Fantastic news for CRT lovers and preservationists: Andy King, CRT tech, console modder, and creator of CRTDatabase.com, has just made some important updates to his site! For the first time, thorough, clear, and useful information on CRT testers/restorers is available. As passionate as I am about CRTs, I recently decided to make the plunge and […]
I’ll never forget Christmas 1996, the year where all I wanted was Sega’s new console, the Saturn. I only had an NES when everyone around me had an SNES or a Sega Genesis. But on that Christmas morning, I wanted to be current. I wanted to have the new slick, cool Sega. My dad handed […]
Disclaimer: This mod was tested by the writer of this post. Please try it at your own risk. RetroRGB.com (or any of its writers) aren’t responsible for any damage you do to your tools, computers, or PVMs. This mod is fairly simple, in both concept and execution. In addition, it requires no soldering! This is […]
Sega Genesis fans rejoice! A mod was just released that will allow you to jump into your Genesis gaming glory a few seconds faster! It can be purchased here. Many of us will know the screen above very well! This screen is displayed for a few seconds at boot of most versions of the Sega […]
Lucky owners of a FM Towns Marty, especially those of you Marty owners with a faulty optical drive, there is cause for excitement! Deunan just posted on his blog that he will be taking orders for the DocBrown, an FM-Towns Marty Optical Drive Emulator, this Saturday May 14th, at 20:00 CEST. Love it or hate it, […]
A Kickstarter campaign for a music video album, Sergio Elisondo‘s You Are Error, was just funded in an impressive seven hours. But this isn’t just any album; these videos are being released on an actual NES cartridge! This is not only quite the technical feat (the cart plays digital video and audio directly through a […]
My Life in Gaming has just posted a new video to their channel, this time covering projectors with a special eye towards how various projection technologies handle both retro and modern gaming, as well as exploring a key question: can one get into projection on a very small budget? As is always the case with […]
Fans of the NES and retro-like platformer/puzzle games have new call to rejoice! Well, at least those fans that prefer their games to be punishingly difficult. New from Erik Rosenlund, animator (his skills as such on prominent display in his release trailer above) turned 8-bit video game developer, comes Slow Mole, a brand-new game for […]
Disclaimer: This mod was tested by the writer of this post. Please try it at your own risk. RetroRGB.com (or any of its writers) aren’t responsible for any damage you do to your tools or VMU. While this mod is fairly simple in concept, it is one of the fiddliest mods you might come across. […]
Professor Abrasive just posted on Patreon regarding his upcoming Sega Saturn optical drive emulator, The Satiator. He’s been in the final push towards getting this product released, and a big step on that path has been getting a production case completed. He opted for injection molding and it appears the case is ready for a […]
