Author: Bob

Here’s a review of the AVerMedia Live Gamer 4K (GC573) PCIe capture card, from the perspective of a retro gamer.  Overall, it performs okay and can accept fully uncompressed (4:4:4) colorspace from 1080p60 and 4K60 sources, but it has some limitations for doing things like side-by-side comparisons.  Also, while it does work with the OSSC and […]

Arcade1Up has just announced they’ll be opening pre-orders for their version of The Simpson’s arcade machine on August 16th.  No price has been officially announced, but it’s expected to sell for the same price as its other larger-sized cabinets $650.  This is a larger cabinet then their standard 2-player cabs, but still not a 1:1 […]

Phenom Mod is now accepting pre-orders on a batch of Furrtek’s recently-open sourced Neo SD Loaders.  Phenom Mod is specifically making the version with a MicroSD card extension that fits in the console’s vent holes, allowing you to add this optical drive emulator, while still keeping the original disc drive. Pre-order Link:  https://store.phenommod.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=64&product_id=64 Support Furrtek:  https://www.patreon.com/furrtek I […]

I recently tested two products from HDFury:  The ‘Vertex2’ and the ‘Diva’.  These are pro-level HDMI devices that are complicated to use, but provide an amazing amount of control over the signal.  Each device offers 4-in, 2-out HDMI matrix switching capabilities, full control over EDID and up/downscaling between 4K and 1080p.  These products are for […]

Ikari recently released an “official beta” firmware for the FXPak / SD2SNES that integrates all the really awesome additions that community developers have added over the past few years.  This includes Super Game Boy support, savestates and quite a lot more!  While it’s still in beta, the firmware seems very stable, so I suggest everyone […]

Retro Fighters has launched a Kickstarter for a new wireless controller that will work with original PlayStation 1 and 2 consoles.  The slightly discounted pre-order price is $34 (MSRP is $40) and shipping to the US was listed at $7.  They’re scheduled to ship in January and are available in Classic Grey, Black, Transparent Green […]

Vitor Vilela has officially released the latest edition of the Super Mario World widescreen patches, supporting 16:9/16:10/2:1/18:9/18.5:9 aspect ratios.  We first covered the beta a few months ago and it’s shaped up to be a pretty flawless experience, that’s perfect for people using software emulation.  Another cool bonus is an option for “pixel stretching”, which […]

Mike Chi has announced that the second batch of RetroTINK 5x’s will go on sale this Saturday, July 24th at noon NYC-time (4pm GMT) for everyone except UK;  UK folks will have a special checkout link which will be live one hour later, at 6pm UK local time.  Limit 1 per person. EDIT:  Sold out.  There will be […]