Jacob Proctor RGB modded an Emerson SpongeBob Squarepants CRT TV and posted a thorough blog write-up. His results are so good as to look stock. As a major bonus, no further hacking is required to access the TV’s on-screen menu, which is often a source of frustration with consumer TV RGB mods. Emerson made several […]
Here are scans of the special comics advertised in Mortal Kombat & Mortal Kombat II arcade:Mortal Kombat ComicMortal Kombat II Comic Jassin from arcade-projects.com, converted the original scans to a double-sided format for printing reproductions. #mortalkombat, #mortalkombatiii, #arcade, #comic
iFixRetro showed off what is probably the world’s first RGB-LCD modded PC Engine GT (AKA Turbo Express). This finally brings a McWill-like solution to the handheld, and the results are stunning. The mod was done using the hard-to-source LCDDRV, which is only available in Japan at the moment. It pulls RGB directly from the GT’s […]
Christian coded an online tool that can be used to update old SD2SNES themes (menu.bin files) to the latest firmware. This is a huge time-saver for menu makers like myself, since this had to be done by hand previously. Themes made on an old firmware needed to be rebuilt from scratch with each new SD2SNES […]
gc8tech, from the SmokeMonster Patreon Discord, owns a large collection of Super Famicom Nintendo Power SF-Cassettes as well as the rare 150-page NP manual, which is full of original ’90s Nintendo SNES artwork that has never been seen before. He is currently scanning the manual in a very high resolution and will release it for […]
Rattboi, from the SmokeMonster Patreon Discord, released a preview of his Genesis-to-PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16 controller converter on Github. When complete there will be two versions: a standalone converter PCB; and a replacement internal PCB for 3-button Genesis controllers. For the replacement PCB, you would solder on a Mini-DIN8 cable to make a standalone Genesis controller for […]
Frank posted an update/reveal of new features he’s adding to the Sentinel Supergun, as well as a design change to a higher-quality 4-layer PCB. https://www.arcade-projects.com/forums/index.php?thread/5942-sentinel-supergun-prototype/&postID=100879#post100879 I was going to leave this as a surprise but what the heck, here’s the new layout. PCBs are being produced as I type and will be shipped to me […]
Vitor Vilela has updated his SA-1 Speed Test to v3.1, adding new test parameters and improving stability for hardware and emulator testing. It is designed to help SA-1 software and hardware coders to test their setups, to improve the SA-1 Pack Tool Suite used by SMW romhackers, and to test the functionality of SNES emulators. […]
Soon you may have the displeasure of experiencing Action 52 on real Nintendo NES hardware, thanks to some sophisticated romhacking by Great Hierophant of Nerdly Pleasures Blog. Action 52 is famously terrible unlicensed game compilation of 52 “games” but its infamy has made it desirable among collectors and the real cartridge is rare and very […]
Vitor Vilela is a SMW romhacker and the coder behind the SA-1 Pack, a suite of tools used by Super Mario World romhackers to add SA-1 special chip enhancements. He’s currently hard at work on a v2.0 update to the SA-1 Pack, adding new and more powerful features to the bag of tricks that romhackers […]
