Note from the Writer: I want to apologize for getting this out a week late. This should have been released for the previous Weekly Roundup. Recently the Hidden Gems Guru & YouTuber Metal Jesus Rocks received a preview unit of the new RetroN Sq. A general purpose all in one Game Boy device which is […]
Developer DirtyHairy has released a new version of Stella, an Atari 2600 emulator, for use on Hyperkin’s Atari 2600 emulation console, the Retron77. This update brings a variety of bug fixes and improvements from the main fork of Stella to the Retron77 build while also including some Retron77-specific features that improve the user experience. Here’s […]
Hyperkin just released the Specialist, a $30, 2-button controller that’s compatible with both TurboGrafx 16 and PC-Engine systems: http://bit.ly/pcespecialist The Specialist is styled after the CoreGrafx controller and its simple layout consisting of: a d-pad, start and select buttons, II and I buttons and their corresponding (3-level) turbo toggles. While I wouldn’t necessarily use the Specialist […]
Hyperkin revealed their upcoming budget clone of the Nintendo 64. ModernVintageGamer compared their previews with emulators and found that it’s based on Mupen64, an open-source software based emulator that has been around the block for a long time. Mupen64 runs on pretty much every platform under the sun already (phones, computers, etc), so you can […]
The custom “community build” firmware for Hyperkin’s Retron77 has just been updated. This version increases compatibility, however some games still need to be played via a ROM. For a detailed list of updates, as well as a full list of features, check out the post and first page of the topic on AtariAge: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/281462-retron-77-community-build-image/page-7#entry4168162https://www.dropbox.com/s/q2965rrzpo0jq2e/sdcard.remo.20181120-1353CB.zip?dl=0
