Chinese ROMhacker YZB has coded a high-level hack of the Sega Saturn Castlevania: Symphony of the Night [Akumajou Dracula X-Gekka no Yasoukyoku] which implements a number of quality of life improvements by using the 4MB RAM cart and other modifications: Disk-reading slowdown is improved by preloading data to a 4MB RAM cart, the CD file […]
Modern Vintage Gamer recently received the beta test SEGA Genesis / Mega Drive module for the Polymega, and as such put out a video running it through its paces. In his review he showcased the current capabilities of the Genesis module and what potential users could expect from the Polymega in its current iteration. MVG […]
Retro Fighters recently released an update indicating the current state of production and expectations for shipping their new Dreamcast controller. They state additional time is needed due to the Covid 19 pandemic, and now expects to have one more update for backers indicating when the factory shipments are moving to the warehouses and fulfillment facilities. […]
Krikzz just posted an update via twitter showing off his prototype Mega EverDrive Pro. With any luck krikzz will get this finished soon, and users of this EverDrive variant will have many more options including the much requested Sega CD support. Making this more powerful “pro” version of EverDrive a good form of competition to […]
The SMS Power forums recently uncovered and released an extremely rare Japanese game about traffic safety for the Sega Master system. If that wasn’t impressive enough, the community has also released a translation patch so that English speakers can also play this title! According to the research done by a someone with the pseudonym SukaSega, […]
EDIT 04/02: It looks like the price has gone up since it’s original announcement from $96 to $123.81. EDIT 04/09: There’s been some confusion on the price: The increase was only from $96 to about $103 – The $124 amount includes VAT (20%), which only applies to the EU. Everywhere else will pay $103. EDIT: […]
In an update provided by developer Lizardcube, the upcoming Streets of Rage 4 is sporting a few new notable features since the prior update from last year. The first announcement is a new character named Floyd Iraia, a “bruiser” style character that is oddly reminiscent of Jax from the Mortal Kombat series if he performed […]
Ced is shipping the first batch of Fenrir PCBs, which will fund the next run of 50 units. Fenrir is a new Sega Saturn ODE that launches disc images from an SD card just like a flash cart. While progress on the Satiator ODE has been almost unbearably slow, Fenrir has gone from concept to […]
The Sega 32X has famously unreliable video quality, with some units exhibiting serious noise. Kevtris posted about this a few times on Discord over the last year, and I asked if he could share his solution. Kev pointed out that the problem is due to the 32X’s switching power supply, which introduces a lot of […]
“Project Lunar” from the Mod My Classic group and site has released the public beta for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive Mini. This is a major overhaul to the emulator. Giving users more customizing options, as well as greater accuracy in emulation then what the stock mini console provides. Project Lunar even allows support for RetroArch […]
