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

Time Extension about 14 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 …

Full Height 360k floppy drive terminators

VCFed about 3 months ago

Hello again all, I currently have some Magnetic Peripheral Inc (MPI) 360k DSDD full height 5.25" floppy drives on the bench and they are in need of some help. Two are missing their drive latches (3D printing to the rescue), but I've noticed that of t …
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Cannot get Yellowstone Card to work

Apple Fritter about 3 months ago

Hi all, hope you're having a good day!I purchased a Yellowstone card for my Apple IIe over a year ago after hearing about how much everyone loved it and all the different software options it could open up to me. However, when I put it in my system it will …

Complete Clean WANG LVP2200 System

VCFed about 3 months ago

Moving Sale -- I'll be listing a few other mini's and peripherals over the next few weeks/months. Here's a complete clean Wang LVP2200 system, including the following: LVP2200 CPU (all cards present), SA1000-series hard drive, 8" Floppy Drive. 2260C …
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Dreamcast Light Gun title Death Crimson 2 has been Translated into English!

The Dreamcast Junkyard about 3 months ago

For a console that famously championed peripheral use, the Sega Dreamcast sure had slim pickings when it came to games that utilised the light gun. Most notably, the console received arcade-perfect ports of both The House of the Dead 2 and the severely und …
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Fans Rebuild Two Forgotten F-Zero SNES Games Previously Lost To Time

Time Extension about 3 months ago

BS F-Zero Grand Prix 1 & 2 were broadcast via Nintendo's Satellaview service.F-Zero fans are in for a treat! Over the weekend, it was revealed (via DidYouKnowGaming) that members of the game's community have released a new patch for the original Super Nint …
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Hiroshi Yamauchi Talks 64DD In Newly Translated 1997 Conference

Time Extension about 4 months ago

"The domestic video game market is clearly losing steam".Last year, while working on a feature about the Making of Mario Artist: Paint Studio, we contacted the Japanese-to-English translator Liz Bushouse to help translate some materials related to the 64DD …
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Hiroshi Yamauchi Talks About The 64DD In Newly Translated Press Conference From 1997

Time Extension about 4 months ago

"The domestic video game market is clearly losing steam".Last year, while working on a feature about the Making of Mario Artist: Paint Studio, we contacted the Japanese-to-English translator Liz Bushouse to help translate some materials related to the 64DD …
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other vintage hardware, software and languages • Open University HEKTOR

Stardot about 6 months ago

Anyone remember these? It was an 8085 based computer produced by the OU specifically for teaching a course (or several?) that they offered. I remember my mother teaching using these and thinking that my BBC micro was a lot more fun. It didn't have much RA …
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Games • BMX Simulator Pro 4 Player Adaptor Version

Lemon64 about 6 months ago

https://csdb.dk/release/in... BMX Simulator EasyFlash------------------... the originalA) BMX SimulatorB) BMX Simulator Pro (Std/Exp)C) BMX Simulator II (Std/Exp)without loading times, time trainer* or with 4 player adaptor (B &a …
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The Making Of: EyeToy: Play, The PS2 Casual Hit That Predated Wii And Kinect

Time Extension about 7 months ago

"If it succeeded, I would get the plaudits. If it failed, I would get the sack".Mixed reality has seen renewed interest once again thanks to Apple, Meta and many others betting big on the VR space. However, this wouldn't be the first time the technology ha …

Need help and info on this PC-2 Pocket PC peripheral

VCFed about 7 months ago

So I picked up this TRS-80 Pocket Computer Printer and cassette Interface as is. It came with no ac adapter, just a scrap of paper and .. No pens perhaps? The unit calls for a 6v DC power supply and I found one that fits and is 7.5V 400ma center positive. …
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Scene • Phantom Graphics mode 640 Pixels across

Lemon64 about 7 months ago

Shades and Phantoms... happy Halloween Turns out these Motion Blur demos creating extra luminance shades also double the horizontal resolution with phantom pixels accompanying with the extra shades.viewtopic.php?t=8322... it works:The human eye expects m …

Display Devices • MiSTer Laggy

MISTerFPGA about 7 months ago

Hi there, I added a new core to the distribution today called "MiSTer Laggy", you'll see it in the _Utilities directory. MiSTer Laggy is a core for doing display latency testing and it works with a small hardware peripheral that connects to the user port. …
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Retro Rewind: October 1983 in Computer & Video Games

Retro Arcadia about 7 months ago

After a bit of an experiment with the pilot episode of this feature back in August 2023, it seems like I’m not the only one who likes having a look back at old copies of magazines from forty years ago, and while I’m still not quite ready to go monthly …
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Frog Boy Color Leaps Onto The Game Boy Modding Scene With A Splash

Retro Dodo about 8 months ago

An incredible new DIY Game Boy, the “Frog Boy Color”, has just been revealed by a clever modder Chris Hackmann aka Froggocustoms. When Chris teased the innovative design back in June, the Game Boy modding community had their interests piqued at max …
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10 Best Time Crisis Games of All Time?

Retro Dodo about 8 months ago

Grab your GunCon, stamp on the foot pedal and join us for the 10 Best Time Crisis Games of All Time! The Time Crisis series from Namco sees players shooting their way through hordes of enemies against the clock, often in over-the-top scenarios straight …
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Nintendo Wii U Hub

How To Retro about 8 months ago

Nintendo Wii U The Nintendo Wii U, released in November 2012, was Nintendo’s follow-up to the popular Wii console. One of its standout features was the GamePad, a controller with its own touchscreen. This new peripheral allowed players to game …
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Nintendo Wii U Hub

How To Retro about 8 months ago

Nintendo Wii U The Nintendo Wii U, released in November 2012, was Nintendo’s follow-up to the popular Wii console. One of its standout features was the GamePad, a controller with its own touchscreen. This new peripheral allowed players to game …
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New Xbox “Sebile” Controller Revealed Amidst Latest Leak

Retro Dodo about 8 months ago

The Xbox rumor mill has been in full production for the past 24 hours. Among all of the leaks, a new Xbox “Sebile” Controller concept is what interested us the most. Today’s rumors are yet another part of leaked court documents relate …
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New PDP REALMz Controllers Feature Collectible Toys Inside

Retro Dodo about 9 months ago

One of the leading third-party gaming peripheral manufacturers, PDP, has announced the PDP REALMz controller line, featuring iconic characters we all know and love. Everyone enjoys adding a new peripheral or two to their collection, either to use or to …
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Driving Strikers Review - The First New Online Dreamcast Game in 20 Years

The Dreamcast Junkyard about 9 months ago

With Driving Strikers, LD-2K and Reality Jump have taken Sega’s iconic “why don’t we play together?” slogan to heart, producing the first online multiplayer Dreamcast game since 2002. Whatever your assessment of the gameplay itself may be, this is …
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Retro Rewind: August 1982 in Computer & Video Games – Pilot Episode!

Retro Arcadia about 9 months ago

You join me, dear reader, for a bit of an experiment! I started collecting Computer & Video Games magazine in earnest in early 1985, buying every issue every month until the middle of 1992 when, at 20-years old by then, a combination of falling behind …
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VCF West 2023 - video and photos

Retro Computing Forum about 9 months ago

Here’s a video - a minute or so in you’ll see a number of Mac Classics and then a number of S-100 machines (including the Vector 1 as seen on John Monahan’s S100 site)VCF West 2023 - Retrofest! Also in there, a Netronics ELF II, Apple I …
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StrikerDC Wireless Controller Announced by Retro Fighters

The Dreamcast Junkyard about 9 months ago

Last week Retro Fighters, the US-based producer of peripherals for retro consoles, revealed the 'StrikerDC Wireless' to the world. As the name suggests, this is a wireless version of their StrikerDC controller that aims to provide Dreamcast aficionados wit …