A few weeks ago, Dreamcast aficionados FatalistDC and Jan Baumgartner started a small-scale fundraiser aiming at dumping and immediately releasing the disc image of the unreleased Dreamcast port Heroes of Might and Magic III – The Restoration of Erathia. The turned based strategy cult classic game at hand saw release on Windows, Macintosh and Linux […]
Retro Fighters just posted an update on their Kickstarter page. In it they state that the initial samples are finished and wish to get the prototypes into a test batch production run. If the pilot production and final set of testing is successful. Mass production will soon follow. Retro Fighters had hoped to have these […]
Chriz2600 just released a new firmware for the DCHDMI. With this new update, users can now navigate the OSD with their arcade stick of choice; that’s a significant feature as a sizable portion of the DC’s library consists of 2d beat-em-ups and shoot-em-ups, 2 genres that are best enjoyed with an arcade stick (during gameplay, […]
I finally got around to installing the Noctua Fan into my dreamcast. I experienced a couple of issues that were all very minor and wanted to share them. All of these issues are actually questions that Greg had answered himself on the assembergames forum. I figured it would be good to document them somewhere else […]
In mid-2018, the Turbografx and PC Engine CD received a new action-platforming game titled FX-Unit Yuki: The Henshin Engine. Following a successful kickstarter campaign, backers were able to participate in a survey to choose a console port for development after the original version was completed where the Sega Genesis won the popular vote. Now, nearly […]
Citrus3000psi has opened another round of Dreamcast HDMI DCHDMI kit pre-orders at https://shop.dansprojects.com/dchdmi-pre-order.html I just opened round 4 DCHDMI pre-orders: https://t.co/3unjEwde33 Round 3 pre-orders will go into fab once I receive & program ESP modules (2 week estimate). Round 1 orders being assembled and will ship to me this week. Round 2 fab started […]
Artemio released updates to the PC Engine/PC Engine CD/TurboGrafx-16 and Dreamcast 240p Test Suites. PC Engine/Turbografx 16 Release 1.05 24/02/2019 (Super CD-ROM2, CD-ROM2 and HuCard) – Added 256, 320, 352 and 512 resolutions to Checkerboard – Added 352×240 resolution to Grid and Checkerboard (R-Type) – Added internal Horizontal resolution setup functions, skipping HUC defaults – […]
PC Wzrd13 from the Dreamcastic Channel just posted news about an update on the DreamShell Loader (version 0.7.X Beta) which can be used for the Dreamcast in conjunction with the IDE mod. This is a mod that replaces the GDROM drive for an IDE setup that could allow a user to boot from a Hard […]
Christof has just released a few firmware updates for the DCHDMI. There’s a long list of changes since the initial review was posted, but the ones that really stand out to me are PAL 576P support, as well as the ability to passthrough interlaced modes (PAL & NTSC), instead of forcing bob deinterlacing. I realize that […]
Here’s a full review of the DCHDMI! The video also goes into detail about all solutions for DC on a flat-screen, as well as describes some of the issues with the DC’s signal. For more information and the most up-to-date links, please check out the main Dreamcast page: https://www.retrorgb.com/dreamcast.html DCHDMI used in tournament: https://kotaku.com/an-old-school-marvel-vs-capcom-2-throwdown-was-the-bes-1831415905
