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Display Devices • "Jumpy" video on a CRT (Philips CM8833-2) with SOME cores only.

MISTerFPGA about 8 days ago

Hi,The SCART output of my MiSTer Multisystem is connected to a Philips CM8833-2 CRT monitor (15KHz, similar to Commodore 1084S) using a SCART to RGB DB9 adapter.It works perfectly with most cores, but for several of them the picture "jumps" vertically by …
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Konami's Maze-Action Game 'Tutankham' Arrives On Switch & PS4 This Week

Time Extension about 12 days ago

The game was originally released in arcades back in 1982.Konami's maze-action game Tutankham is heading to Nintendo Switch & PS4 on May 9th as part of Arcade Archives (h/t: Famitsu!).The game, which sees players take on the role of an explorer navigati …

Other Console Cores • Colecovision screen vert stretch

MISTerFPGA about 1 month ago

Hello,I just noticed that when there is a screen change in a game the screen stretch vertically for a second then goes back to normal. It's very noticeable in The Heist game.I'm using the hdmi output.Any idea?Thanks!Pitou! …

Input Devices • Controllers for Each Core Is This Possible? [Solved]

MISTerFPGA about 4 months ago

Here's what I'm trying to do, if anyone has a suggestion, I'd love to hear it!I've got a MISTER with RAM, AnalogIO board and a USB hub connected to a 25" arcade CRT (Standard resolution K7000 series)I'm building a horizontal Mistercade to run:Horizontal a …

And now for something completely different...

Videopac.nl about 6 months ago

For those of you who collect more than the O2, check out "Ed Averett's Oddysey2 Inspiration Pack" for ColecoVision. A new cart with a little hardware help that allows 24 O2 games to be played on the ColecoVision.Includes:Alien Invaders – Pl …
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Interview: Former Coleco Exec Bert Reiner On ColecoVision, Nintendo & Cabbage Patch Kids

Time Extension about 7 months ago

"Nintendo were interested in buying the ColecoVision for the Japanese market".Bert Reiner worked at Coleco from 1969 to 1988, starting as one of its only engineers and gradually rising through the ranks to become the vice president of product development. …
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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 …

Prince of Persia - A classic game as another tech demo for the ColecoVision, MSX and SG-1000

Indie Retro News about 7 months ago

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General • Portable Tatung Einstein Emulation

Tatung Forum about 8 months ago

Greetings Programs!For the past few years, I've been working on a Colecovision emulator for the DS/DSi/XL/LL. It's called ColecoDS and over the years it's grown to include 10 "cousin" systems that share similar hardware (mostly Z80 CPU with a TMS9918/29 V …
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TWO-FER #25: Yie Ar Kung-Fu (Konami, 1984/1985)

Finnish Retro Game Comparison Blog about 8 months ago

Originally developed and released for the arcades by Konami Industry Co. Ltd. in 1984.Acorn Electron & BBC Micro version written by Peter Johnson. Published by Imagine Software in 1985.Amstrad CPC version written by Keith Wilson and Brian Beuken, with …
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The Fall Guy

Games That Weren't about 8 months ago

1983/84 Fox Video Games Platforms: Atari 2600 and ColecoVision Our next entry is nothing to do with the Elite licence that came later on the Commodore 64, though that too had an unreleased version of some kind that you can … Continue reading → …

FS/FT: Atari 2600 through Virtual Boy

Digital Press about 8 months ago

- Don't hesitate to ask if you want pictures or more details of anything. - All prices are negotiable, and I'm happy to do trade/cash combos. - Want list provided upon request. Atari 2600: Keyboard Controllers, pair (boxed) $15 Alpha Beam with Ernie (ma …
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Retro Arcadia Gaming Pickups – Summer 2023 Edition

Retro Arcadia about 8 months ago

I’ve got a few new regular features up my sleeve to complement the usual various forms of weekly deep-dives at Retro Arcadia, partly to keep things fresh but also partly to take a bit of the pressure off me trying to juggle writing them alongside juggli …

Is it time to dump the spares?

Digital Press about 8 months ago

I dont know about you guys but i've been doing this a while and i have quite a few console duplicates. i think i have 12 NESs, 4 of which are complete, 8 SNES 2 complete, 2 SNESjr, 20+ PSX, maybe a dozen N64s. generally if its not an uber rare console i ha …

MSX, Colecovision, Sega games on CPC

CPCwiki about 9 months ago

Seems quite a lot of ports between the 3 mentioned computers recently because they all share the same graphics cards and some the same soundchips.  For colecovision they even have an AY sound card to make porting easier.What is the easiest solution fo …
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Who knows the Backbit Pro Cartridge ?

CPCwiki about 9 months ago

Hello,I came across this product : store.backbit.io/product/ba... interface can be used on several computers : Amstrad Plus/GX4000, Apple II, Atari 2600/5200/7800, Commodore 64/128/VIC 20, Colecovision, Epoch, MSX, SEGA Master System, Sinclair Z …
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Retro Arcadia Weekly Spotlight #94

Retro Arcadia about 10 months ago

Back again for our regular Sunday roundup of quick-fire reviews and impressions of everything under the spotlight at Retro Arcadia this week, old and new and a bit of both… Just like last week though, we’re going to start with something that’ …

Happy 40th Birthday, MSX!

Neo Geo Forums about 10 months ago

MSX came to life in 1983, 40 years ago, feels like yesterday, yadda yadda yadda. I'm playing Space Manbow at the moment, also gonna give Bombjack and Penguin Adventure a spin. Here are two MSX threads we had lately: ... …
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The Nintendo Arcade Classic Popeye Is Being Ported To The MSX2

Time Extension about 10 months ago

The arcade game was originally released back in 1982.In 1982, Nintendo released an arcade tie-in to the popular comic strip Popeye. The platformer, designed by Genyo Takeda and Shigeru Miyamoto, tasked the spinach-loving sailor Popeye with catching a numbe …

Newcomers Forum • How to delete/clean up duplicate cores listed?

MISTerFPGA about 11 months ago

Ran update_all for the first time in a while, think it was on v1 or whatever and did a v2 and see duplicates in the list for these:ColecovisionGameboyGB... update_all again for good measure, didnt seem to fix it but is there any other kinda clean up I …
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Prince of Persia as a first tech demo for the ColecoVision and MSX!

Old School Gamer Magazine about 11 months ago

Another interesting story for you all, as we have just been told through Saberman that the all time classic platformer of ‘Prince of Persia’; a game which has been released for many different systems back in 1989 by Broderbund, may well be get …

Prince of Persia as a first tech demo for the ColecoVision and MSX!

Indie Retro News about 11 months ago

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Montezuma's Revenge - 2022 for NES, 2023 for PC

Digital Press about 11 months ago

I played the classic 1984 Montezuma's Revenge for DOS like 20 to 25 years ago while helping to fix a friend of the family's PC. The computer software - which stars Panama Joe (originally called Pedro before it was published by Parker Bros.) exploring for …
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Evercade Cartridge Preview: The Sydney Hunter Collection

Evercade about 11 months ago

In the Evercade Cartridge Preview, we take a moment to go through our upcoming releases and give you a slightly more in-depth taster of what to expect from the new games than a trailer can provide. At the time of writing, both Piko Interactive Arcade 1an …
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Episode 106 - Bears Vs Baby Dragons - Banjo Kazooie (N64) vs Spyro the Dragon (PS1)

Pixel Gaiden Gaming Podcast about 1 year ago

We're back for Episode 106! In this episode Cody and Eric catch up on the news +  Battle Of The Systems: Banjo Kazooie (N64) vs Spyro the Dragon (PS1) We are doing news for the first monthly episode and then "catching up" later in the month.   Episode …