Hiya,   I was looking at this converter for the Dreamcast.   https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07SK85NGH/   This Kaico one looks like pretty respectable quality, and I like that it's based on VGA output.   There's also dirt cheap ones on AliExpress, such as this... https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256806154649156.html   All the AliExpress ones don't specifically say if it's based on the VGA Dreamcast output or the composite.  I'm guessing one gets what one pays for here, but I thought I'd ask the community for any thoughts or experiences with these devices, since I'm not ..read more

As I said various places throughout my web life, I've come to terms that if I were to make money on my inventions, the money itself might actually be a nuisance because I would have to reprove disability and my insurance is worth a lot to me, therefore the fact that I can't gain without risk is your gain if you want to use my knowledge, as limited as it may be, to help design ambidextrous controllers.   I see the retrogameboyz.com Intellistick as well as this new pad I found for the Intellivision happened to choose the exact same layout for the three buttons, a triangle that is  mirr ..read more

Xfixium's work on the Master System and Game Gear is quite mind blowing ..read more

Both systems have game libraries that were comprable in size. Both systems were monoliths of their time. I don't think anybody is going to argue against that the NES had better graphics, but this is only one part of the overall equation. Other things to be taken into consideration are the overall fun factor of the available games, the types of games available for each system, the controllers, and personal preferences encompassing any other factor. Posted on this forum to get the most unbiased opinion (if it were posted in 2600 or NES sub forums, the responses would of course be predictable ..read more

Current consoles: >Sega Dreamcast >Nintendo 64 >Super Nintendo >Sony PlayStation >Sega Genesis >Sega Saturn >Atari 2600 (just bought)   I’m open to any suggestions here ..read more

https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/04/the-processor-used-in-pac-man-is-being-discontinued-48-years-after-it-launched   Just popped up on my phone.  Cool, but 48 years later?  It should of been like 40 some years ago ..read more

Saw this on my phone... hm... wonder what game it could be?         So I clicked it to read more, and saw this ---       Cool, I can see Sonic making a neat comedy series.  But wait... what...       Well, alright.... Love me some Golden Axe, but it's not the first thing I think of when I think "this belongs on Comedy Central."       ..read more

I have never really been into Bubble Bobble, but I have been giving it and its clones more of a chance lately. It might be the pandemic. If so I’m not alone:     There are so many different clones and takeoffs that I have been wondering if there is a name for them. “Bubble Bobble clones” is a boring name. “bubblers”? “bobblers”? “bubbobbers”?   Clearly Bubble Bobble is a takeoff on Mario Brothers, but it adds a lot that other games took wholesale. I think the mechanic that defines Bubble Bobble for me is grabbing enemies and throwing them to turn them into items. Wrap ..read more

Now with computers having the power and hardware back in the day it's clear there are plenty of scrolling platformers before SMB (Colecovision too).   But I'm wondering if there are scrolling platformers that actually looked decent graphically that came out the same time as smb (1986) or before.   I ask this because despite great graphics in other genres, many platformers specifically seem to have low detail simplified graphics on computers for a long time, which always seemed strange to me, so I was wondering if there were any scrolling platformers that took advantage of graphical h ..read more

Im planning on getting a few games I am selling graded through WATA and wanted to know if anyone has used them. I mainly just want condition verification and decrease the likelihood of any issues ..read more