The FXPak Pro (nee, the SD2SNES Pro) has received a new hardware revision that should be shipping to customers as of the date of this article. Although functionality seems to be the identical to previous FXPak Pro revisions, Rev.D is different enough that the current beta firmwares are not compatible with it. If you’ve received […]
The game Decathlete (known as Athlete Kings in Europe) is now running on Darksoft‘s rom-cart for the Sega Titan Video (ST-V) arcade system, the STV Multi. Back in late 2016, Darksoft decrypted and released 5 of the 6 remaining protected ST-V games for the STV Multi. Only one game has remained encrypted since then, and […]
Krikzz has recently announced that work is well underway on the Turbo EverDrive PRO, the followup to his critically acclaimed PC-Engine and TurboGrafx-16 romcart, the Turbo EverDrive. Over a week ago, Krikzz posted a picture on Twitter showing a Mega EverDrive Pro (Mega Drive/Genesis romcart) connected to the EXP female port of a PC-Engine Interface, […]
Hardware and rom cart designer Igor Golubovskiy “Kr!Kzz” has just announced that the much anticipated Mega EverDrive Pro is now available for purchase. This improved “Pro” model SEGA Genesis/Mega Drive cart is due in large part to the necessity of the hardware design and components used. Some of the microchips used in the making of […]
An unofficial firmware update for the SD2SNES (FX Pak) has been released by Matheus aka FURiOUS. A software developer and a world record speed runner. He recently announced on his github page where the files and details for this firmware are located. As well as information on how to use the new save and loadstate […]
Handhled modder and innovator Benn Venn just opened pre-orders for his newly designed romcart, the ElCheapoSD Lynx. This Atari Lynx micro-SD based cart, follows Benn’s ElCheapoSD line of products‘ norm with its simplistic yet decently-featured nature and, as the name implies, its affordability. The ElCheapoSD Lynx will easily fit into both revisions of Atari’s cult […]
In late 2019, SmokeMonster covered a back-then newly-started open source Vectrex rom-cart project by Rattboi and Technobly, labeled Vextreme. The developers got initially inspired by Spritesmod’s unreleased Vectrex Extreme cart and decided to carry on with the original concept and eventually turn it into a mature releasable product. Jason from GameTechUS stepped in and produced […]
Krikzz just announced that the anticipated NES edition of the N8 Pro is now available for order. The NES N8 Pro shares the exact same features as its already released Famicom counterpart. The cartridge pinout difference (NES: 72-pin, Famicom: 60-pin) between both cartridges stands in the way of systems cross-compatibility. I would like to note […]
Krikzz just posted a new firmware update for his freshly released Everdrive N8-Pro Famicom rom-cart. Unlike the SD2SNES, where the Pro version seems to be evolving in an almost hand-in-hand fashion with the older edition (with notable exceptions), the Everdrive N8-Pro is a vastly superior upgrade over the regular N8, offering a ton more options. […]
Darksoft just released both firmware and menu updates for his flagship Neo Geo rom carts, the MultiMVS and the MultiAES. The new updates seemed to have fixed all the problems (especially the dreaded REDScreen bug(s)) that were previously reported by users and improved the overall performance of the carts. While the presentation is almost identical […]
