#retro il 2026-10-13
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Hackaday | Emulating A Floppy Drive By Emulating The Drive Itself
Jenny List · 1h ago · 1 min read
The Commodore 1541 is famously the floppy drive for the Commodore 64 series of 8-bit computers, and can be found with relative ease. Not so well known is its 1551 sibling — the drive made for…
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Time Extension | Taki Udon Shares Footage Of FPGA SP Handheld Console That Plays Original Game Boy Advance Carts
2h ago · 1 min read
'I'm still trying to make this work for around $100'. It's a day ending in "y", and so RetroRemake founder Taki Udon is excitedly sharing updates from their big batch of hardware dev projects. This time around, it's in-game footage pulled from the FPGA SP - a handheld emulation console capable of running original Game Boy Advance cartridges. In the clip, ...
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Time Extension | Super Mario 64 Atari Jaguar Fan-Port Features The Most Cursed Chain Chomp Ever
1h ago · 1 min read
'Ah, finally, Super Mario 32 + 32'. I'm probably burying the lede a little. While front-facing Chain Chomp is undeniably nightmarish, the focal point should be that modder "BudFolk" has created a rudimentary build of the iconic N64 platformer Super Mario 64 for Atari's insolvent console, the Jaguar. A video, uploaded by BudFolk this past weekend, opens on...
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Time Extension | Decades After Being Canned, This Excitebike-Like SNES Racer From The Developer Of Plok! Is Finally Getting A Digital Release
16m ago · 1 min read
Life is better on two wheels! This year saw the surprising news that Software Creations' cancelled Barbie game, Barbie: Vacation Adventure, would finally be getting a commercial release, after more than 30 years (as part of Digital Eclipse's Barbie Rewind collection). Remarkably, though, it seems that this isn't the only cancelled title from the Plok! and...
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Time Extension | New "Retro" Figures Of PS1 Legends Spyro The Dragon & Crash Bandicoot Are On The Way From Youtooz
3h ago · 1 min read
Wumpa-ful news! Is your gaming shelf calling out for some new dust collectors? Then you might be excited by the following news. Youtooz, the toy manufacturer (which our friends over at Push Square like to refer to as purveyors of "plastic tat"), has just announced two new "retro"-themed vinyl figures based on the '90s platforming icons Crash Bandicoot and...
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Time Extension | Entertainment Software Association Requests U.S. Trade Investigate Anbernic's 'Superfake' Handheld Emulator Market
2h ago · 1 min read
Pocket-sized Politics. The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) has requested that U.S. trade representatives scrutinise the handheld emulation market. The story was initially spotted by RetroHandhelds. The ESA's suggestion was put forth to the Office of the United States Trade Representative's (USTR) "Notorious Markets" list - an annually updated rep...
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Time Extension | Interview: "I Wanted Something Instant" - We Spoke To The Creator Of The "Digital Museum" That Lets Players View Thousands Of N64 & PS1 Models
15m ago · 1 min read
Final Fantasy VII! Resident Evil 2! Tomb Raider! & More. A new PS1 and N64 asset library (and "digital museum") has just launched, giving players the opportunity to view and compare models and animations from various classic games. Alfred Baudisch's Pardall Games Library went live late last month and currently features assets from 18 games in total, inclu...
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RetroRGB - | EverDrive-64 Pro – Savestates Added - RetroRGB
Bob · 1h ago · 1 min read
Krikzz has just added SaveStates to the newly-released EverDrive 64 Pro. Also, people with original 64DD hardware can launch disks right from the main menu. Note that the expansion pak is required for the in-game menu to work (Down + Start by default), which is how you select your savegame slot for saving and restoring.
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Time Extension | AYN Odin 3 Portal Announced, Promises 'Flagship Power' and 'Precision Control'
34m ago · 1 min read
Not the combination of 'Portal' and '3' many hope for. Handheld manufacturer AYN has announced brand-new hardware in the form of the AYN Odin 3 Portal. The announcement was made on the company's Instagram and Discord, but most details pertaining to the handheld remain under wraps for the time being. The announcement was accompanied by a splash image showi...
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Hackaday | Using A Waffle To Check The Health Of Your Wii U’s NAND Flash
Maya Posch · 2h ago · 4 min read
Game consoles tend to have a weak spot or two that will take certain units out sooner than they would due to normal parts aging. In the case of the Wii U it’s the eMMC storage IC with the con…
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