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Bob

Atari 2600 RGB Kit Back In Stock

Tim Worthington is now selling the latest version of his RGB/S-Video/Composite kit for the Atari 2600.  Some new features were added and all functionality should be retained from the original board.  The price is about $70 plus shipping and many 2600 revisions are supported – Just choose your model from the drop-down menu to order.  […]

SaturnDave (Sega Saturn, SHIRO!)

WUXI Saturn ODE/CD Switcher Now Available

Back on April 30, TZMWX announced the open source availability of his WUXI Drive Switcher project to GitHub for free public use. WUXI is an optical drive channel switcher for Sega Saturn that can switch freely between the CD drive and optical drive emulators (ODE), such as Rhea, Phoebe, and various versions of Fenrir have […]

This Chinese Street Fighter 2 Series Was Wild!

It’s no secret that Capcom’s Street Fighter 2 series was a worldwide phenomenon when it first hit arcades in 1991, and Capcom itself was quick to capitalize on that resulting in toys, cartoons, comic books, anime and all other sorts of merchandise. However, sometimes, not all merchandise was official and this is where St1ka (that’s […]

Inside the Multisystem 2

I’d say this day is long overdue… the day when we are able to finally get our hands on an all-in-one, single-board MiSTer device. There have been different takes on the ‘consolized’ MiSTer over the past few years, but until now, they’ve all been some variation of a Cyclone V dev board + accessory boards […]

Bob

Weekly Roundup #465

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Bob

Hardcover Editions of ‘Architecture of Consoles’

Due to popular request, Rodrigo Copetti has just released hardcover editions of his Architecture of Consoles books.  While the paperbacks were excellent, many people were asking for hardcover versions and Rodrigo delivered – These are physically larger than the paperback versions (as shown in the picture above), printed with Amazon’s premium ink and bound with […]

Danthrax (Sega Saturn SHIRO!)

Art Festival to Include Saturn Homebrew Game Red Moon: Lost Days

SHIRO! already knows Saturn games are art, and now an arts festival agrees. Red Moon: Lost Days, the first commercial Sega Saturn homebrew game, has been accepted into the ninth ECRÃ Festival of Cinema and Experimental Art. The ECRÃ Festival is a respected Brazilian experimental art and cinema event that’s heading into its ninth year. […]

Bob

New Philips CDi Game – SkyWays

Developer TWBurn is working on a new game for the CDi, called SkyWays.  It’s a “space racing game” and while it’s based on the DOS game SkyRoads, TW completely redesigned it for the CDi.  There’s currently a free demo available and TW just posted a dev update that even includes an online level editor, for […]

Bob

Wave Phoenix Firmware Update

Greg from LaserBear just posted a video demonstrating how to use bluetooth and a web app to update the firmware on your WavePhoenix receiver – An open source, community-built replacement for the official WaveBird controller’s receiver.  The latest firmware fixes an issue that prevents the WaveBird from re-syncing after the console was rebooted, so it’s […]