While it boasts a library of beloved games in spite of it, the CPU in the Super Nintendo has never been considered a performance powerhouse even by the standards of its release. In fact, some developers struggled to maintain consistent frame rates when the action heated up and you can see this in many of […]
The original incarnation of XBOX Live 1.0 is possibly getting a new lease of life with a project known as Insignia. Insignia is a Work in Progress (WiP) reverse engineered network structure that will allow owners of the O.G. XBOX to play online with their games and consoles without any modifications needed. Modern Vintage Gamer […]
Professor Abrasive just posted on Patreon regarding his upcoming Sega Saturn optical drive emulator, The Satiator. He’s been in the final push towards getting this product released, and a big step on that path has been getting a production case completed. He opted for injection molding and it appears the case is ready for a […]
Krikzz’s new Everdrive GBA X5 Mini is now available to order. The price is $99 and it retains all functionality of the previous GBA X5, but is now the size of a stock GBA cartridge, no longer sticking out the back of the cart port like the previous edition. The cart can be ordered here: https://everdrive.me/cartridges/everdrive-gba-x5-mini.html […]
The software emulation platform Emulicious has just added support for MSX computer games. Most MSX1 cartridge ROMs are supported and disk images can be supported if you supply your own BIOS. Interestingly, the creator CAlindro seems to have added this support within just four weeks! As a note, while Emulicious is a capable emulator, it’s most […]
A new firmware was just released for the Fenrir Optical Drive emulator: Purchase Fenrir: https://8bitmods.com/fenrir/ Firmware: https://www.fenrir-ode.fr/firmware.html#download The user interface has been tweaked, including fixing the top overscan area. Non-CRT users might not realize that TV’s in that era often cut off the borders of the signal and game developers compensated for this by not […]
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Low_budget, creator of the now-discontinued NES clone the Super 8-bit, just revealed his latest project: a complete replacement for the front-loading NES motherboard named the NESessity Designed to fit perfectly inside of an original NES case, the NESessity board’s circuit is closely based on the Super 8-bit layout (Low_budget recently released its full schematics) but the […]
Voultar recently released a custom installation board for the PSIO that simplifies its installation; The original install had a chip that sits in the center of the motherboard, with wires in all directions and nothing to anchor the chip. Voultar’s board slides over pins on the motherboard, making it slightly easier to install, as well […]
I just stumbled across bigboxcollection.com, a site that’s dedicating it’s time to posting full, 3D scans of all the PC game boxes they’ve collected. Just search their site, click on a game and use your browser (mobile or desktop) to zoom and spin the box around. I think this is a really awesome archival project, […]