PCSX2 Now Compatible With Nearly Every PlayStation 2 Game

PCSX2, the long-running PlayStation 2 emulator, has reached a major milestone in its development. According to recent compatibility updates from the team, the emulator is now able to run nearly every PS2 title with playable or perfect results. Only a tiny handful of games remain marked as “in-game” or “minor issues,” and even those continue […]

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Viewpoint 2064 Master Build Finally Released After 25 Years

After more than two decades in lost-media limbo, the master build of Viewpoint 2064 has finally surfaced, giving Nintendo 64 fans their first real look at the near-finished version of this long-canceled shooter. Originally shown at SpaceWorld 1999, Viewpoint 2064 was planned as a 3D reimagining of the Neo-Geo classic, shifting from isometric shooting to […]

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Community Project Spotlight: Mega Man 1 & 2 Rushjet1 VRC6 Arranged Music ROM Hacks by Ti

Today I’m going to try and establish a new type of article for MGS, the Community Project Spotlight. In these articles I will focus on a lesser known ROM Hack, Homebrew, Translation patch or other interesting Classic Gaming Community topic that I think might be of interest to our readers. For this first article I’m […]

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Analogue Pocket NES Core: It’s the ULTIMATE!!! MiSTer Port Now Does It ALL! (Download Link in Article)

The Analogue Pocket has two Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) cores available via Open FPGA: one by Spiritualized and another ported from the MiSTer FPGA core by Adam Gastineau (Agg23). FDS Compatibility Addition: The Spiritualized core already supports Famicom Disk System (FDS) games, but the Agg23 core has been recently updated by Terminator 2K2 to add […]

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Shadow Gangs Zero Successfully Funded on Kickstarter

Shadow Gangs Zero has successfully completed its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, securing roughly £108,554, more than double its original £40,000 target. The game returns as a 16 bit style prequel to the original Shadow Gangs, paying homage to classic action arcade titles and planned for platforms including Neo Geo, Sega Genesis and Mega Drive, Dreamcast, […]

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DSpico, The First Open Source DS Flashcart, Is Now Officially Released

The LNH-team has officially released DSpico, the first fully open source flashcart for the Nintendo DS and DSi. The announcement comes after four years of development, with the team confirming that both the hardware and firmware are openly available for anyone to study, build or modify. DSpico runs on custom hardware designed by the LNH-team […]

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Gradius 2 xh: An almost lost feature packed hack of Gradius 2 arcade!

Jotego/JTFPGA member niknak, a long time classic gaming community member on Discord inquired about adding support in the JTTWIN16 FPGA core for a very obscure (in the west) rom hack of the arcade original version of Gradius II. Titled Gradius II xh, this modification/hack changes the game to be more like a so called training […]

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PlayStation’s Mascot is Jumping Ship! Spyro is FINALLY Coming to the Nintendo 64!

Spyro the Dragon from the PlayStation One is being ported over to the Nintendo 64. The homebrew developer Frogbull is well-known in the retro gaming community, particularly for working on “what-if” prototype ports and fan projects, mainly for the Sega Saturn and Sega Dreamcast. Frogbull’s notable homebrew projects and prototypes include: If you want to […]

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