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Save-Game-Copier project by slinga-homebrew

A developer going by the name “sling-homebrew” has created a save game manager for the Sega Saturn and provided it as open source on Github (https://github.com/slinga-homebrew/Save-Game-Copier). It’s still considered “Alpha” but already seems to be fully functional.  The developer used the Satiator fork of the Yabuse emulator to integrate Satiator support – giving owners of […]

Bob

Weekly Roundup #218

Here’s this week’s roundup!  An audio-only version, is available on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify and for direct-download:  https://www.retrorgb.com/podcast/?name=2020-09-09_218.mp3 Video available on YouTube (above), LBRY and Bitchute:  Please consider signing up as a supporter!  Either hit Join, tip or pledge on this video, or sign up through the following services:  https://www.floatplane.com/channel/RobertNeal  /  https://www.patreon.com/retrorgb   T-Shirts:  https://www.retrorgb.com/store.html All equipment […]

Bob

GC Loaders Back Up For Sale Thursday Sept 10th

A new batch of GC Loaders will be going on sale Thursday September 10th, at 10AM ET.  They will be going live on both the US and EU distribution sites at the exact same time: US Store:  https://www.black-dog.tech/gc-loader-pnp.html EU Store:  https://www.gc-loader.com/product/gc-loader-pnp/ 3D Printed tray & SD Extension:  https://laserbear.net/shop/ols/products/gcloader-sd-mount While a GC Loader isn’t required to boot homebrew from […]

Rany Battikh

FXPAK (SD2SNES) Unofficial Firmware 1.10.3 by Furious

Developer Furious has just released an unofficial firmware for the FXPAK/Pro (formerly known as as SD2SNES) SNES rom-cart, that combines both his save-states functionality and Redacted173‘s recent Super Game Boy implementation into Ikari’s latest firmware v1.10.3. In late 2018, Furious introduced, through a custom firmware, a 4-slot-per-game save-states system, that is highly customizable; inputs can […]

Bob

Solar Powered Game Boy Concept

A group of computer scientists from Northwestern University in Illinois and the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands have built a custom Game Boy that’s both solar and self-powered.  The handheld uses solar panels on the front to generate power, as well as using energy generated when the buttons themselves are pressed. Another interesting aspect […]