The elusive MS DOS version of the excellent 90’s FMV game Thunder In Paradise has finally been archived! This really is an excellent FMV game (other than the opening boat assault ;p) and anyone curious about the genre should give it a try. Up until now, that meant buying a CDi, getting a mouse or controller […]
TR Fight Stick Case TR Fight Stick is planning on launching its TR Quantum case for the MiSTer FPGA, once their Octopus arcade sticks ship. It will have a touch panel display and the aluminum is CNC’d from a solid block of aerospace grade metal. You can sign up for updates on its Indiegogo page. […]
High Velocity: Mountain Racing Challenge, an early Saturn exclusive that shipped with a two-player mode, could have let even more people in on the fun if developer Cave enabled a four-player option that was hidden in the code until now. The four-player mode was unearthed by — who else? — Bo Bayles, who’s been probing […]
You can now purchase the analog video output expansion board for the OSSC Pro. This will allow you to have simultaneous HD output via HDMI and analog video output via the dsub connector of the expansion port. This is really handy for downscaling, as you can preview (or stream!) the source via HDMI output, configure the […]
Retro Gaming Cables has just released a new set of RGB SCART cables for the Sega Dreamcast. These can switch between 15Khz (240p/480i) and 31KHz (480p) and include a sync-combiner designed by RetroTINK creator Mike Chi. They’re fully compatible with all scalers, as well as Sony BVM multiformat monitors; Those often have “sync curl” issues […]
The Ouya may have been the most successful kickstarter campaign of it’s time, but after launch it didn’t perform well on the market. In 2015 the servers were shut down leaving a lot of us with the little box sitting in our closets gathering dust. Without the servers Ouya is little more than a display […]
The SAROO (SEGA Saturn flash cart) project by TPUinx has been building steam over the past year since our initial coverage, and many folks have picked one up to see what all the fuss is about. From the project’s initial conception a decade ago to its dormancy and revitalization, it finally came to market last […]
Originally bundled with the Japanese release of The Misadventures of Tron Bonne, Rockman Dash 2: Episode 1: ‘Roll-chan Kiki Ippatsu!’ no Maki is a cute standalone demo for Mega Man Legends 2. With a fun little story that sees Roll kidnapped by the villainous Tron Bonne and her army of Servbots, this Japan-exclusive demo has long […]
Marco Retro just posted an awesome video that details the downscaling power of the OSSC Pro. Marco also highlights the upcoming VGA-out module (EDIT, it’s out!!!), that will allow HDMI output at HD resolutions and analog output at 240p or 480i simultaneously. He also covers lag, aspect ratio, scaling, line alignment…really, EVERYTHING you may have wanted to […]
Ian aka Historic Nerd recently released a video about the history of the original PlayStation console. While this is a story many of us may already know, Ian’s video was well-researched and offered a unique perspective on it. I imagine even well-informed PlayStation fans would enjoy it and I definitely recommend it to anyone interested […]
