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CPS2Companion Transforms Arduino Into CPS2 EPROM Dumper/Flasher

Loïc Petit released an open-source project to build an add-on for the Arduino Mega that allows you to easily dump or flash Capcom CPS2 Arcade EPROMs for people who want a dedicated device, or who don’t have a full EEPROM burner setup. This solution is tailored specifically to CPS2, and includes security injection based on […]

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Final Fight 30th Anniversary brings 3-Player Mode to Real Arcade Hardware

Grego and Rotwang have released a ROMhack of Final Fight Arcade, which will run on real arcade hardware. Called Final Fight 30th Anniversary Edition, it’s one of the most impressive and ambitious hacks that I’ve seen, bringing an entirely new gameplay mechanic, complete with a working HUD for the third player. It is still in […]

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1942 Arcade FPGA MiSTer & MiST Cores by Jotego

Jose “Jotego” Tejada, who ported the Ghosts ‘n Goblins Arcade PCB to FPGA a few weeks back, just finished a 1942 Arcade core for MiSTer & MiST. Once again, he used the black box method to translate the arcade PCB into Verilog. Verilog & VHDL are hardware description languages, and are also the languages used […]

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New Run of InfiniKey CPS2s Coming

RetroRGB.com previously covered the introduction of new tools that prevent or reverse the “suiciding” of Capcom CPS-2 arcade boards, using the techniques researched and documented by a team at the Arcadehacker Blog. The Inifinikey is one such device, which was cheap and sold extremely well. The first batch potentially saved 1,000 CPS-2 games, permanently protecting […]

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CPSHDMI Kit Updates

Markus has posted a few updates regarding his CPSHDMI kits; A digital-to-digital HDMI kit for the Capcom Play System boards.  Here’s the updates: Pre-assembled boards will be available from Video Game Perfection.  Enter your name on their mailing list to be notified when stock arrives:  https://retrorgb.link/cpshdmi For DIY’s, the project is completely open source…but it’s a […]

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Capcom CPS-2 Metal Case

TR Fight Stick is working on a Capcom CPS-2 Arcade case. You may remember that he also sells a CPS-3 metal case, and is also currently at work on metal and wood Dreamcast shells. The CPS-2 case shares features of both: https://www.arcade-projects.com/forums/index.php?thread/7638-cps-2-custom-metal-case-work-in-progress/ I want to share with you one of my CPS2 design. It is […]