197$) If you’re still on the fence […]
