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Retrode Video #4

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Proto case

Retrode2 case immediately after removing from the 3D printer. If it looks a bit wet, my saliva is the one to blame.

Another batch of awesome

Dear all,
A few hours ago, I received a close-to-final design for the upcoming Retrode2, and it truly is beautiful. Injection tooling will be incredibly expensive but I am convinced it will be worth every single cent. I hope to finish the first Retrode2 production units by June or July. Expect lots of new features at [...]

New firmware version comes knocking - please beta test

Dear all,

After quite a while (like, half a year or so), here’s another update for your Retrode. The latest “stable” version remains the old v0.15u for now, but the beta is what should become the new v0.16a soon. The changes are mostly hidden under the surface (upward compatibility to future hardware*), so the update will [...]

Neo Geo Pocket plug-in ??? (Japanese)

This just in: looks as if a Japanese Retrode user has managed to build and run a plug-in adapter for Neo Geo Pocket games. Unfortunately my Japanese is, uhm, rather weak. Any Japanese speaker care to translate? Also, does anyone know the NGP’s bank switching mechanism for >16Mbit carts? With the proper knowledge, it should [...]

Current ratings

I just took an ampèremeter and measured the current that my Retrode draws from the USB port, with and without the 3.3V voltage converter, and also the additional current when cartridges are inserted and idle or busy. Turns out that typical current consumption will be between 20 and 50 mA. The extreme case is a [...]

Why I like the N64

Now guess why I’m not particularly keen to do NES and ColecoVision :-)