Deunan, the designer of the official GDEMU (Dreamcast), the Phoebe and Rhea (Saturn) and the Doc Brown (FM Towns Marty) ODEs has just teased a work-in-progress picture of an ODE for the FM Towns tower PCs tentatively called the “Grey Tower Wizard”. The new device is designed to be installed internally without requiring removal of […]
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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 […]
(Bias disclosure: The author of this article owns a PSIO, which was acquired personally.) The PSIO, a Playstation optical drive emulator developed by Cybdyn Systems, received a firmware update last week that addressed several bugs and improved game compatibility. The changelog is listed below: Recent Changes from 2.6.11->2.6.12 [Bug Fix] Launching by ‘Quick Start’ would […]
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 […]
Cybdyn just released a firmware update for their Playsation ODE, the PSIO. Earlier this year, while trying to address some persisting issues with the device, the team behind the PSIO released a series of firmware updates that, in its turn, created a whole slew of problems, breaking a few games compatibility in its way. The […]
Youtubers and retro gaming connoisseurs My Life in Gaming just released their awaited Mega Sd overview video. Coury examined all of the cart’s features and took an in depth look at its Sega CD capabilities, comparing it to original hardware in terms of accuracy, especially in both the sound and load times departments. The […]
Cybdyn Systems have just released a new firmware update for their Playstation ODE, the PSIO. The developers behind the PSIO have been, every since the official release a few years ago, constantly improving its compatibility and overall performance. While a very small percentage of the PS1’s gigantic library is still problematic, most of the games […]
Deunan just posted on his blog that he will be taking orders for DocBrown (FM-Towns Marty ODE) this Saturday (August 17) at 12:00 CEST. Being renowned for his strict policies on ordering GDEMU and Rhea/Phoebe boards, Deunan actually requires proof of ownership of an FM-Towns Marty console before processing the order: “I require a proof […]
Professor Abrasive has just posted an update to the Satiator project: The design of the plastic shell is nearing completion and SLA samples have been received. There’s still some tweaks to be made, but it’s looking like all versions of the Satiator (including beta versions) will ship with some kind of plastic shell: Also, there’s […]
Deunan has just posted sale times for his “Phoebe” Sega Saturn optical drive emulator. They’ll go on sale this Saturday, 18:00 CEST. That should be noon in NYC and 9AM in LA, making this easier for people in North America to pick up. Read the full blog post here: https://gdemu.wordpress.com/2019/04/24/electric-lion/