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Bob

Flippy Drive Updates

Tito from Macho Nacho Productions recently posted an update video showing all the progress and changes since his FlippyDrive Gamecube Optical Drive Emulator launch video.  There’s a ton to talk about:  Network game loading, controller support, a MicroSD extension, better Swiss integration…this video answers all the questions people had about the project!  You can also […]

Bob

Famicom / NES Bluetooth Adapter

Humble Bazooka has just started selling a bluetooth controller adapter for the Nintendo Famicom.  This is based off Darthcloud’s open source Blueretro platform, that offers some of the lowest bluetooth latency ever recorded when used with a fast controller.  The price is $50 plus shipping and it will also work with NES consoles via a $15 adapter: […]

Bob

ColecoVision DRAM to SRAM Upgrade

Lundy Electronics is selling a $50 DRAM to SRAM conversion upgrade for Colecovision and Coleco ADAM consoles.  This is handy for anyone who’s DRAM has gone bad, as there aren’t any new replacements available.  Apparently, it’s common for people to mis-diagnose a power supply issue as a RAM failure…but Lundy Electronics is also selling a […]

Bob

Weekly Roundup #426

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MarcoRetro

The Ultracade uVC Downscaler just got Chronicled

The Universal Video Converter (uVC) was actively supported by UltraCade Technologies between 2003-2005, and were intended for downscaling PC’s to a tri-sync arcade cabinet. They officially support the following resolutions: XGA (1024×768), SVGA (800×600) and VGA (640×480), and downscale to EGA (640×384, 24KHz) and CGA (640×240 15KHz ie 240p). The 640×480 input will likely be […]

Lu

MiSTer FPGA News – WWF Superstars, DE10 Nano Alternatives & More

Taki Udon MiSTer Products Taki Udon’s MiSTer Products have been released. The purchase website is at retroremake.co. The FPGA boards and bundles sold out quickly, but more btaches are incoming. You can still buy the IO board, USB board and RAM without the need to wait for batches. Purchase site : https://retroremake.co/ Taki Udon Video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbppuWmukw0 […]

Vanessa (Vanessaira)

OG XBOX Shell Update RGR

Retro Game Restore (RGR) recently took a moment to answer questions regarding their work on the upcoming Original XBOX (OG XBOX) Console Clear/Replacement Shell project.  It has been awhile since our last update, and many of our viewers might not be users on twitter to follow RGR.  So to bring everyone up to speed.  Here […]