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- Опубліковано 7 лип 2024
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00:00 Welcome
00:18 Unofficial Saturn Fanbook: www.retrorgb.com/new-fan-book...
02:21 Per-Game Virtual VMU2 Dreamcast: www.retrorgb.com/per-game-aut...
04:37 Dreamcast Bluetooth Dongle: www.retrorgb.com/plug-and-pla...
06:32 Nintendo iOS Emulator: www.retrorgb.com/delta-emulat...
09:03 TapTo iOS/Android App: www.retrorgb.com/tapto-mobile...
12:44 4K120 HDMI Matrix Switch: www.retrorgb.com/ferrisa-4x2-...
19:25 Jung Rhythm English Translation: www.retrorgb.com/english-tran...
20:41 Lu’s MiSTer Updates: www.retrorgb.com/mister-fpga-...
23:47 Contra NES to SNES: www.retrorgb.com/contra-nes-t...
25:40 Widescreen PlayStation Games: www.retrorgb.com/widescreen-g... - Ігри
I was actually looking to find a new Matrix Switcher for the Tink-4K and had this one in my Amazon cart already. 🤣 Thanks for reassuring the purchase. 🙂
Thanks Bob! I look forward to these roundups every week. While the kids are busy, getting ready for school. Dad drinks his coffee, and watches the weekly roundup. Thank you for all the work you put into these every week, I appreciate the hell outta you! 😀 👍 🤜🤛
Thanks so much for watching!
13:42 Oh wow, this is new to me! I've been experiencing audio dropouts when streaming video (the audio, DTS 5.1, is forwarded through my TV to an older Bose theater system) and had no idea what was causing it. Now I have a better idea what is going on. Thank you!
Based on your review I bought a 4K 4x1 60 from the same manufacturer. I had been having signal dropouts with my Evercade and since I bought this box I haven't had any dropouts - and it was only $20.
Thanks alot Bob for your update on the vmu2 was motivated to check its shipping update, come to find out it was at my post office. They never notified me and was about to be returned.... So bless you Bob.
Whew, another week I don't have to spend money,
Hi Bob!. Just a BIG THANK YOU for your dedication 🙂👌
Thanks for watching!
That 14:9 aspect ratio was a standard back then and was considered "works for both, 4:3 and 16:9 screens", which of course it didn't, it just sucked on both screen formats. But there were even TV stations that broadcasted in 14:9, so that explains how it ended up in games as well.
Wow, really? Was that only in Europe & Japan? I don't remember seeing it in the US...but that was a LONG time ago.
@@RetroRGB Seems like it was used all around the world. Here's the Wikipedia article to it: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14%3A9_aspect_ratio but I've never knowingly seen it. But maybe I just assumed they had messed up something, when I saw it :D
Hope you feel better soon, thanks for doing these!
The first widescreen tv in the US was released in 1993 by Thomson/RCA. It was actually 16:9 too, not 14:9 or 15:9.
Thanks for another good week. I always like hearing what's new in retro gaming.
Thanks Bob. Keep up the good work.
Famicon version had mapper chips, they cheaped out on the US NES version and to save costs left the chips out of the cart and removed features from the game etc.
Another fantastic weekly roundup Bob! Thanks for all the info and i hope you have an awesome day bro!
iirc, a lot of early widescreen standards tended to propose 14:9 or 15:9 as the aspect ratio. 16:9 only seemed to get finalised on in the latter half of the 90s.
OPL3 (ADLIB) for the AO486 core is an awsome update, I'm planning on getting the OPL DUO soon, which is a dual Yamaha OPL3 ASIC sound module, it has very HQ rich FM synth audio, but I will hold of before I get it to see just how good this FPGA OPL3 implementation is, for me, OPL & OPN FM synth, such as used on the Mega Drive, Neo-Geo, Amiga, PCE, DOS/Windows, has aged by far the best out of all audio types, it's aged like a fine wine, I also love the more basic NES & GB chiptune music, but they all sound so good and sound incredible on a high-end Hi-Fi setup or CRT with good speakers, ultimately though, I'd love to see the MiSTer RetroTink equivalent for audio, an all-in-one FPGA that has all the nuked PWM/FM/MIDI/SID/Chip-Tune/Tracker audio included, maybe even things like SoundBlaster, EAX, A3D, GUS and so on, graphics get all the love, but audio is 50% of the experience so I'd love it to get the attention it deserves, that said we do have the DreamBlaster line of modules, but it's not a complete all-in-one solution, I'm talking about something that will give us upscaled reference audio for consoles & arcade cabs as well as computer systems, such as upsampled Mega Drive audio, I'd happily pay good money for something like that.
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Read the Amazon comments and reviews on the Saturn book. Its seems its def NOT worth the price.
The CEV stripping is a godsend. It’s one of the annoying parts with my CX. As soon as I have my shield and 2.1 consoles connected at the same time it starts having handshake issues
I use that 4x2 in my setup and for the large part it works very well for me, I use it for PS5 to retro consoles etc, I’ve not run into the same issue that you have with the PS3 maybe it has some differences depending on the unit.
It supports Dolby Vision HDR pass through which is great.
The odd strange glitch happens like it not passing through surround information via the optical or hdmi but if you restart the device it will often work fine then again.
It’s not perfect but it works perfectly for 4K up to 120 for the time being until something better comes along.
Thanks for the heads up. Its common switches like this are inconsistently “ps3” compatible. Beast’s wasn’t though. Oh well, at least it’s still a good switch!
Just get the HDfury VRROOM instead
@@NickArcade Ooof it looks nice, but I don't think I have the money for it 😅
Only reason I would think they would put an audio extractor on that switcher is for convenience i guess. i got a sony 34xbr910 so I have the need to extract audio from hdmi cause of using the hdmi/dvi adapter. My other thought is i have 4 other hdmi switchers and none of them get along with the retrotink5x all the time, I thought it was the retrotink for awhile but running it straight to the tv I have never had any issues. With the switches it would just go black screen randomly. I am going to try some of the cheaper amazon switches that have audio extraction just to eliminate the audio extractor out of the chain and see how that goes.
That NFC mister app sounds interesting. A lot of people will hand wave it but I can already see some other interesting applications of it. At the end of the day it sounds like a more fun way to launch a game and that’s all that really matters to me
MiSTeX is gonna lead to a handheld hopefully, as well as MiSTer V2.
I’ll always support Jotego and Retro RGB on Patreon. Always.
And Infidelity
Thank you!!!
Was excited about the Saturn in the thumbnail but it's just a book.
You can get allergies as you age, mostly seasonal though. The good news is that they might go after 50 because the immune system becomes weaker 😅.
lol, so I just need to die quicker and they’ll go away 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
That Sega Saturn book is sadly quite bad.
The pictures are poor quality, incorectly scaled, the wrong aspect ratio, and are clearly taken from googling for the game.
The text is riddled with typos and errors, and often times uses a dark font against a dark background making it hard to read.
It feels like it was thrown together and made without much care.
Disappointing!
Thank you for your mini review. Things like you mentioned would annoy me very much, so really thanks for saving my money.
I already have some Japanese books about the Saturn which I have never even looked at,,,
Yeah, I took this as more of a “casual thing to flip through for Saturn fans”. It’s certainly no Evan Amos book!
@@RetroRGBHonestly it really bums me out that I found all those issues, because I really wanted to like the book for exactly that reason. A book to just flip through and find ideas for new games to try would be perfect, and I do think it can suite that purpose just as long as someone knows what they're getting into going in. If the author reads my comment I want them to find my criticisms constructive, and I hope they continue to try.
Man, that really bugs me. It's like some people think that books are just blog posts on paper, and no extra care or effort has to go into producing them.
I tested all the nes to snes ports on the SNES mini with Hakchi version 2.31. Not sure if it makes any sense…Only Ducktales, Mega Man 1 & 4, Mike Tyson’s Punch Out and Rygar seem to work. Legend of Zelda gives a red screen with errors, Metroid a scrambled video output and Mega Man 2 no sound. All the others a black screen…
I mean, that's not really an example of quality emulation.
Zelda works on version 3.9.3. Super Dodgeball gives sound but only a lightblue screen….
Fantastic episode this week Bob!