Vanessa (Vanessaira)

Orpheus II ISA Soundcard End of Production

The team behind the legendary ISA soundcard known as the Orpheus II (O2) recently announced that they will begin the last production run of the Orpheus II.  Keropi who is one of the team members made the announcement on the VOGONs forums.  Where he stated that they will cease production soon as both he and […]

Vanessa (Vanessaira)

Launch of the New ISA Soundcard Orpheus II

It is now possible to order the long awaited Orpheus II ISA soundcard.  This is a newly produced soundcard meant to be the ultimate soundcard for vintage and retro based IBM/PC compatible computers.  It is a product which couples the amazing aspects of the original Orpheus soundcard.  Having great Yamaha OPL3 Frequency Modulation (FM) capabilities […]

Vanessa (Vanessaira)

Orpheus II + GUS ISA Soundcard

A new project from the retro soundcard makers Keropi and Marmes has been unveiled.  Named the Orpheus II, this retro based soundcard is a massive upgrade over the original Orpheus.  Sporting the same base options as the original model, with its genuine Yamaha YMF 289 ‘OPL3’ and PCMIDI capabilities.  The new Orpheus II however adds […]

Vanessa (Vanessaira)

New Amstrad Mega PC Video Output / Sound Card

VOGONs tinkerers Keropi & Tiido have been working on a new project called “The Mega Card”.  Which is a replacement multimedia card designed to give better video output compatibility and more sound options for the Amstrad Mega PC.  The Amstrad Mega PC was a combo computer that joined an 386 IBM compatible personal computer (PC) […]

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Saturn Grandia English Translation Release Candidate Published

Since September of 2018 TrekkiesUnite118 has been working on an English translation patch for the Saturn version of the JRPG Grandia.  I’ve written about this project a couple of times before when it passed a milestone, and now the story seems to be finally coming to a close. Early this month thanks to some absolute […]

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Deunan Teases FM Towns PC ODE

Deunan, the designer of the official GDEMU (Dreamcast), the Phoebe and Rhea (Saturn) and the Doc Brown (FM Towns Marty) ODEs has just teased a work-in-progress picture of an ODE for the FM Towns tower PCs tentatively called the “Grey Tower Wizard”. The new device is designed to be installed internally without requiring removal of […]