[UPDATE August 27, 2020: It has been confirmed that the OSD will not be present on any analog outputs.] It’s not always easy to be a fan of the Nintendo 64. Sure, it is rightly revered as an iconic platform that helped shape 3D gaming as we know it, but that intrepid spirit also led […]
The The ZX Spectrum Next has just launched it’s second kickstarter, which has already raised over a million dollars to make it happen! After the success of the original Kickstarter, interest in the console grew and now the team is back with a second run, due to ship next year: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/spectrumnext/zx-spectrum-next-issue-2 The ZX Spectrum Next “Issue 2” […]
EposVox has just posted the first video in an upcoming series about getting started streaming / capturing retro gaming content. This video focuses on using the RetroTINK products and Adam demonstrates the original RetroTINK2x ‘Classic’. As a note, all RetroTINK products (including the RAD2x) will work exactly the same…just don’t stream with scanlines turned on, […]
Update: Pre-orders are open: https://amzn.to/3nBVVSu A brand new Neo Geo MVS tabletop arcade console was just announced. There’s a $500 model that comes with a stand which makes it close in size to a full-sized cabinet, while $450 gives you just the “tabletop” unit itself. If you buy the stand afterwards, it’ll run you $100. It […]
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Modern Vintage Gamer just posted a really interesting video on how a game that normally came on two PlayStation 1 discs was ported to fit on a 64MB Nintendo 64 cartridge. As always, MVG does an awesome job walking us through the technical aspects of the story, in a way that’s still easy to understand. […]
The Swiss team has just published another few revisions of their GameCube software. As always, they’ve continued to improve overall system stability and tweaks have been made to help slower SD cards perform better; Some adapters were causing issues with games like Soulcalibur II, which is sensitive to interrupt latency. Also, FMV stutter with SD Card […]
Analogue has just announced that they’ll be doing a second pre-order for the upcoming NT Mini Noir. It will happen tomorrow August 11th at 8AM PST. The price is still $500 + shipping and it will be available here: https://www.analogue.co/editions/nt-mini-noir There was a bit of controversy around the Noir, as pre-orders opened and closed a few […]
I recently did an interview with Kurt from the company Dotronix, one of the last remaining manufacturers of CRT’s. We went into the company’s history and chatted about CRT’s in general. It was absolutely a pleasure talking to someone who’s been in the industry as long as Kurt’s been and I’m very grateful he shared […]
[Update: Dan has posted some more thoughts about the XboxDigital design in a follow up tweet, which has been included at the bottom of this article.] Dan Kunz, a.k.a. Citrus3000psi, has had a big week; a new batch of GC Loaders sold out, the final run of WiiDual boards are set to be shipped soon, and the […]
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