Pixel Cherry Ninja returns with another roundup of the latest in retro gaming and FPGA developments. From new core updates to exciting fan projects and hardware news, this weekly video covers the standout stories you may have missed. See timestamps and sources below.
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We love all things MiSTer FPGA here on Metal Game Solid. Long gone are the days where you had to order a DE10 NANO from Terasic, Mouser or Digikeys, and then combine your newly bought FPGA board with accessories such as a USB hub and an IO board. The evolution has come along away from […]
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Just a quick one. The Earthion ROMs included in the Steam release have been decrypted. I have tried the ROMs on both the MiSTer FPGA and the Analogue Pocket and they work. Anyway off to work, don’t wanna be late. Will try and get the Pocket video done later today. Remember, the developers put an […]
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If you follow me on YouTube, you’ll know that I already called the Game of the Year as Earthion by Ancient Corporation and Bitwave Games. What made this game so special is that one of the developers is non other than the living legend Yuzo Koshiro himself. This is the guy behind the awesome Streets […]
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Although released in 2024, the developer oyasumi Workshop has been showing off a 2 player mode in action on their X account. The game has a good look to it, and anyone that Space Harrier style gameplay with more bullets, might wanna check this out. It’s cheaply priced and even cheaper when on sale on […]
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Remember when Xenon 2 released? The Bitmap Brothers were all the rage, Speedball 2 to The Chaos Engine, these guys were delivering solid gaming action. I played their titles on the Commodore Amiga and also on the Atari ST. So as someone that played both Xenon 1 and 2, I’m excited for this release and […]
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The developer behind the Castlevania SotN ROM hack “Rondo of the Night” is working on a standalone game, which is a spinoff from the world of SotN, it’s not a ROM hack this time but is instead a Windows PC game. I had the chance to try an earlier build and my initial thoughts were […]
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Core Developer Boogermann has shared in an X post, a timeline of graphical hardware reimplemented in HDL, and honestly, it looks breath-takingly good. The game shown at the end is called “Nibbler”. It’s not a game I’m familiar with but at fist glance it looks like Pac-Man had a baby with the Snake game and […]
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Homebrew Super Nintendo developer Digifox has shared some more footage of his upcoming beat em up called “Triple Impact”. It looks like it came straight out of the 90’s. The latest feature that has been shown off, is CPU controlled second player. This especially interests me, as when I play games at home, it’s usually […]
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The MiSTer Pi has taken the MiSTer FPGA world by storm, it significantly reduced the price of entry into FPGA Gaming and naturally brought a lot more users to the niche. There have been a few cases made for the MiSTer Pi, some from Retro Remake (the company behind MiSTer Pi) themselves, as well as […]
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