Many older MiSTer arcade FPGA cores have been left behind from the overhauls and updates that console and PC cores received over the last year. Several were still on the old scaler and lacked new features. Alan Steremberg has made it his mission to bring every single one of them up to date and on […]
Grego and Rotwang have released a ROMhack of Final Fight Arcade, which will run on real arcade hardware. Called Final Fight 30th Anniversary Edition, it’s one of the most impressive and ambitious hacks that I’ve seen, bringing an entirely new gameplay mechanic, complete with a working HUD for the third player. It is still in […]
Malias and SamIAm released an English translation of Panorama Cotton for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, after 10 years of casual work. Panorama Cotton is a great game, and the new translation polishes it up just like a new officially licensed release: Panorama Cotton is a fun, colorful cute ‘em up rail shooter. This patch translates […]
OSH Park, a popular PCB fabrication service used by hobbyists and professionals, is now offering custom flex PCB fabrication. This will be useful for flex cable makers, for the more complex RGB and digital video mods. https://docs.oshpark.com/services/flex/ Pricing $15 per square inch, which includes three copies of your design. For example, a 2 square inch […]
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 […]
There’s a new Nintendo Virtual Boy platformer in the works, Capitan Sevilla 3D. The VUEngine project aims to rebuild the award-winning Capitan Sevilla 2 demo from the ground-up, turning it into a fully-fledged game. It’s being built using the Virtual Boy Development Engine, and will be complete with stereoscopic 3D separation. Consider backing VUEngine’s Patreon […]
Ikari just released the latest SD2SNES firmware v1.10.0, adding support for the new Pro model (AKA MK.III) as well as S-DD1 support for both the original SD2SNES & Pro. The new firmware also allows SA-1 special chip games to be MSU-1 patched for the Pro. SA1+MSU1 were too large to fit the Spartan III FPGA […]
Devil Engine by Dangen Entertainment is a beautiful new 2D Shoot ’em Up for the Nintendo Switch and Steam. It could be considered as a spiritual successor or genre-piece tribute to the Thunder Force series, at least if their marketing motto “Lightning Strikes Again” is any sign (Thunder Force/Lightening Force reference). My Life in Gaming […]
Brian Hargrove (AKA turfmasta) has offered an incredible line of products at NeoGeoFanClub.com for years, including a replacement of the rare/expensive Neo Geo AES/MVS memory card, called the NeoSaveMasta. NSM has been through several revisions, each with a unique color, artwork, and an evolving list of features. The latest model sold out in minutes, but […]
Citrus3000psi has opened another round of Dreamcast HDMI DCHDMI kit pre-orders at https://shop.dansprojects.com/dchdmi-pre-order.html I just opened round 4 DCHDMI pre-orders: https://t.co/3unjEwde33 Round 3 pre-orders will go into fab once I receive & program ESP modules (2 week estimate). Round 1 orders being assembled and will ship to me this week. Round 2 fab started […]
