On Wednesday Aug 3, 2022, Gabriel Pyron announced a NEW 2D Game Engine in the works for both PlayStation and Saturn, created by Tiago Cabral (aka TiagoSC), the same individual who ported Sonic the Hedgehog to the Super Nintendo, through a custom 2D Engine. Original Announcement… In the video upload (shown above) Gabriel demonstrates the […]
Jacob Proctor has released an open-source PCB schematic for a Playstation 1, 2, and 3 audio-video breakout board. It supports RGBS, Component, Composite, S-video, stereo audio, and obviously is zero lag. Users can decide if they’d like to use RCA or BNC jacks, or a VGA breakout (like MiSTer’s IO Board), and it can do […]
Just weeks after the Vita’s final crypto layer was defeated by hackers, Sony has announced that all Vita production has ended. The two events are unrelated of course and the death of the Vita was a long time coming. Launched in late 2011/early 2012, the Vita sold poorly compared to other handhelds, thus Sony does […]
Many exploits have graced the PS Vita, allowing user to boot homebrew, emulators, Adrenaline (opening the Vita’s built-in PS1 & PSP functionality), and the like. But now Yifan Lu, the famous Vita scene hacker, has now completely and permanently defeated any remaining protections that Sony had in place by extracting the physically stored hardware keyslots […]
After rumors and speculation of Walmart lowering the price, you can now officially order a PlayStation Classic in the US for $40 with free shipping at Amazon and (WalMart): I think this is just about the price even classic gaming enthusiasts like myself can tolerate. In my opinion, you can look at this two ways: […]
Sony is using the open-source software based emulator PCSX in their upcoming PlayStation Classic Mini console. This is a major disappointment to those of use who wanted to see at least the PS2/PSP/PS3/Vita/PSTV lineage emulator used–but it is not unexpected. This makes the Classic a very weak emulator, even compared to an old phone running […]
Here’s an audio-only interview with Patrick Gravier, aka savon-pat. His willingness to help and wealth of knowledge have been a tremendous help for the retro-gaming community. It was an absolute pleasure getting to meet with him in person and I hope everyone enjoys the interview! Podcast and direct-stream location: http://www.retrorgb.com/podcast/?name=2018-11-09_pat.mp3 savon-pat eBay Store: https://ebay.to/2RKhrDVpatrickgravier [at] netzero […]
Sony has just reveled the list of games for the PlayStation Classic emulation console, due to arrive December 3rd for $100. Unsurprisngly, Castlevania Symphony of the Night is missing from this list, most likely to prevent taking away from the latest Playstation 4 re-release of the game. The list of games and launch video is […]
Sony just released PS3 firmware version 4.83, which breaks some components of the PS3Xploit jailbreak. One of the main developers behind PS3Xploit has tweeted his warnings about upgrading and it’s advised that anyone with (or who was planning) a jailbreak should stay on the 4.82 firmware. PS3 Firmware 4.83 released, breaks ps3Xploit 4.83 PS3 Update […]
Sony just announced the “PlayStation Classic” emulation console, that looks just like the original, but 45% smaller. Gee, I wonder where they got that idea from. And the inspiration for the name? Hmm…they must still be sore about getting stiffed over the CDi… The console will be releasing December 3rd for $100 and will come […]
