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Feature: Unpacking The 64DD, Nintendo's Most Infamous Flop

Time Extension about 3 days ago

We take a closer look at one of Nintendo's biggest failures.The N64 Disk Drive is one of Nintendo's most fascinating failures. Initially teased at the company's Shoshinkai event in November 1995, the peripheral took advantage of proprietary 64MB magnetic d …
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The Cost Of Owning A MiSTer FPGA Is About To Come Down Dramatically

Time Extension about 5 days ago

Update: New board shown in action.MiSTer FPGA is a remarkable platform for retro gaming. Via FPGA tech, it is able to offer an accurate and low-latency reproduction of many classic gaming platforms, from the NES all the way up to the N64, PS1 and Saturn.Ho …
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The Cost Of Owning A MiSTer FPGA Is About To Come Down Dramatically

Time Extension about 8 days ago

New MiSTer-based handheld coming, too.MiSTer FPGA is a remarkable platform for retro gaming. Via FPGA tech, it is able to offer an accurate and low-latency reproduction of many classic gaming platforms, from the NES all the way up to the N64, PS1 and Satur …
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Here's Everything We Know About The Dance Dance Revolution Classic Mini

Time Extension about 12 days ago

The device is available for pre-order now in Japan.Back in September 2023, ZUIKI, the developer of the X68000 Z mini, teased a Dance Dance Revolution-related project to coincide with the 25th anniversary of Konami's leg-stomping rhythm action game, which w …
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This N64 Controller Can Play The Entire Game Boy Library

Time Extension about 13 days ago

A three-pronged attack.We've seen some pretty awesome community-made mods in recent years, such as a rare PS1 controller that can play PS1 games, a Wii console that's about the size of a pack of cards and even a NES cartridge that can play itself – but t …
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New Book Aims To Celebrate Saturn, Sega's Beloved 32-Bit Console

Time Extension about 19 days ago

"Rediscover the magic of the Sega Saturn".The Sega Saturn has a special place in our hearts here at Time Extension.While it only sold a tenth the number of units the PlayStation managed, it is nonetheless home to some of the greatest games of its generatio …

General Discussions • What to Do with the Remaining mra Files After Using Arcade Organizer

MISTerFPGA about 20 days ago

I used the Update_All script by theypsilon in an attempt to get additional arcade cores and I also enabled the Arcade Organizer option. Now I found my arcade folder looks like this:__Arcade____Organized (folder)____cores (folder)____4D Warriors.mra____lot …
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Evercade announces Giga Carts for bigger collections

Portable Gaming Roundup about 23 days ago

Evercade's recent road map reveal for 2024 was pretty much a blank slate, and with a slightly down-on-the-numbers look compared to previous years. One thing that will be bigger is the size of the games.  That's as the brand has figured out how to brin …
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Feature: All Is Not Well In The World Of FPGA Retro Gaming

Time Extension about 24 days ago

Update: Pixel Cherry Ninja and Pramod Somashekar make peace.Update: It seems Pixel Cherry Ninja and Pramod Somashekar have now buried the hatchet and have moved on, which is great news:Original Story : It's fair to say that Field-Programmable Gate Array ch …
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Magical Broom Extreme for AROS has been released!

Old School Game Blog about 28 days ago

Hi everyone, Thank you for visiting the Old School Game Blog. ? I have just visited the AROS World discussion forum. There, I could read that a game called Magical Broom Extreme had been ported to AROS by Farox. You can find a port of the game and the L …
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Top 12 Disney Games on the Sega Dreamcast

The Dreamcast Junkyard about 1 month ago

The Sega Dreamcast's short lifespan (relatively speaking) didn't lend itself to a large number of "big" licenses coming to the console. Alongside Sega's own franchises, we received a third-party lineup that was - again, relative to other consoles - not hug …
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Guide: Best Atari 8-bit Games - 10 Classics You Should Play First On Your Atari 400 Mini

Time Extension about 1 month ago

8-bit classics revisted.The Atari 400 Mini is the latest mini-console-styled product from Retro Games Ltd, following the A500 Mini of 2022 and the C64 Mini before that.Pre-loaded with 25 games, the system can run ROMs from the entire Atari 8-bit computer l …

A600GS ARM Graphics Library

Amigans about 2 months ago

Full News Release (click here)AmigaKit Ltd is pleased to announce an important software development for the forthcoming A600GS computer system. The new ARM Graphics Library is pre-installed accelerating the performance of AmiBench and 68K applications.Th …
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Review: NeoPocket GameDrive - You Need This NGPC Flash Cart In Your Life

Time Extension about 2 months ago

That's flash.With less than 100 games in its library, the Neo Geo Pocket Color might not seem like a convincing candidate for a flash cart, but when you consider that a great many of its titles are incredibly hard to obtain these days on the secondary mark …
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A new Neo-Geo core added to Libretro (Geolith)

Neo Geo Forums about 2 months ago

Originally created and optimised for FPGA hardware, Geolith is now ported into Retroarch for your computer and other compatible console using Retroarch. Useful ? This emulator supports TerraOnion's .NEO file format only. Click to exp …
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ROM Hack For Treasure's Divisive Light Crusader Makes It Easier To Play

Time Extension about 2 months ago

Jump for joy.Light Crusader is one of the more unusual entries in Treasure's enviable library of games. Inspired by Western RPGs, this isometric action adventure combines role-playing elements with puzzles and combat, and while it has its fans, it perhaps …
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Review: Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story Is An Expertly-Crafted Look Into A Video Game Legend

Time Extension about 2 months ago

Ewe won't believe your eyes!Following on from critically acclaimed titles like Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration and The Making of Karateka, Digital Eclipse has now turned its attention to one of the UK's most unique developers with its latest 'interac …
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Here's How Nintendo Reacted To The PlayStation Beating The N64

Time Extension about 2 months ago

"I can’t deny the fact that the PlayStation is selling well around the world.".While the Nintendo 64 managed to secure a second-place position in the console wars in the West, it was a slightly different story in Japan.According to Nintendo's own figures …
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A600GS – ARM Graphics Library Announcement

Old School Game Blog about 2 months ago

Hi, Thank you for visiting the Old School Game Blog. ? It looks like the A600GS is getting closer to release. Today, on March 7th, AmigaKit made an announcement concerning a new ARM Graphics Library for the system. You can find the complete press release b …
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We Almost Got The "Definitive" Version Of Blaster Master In Arcades

Time Extension about 2 months ago

"This is the holy grail of the NES/Arcade era!".Sunsoft's Blaster Master is a fantastic NES title and effortlessly one of the highlights of the console's amazing library – but, despite its legendary status, there's room for improvement.It seems that we a …
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The Analogue Pocket OpenFPGA Adapters Are Awesome!

Australian Retro Gamer about 2 months ago

No Emulation. It may have taken 18 months for them to arrive, but the new Adapters for the Analogue Pocket have been well worth the wait! Having an extensive library of Atari Lynx, PC-Engine/TurboGrafx-16 and Neo Geo Pocket Colour game carts, it is always …
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Upcoming Jeff Minter Collection Will Resurrect A Cancelled '90s Console

Time Extension about 2 months ago

The first public release of a Konix Multisystem game.This month, Digital Eclipse will release Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story on modern systems, giving gamers the most exhaustive look yet at the life and library of the legendary British developer.We've be …
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March 2024 ChicagoTIUG Meeting

VCFed about 2 months ago

Hello all: The Chicago TI Users Group March 2024 meeting will be held Saturday, March 2nd 2024 at 01:00 PM CST / 19:00 UTC at the Evanston Public Library. Evanston Public Library Main Library 1703 Orrington Avenue Evanston IL 60201 (847) 448-860 …
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March 2024 ChicagoTIUG Meeting

VCFed about 2 months ago

Hello all: The Chicago TI Users Group March 2024 meeting will be held Saturday, March 2nd 2024 at 01:00 PM CST / 19:00 UTC at the Evanston Public Library. Evanston Public Library Main Library 1703 Orrington Avenue Evanston IL 60201 (847) 448-86 …
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This Video Game Magazine Trolled A Final Fantasy VIII Hater For Two Years

Time Extension about 2 months ago

"I know you will probably put it up again just to tick me off".Final Fantasy VIII had a tough act to follow. Final Fantasy VII had turned the series into a global megahit, making JRPGs mainstream all over the world in the process. Its sequel would need to …