Recently CRT repair expert Steve from Retro Tech has been consulting for a museum, helping them preserve their collection of pro & consumer CRTs. You may not have considered this before but CRTs have played a huge part in visual art in the 20th century. Almost since they were created, artists have been incorporating them […]
Now that FPGAzumSpass’s PlayStation 1 FPGA core is out to the public, I wanted to highlight one of the coolest features available for flat-panel gamers: True widescreen 16:9 support. There’s been a bit of confusion about this, as certain menu screens (including the PSX BIOS screen) and logos stretch when this mode is enabled, leading […]
Here’s this week’s roundup, sponsored by JLCPCB! Spend only $2 for 5pcs 1-4 layer PCBs ; PCBA from $0: https://jlcpcb.com/DRE The Roundup is available as a video and on all audio-only podcast services, such as iTunes, Google, Stitcher, Spotify, Amazon Music and direct-download: If you enjoy these videos, please consider supporting this channel via monthly […]
Richard from Heber – the MiSTer MultiSystem project’s hardware manufacturing partner – has revealed more details on his handheld prototypes (previously covered on RetroRGB) in an interview with RMC. The MiSTer MultiSystem is a project launched in August 2021 by Heber and RMC which combines many of MiSTer’s most popular hardware add-ons into an all-in-one […]
Not long after releasing the PlayStation 2, Sony developed a Linux kit that would effectively turn the console into a personal computer. As wild as that may sound, the kit included everything (minus the monitor) you needed to accomplish this. For the modest sum of $299, you got a mouse, keyboard, 40GB IDE hard drive, […]
Here’s an interview with Todd, who runs the RetroFrog store, as well as the YouTube channel Todd’s Nerd Cave. I’ve known Todd for awhile and it was great to catch up a bit. This is one of those “slide your chair over and join us for a drink” type of chats and I hope you […]
Alpha Mission Core Released and Converted to Multi-Game Core Core developer RndMnkIII has switched his Alpha Mission core to a multi-game SNK arcade core. It will encompass the so-called SNK Triple Z80 platform that groups several games developed by SNK in the mid-1980s. Some of the games included in that platform are: Alpha Mission, IKari […]
The latest video in the Behind the Code series features a look into the logic that drives Quick Man in Mega Man 2 for the NES. His behavior is a good example of code that somehow manages to work despite numerous bugs being present! I made a few code changes to correct these bugs and […]
Elrinth has recently released a video demoing a few of the Virtual Boy’s homebrew, two-player, link cable games. The Virtual Boy never had any official two-player titles, however there was a link port available on the hardware and romhackers found a two-player mode hidden in Mario Tennis’ code. Since then, members of the homebrew community […]
Here’s this week’s roundup, sponsored by JLCPCB! Spend only $2 for 5pcs 1-4 layer PCBs ; PCBA from $0: https://jlcpcb.com/DRE The Roundup is available as a video and on all audio-only podcast services, such as iTunes, Google, Stitcher, Spotify, Amazon Music and direct-download: If you enjoy these videos, please consider supporting this channel via monthly […]
