8BitMods will be producing a batch of 50 Fenrir Sega Saturn Optical Drive Emulators (ODE), followed by a run of 500 once things settle down. An ODE is essentially a flash cart for disc based systems that boots games from an SD card. Wanna hear some good news at last? @Ced2911’s Fenrir ODE for the […]
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Ced is shipping the first batch of Fenrir PCBs, which will fund the next run of 50 units. Fenrir is an inexpensive Sega Saturn ODE that launches disc images from an SD card just like a flash cart. While progress on the competing Satiator ODE has been almost unbearably slow—a project that is now six […]
Rattboi and Technobly have designed a new open-source Vectrex Flash Cart called the Vextreme, based on Spritesmod’s Vectrex Extreme flash cart, which was generously open-sourced by Spritesmod (GPL3). The PCB design was largely based on pictures posted at Spritesmod, but with a retooled firmware and boot ROM that are easier to build. The cart has […]
A new flash cart board is coming, called the DragonMMC for the Dragon 32 & 64 line of computers. Note this board also supports the Tandy CoCo 1 & 2 as well as the DraCo 64 line of computers. This board is essentially a mass storage device with the ability to use an MMC card […]
Hey everyone, Coury here. We just posted a new video that takes a look at ROM hacks of a more utilitarian variety such as adding mini maps, bug fixes, slowdown removal and lots more. Although I certainly couldn’t cover everything, there’s 40-some hacks in this video that might make you want to revisit some older […]
Lawrence Staveley posted a video of Saint’s upcoming JagSD flash cart booting Primal Rage CD. Saint had already revealed that, in addition to supporting all Jaguar ROMs, JagSD will also emulate all functions of the Jaguar CD attachment. So, Jaguar owners will be able to enjoy Jaguar CD games without needing the expensive and now […]
Terraonion has announced the Mega SD for the Sega Genesis and Mega Drive, the world’s first Sega CD Optical Drive Emulator (ODE), accomplished by means of FPGA emulation of the actual Sega CD hardware. This means that the Sega CD hardware is no longer needed, and CD games can be flashed through the Genesis’ cart […]