In 1989, Sunsoft came to SEGA with a proposal: What if people could play Mega Drive games together online? Wanting to make a splash in the market, the two companies teamed up and created the Mega Modem. The device brought online gameplay, downloadable games, news, contests, and even financial transactions to the SEGA Mega Drive!
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New RK3566 Android Tv Box with 8GB of Ram! The New SOC We Needed?
We finally have a new arm CPU for these Android Tv boxes and Single-board computers but is it any good?
In this video, we take a look at the X88 pro 20 Android Tv box powered by the all-new RK3566 SOC and 8GB of ram! The Rk3566has 4 cores running at 1.8GHz and backed by the Mali G52 2EE GPU capable of 4k 60FPS and 8K 24FPS video playback is this the new CPU we need? let’s find out.
We run some benchmarks test out some native android games and finally see how well the RK3566 handles some of our favorite emulators like PPSSPP for PSP, Redream, and Flycast for Dreamcast.
Experimental AI Tool Makes GTA 5 Look Stunningly Photorealistic – Here’s How
An AI research group has released a new video showcasing a new photorealism enhancement tool being applied to GTA 5 – and the results are stunning.As part of the Intel ISL research group’s Photorealism Enhancement project, the new machine learning tool helps make computer-generated images more realistic by analyzing each frame of the game animation and comparing that to real-life images before applying enhancements based on them. In a video demonstration, Intel ISL shows some regular gameplay of Grand Theft Auto 5 before switching over to its tool’s output, which analyzes the gameplay footage and uses machine learning to make it look more photorealistic.
Arduboy CE (Cartridge Edition)
Arduboy CE places the MCU onto a removable game cartridge so you can swap out games like the good ol’ days!
Game cartridges are so nostalgic! And Arduboy is all about the nostalgia. Designed to be reminiscent of the original DMG Game Boy, Arduboy CE (Cartridge Edition) combines both concepts!
Tetris for GameBoy Gets Online Multiplayer
Released in 1989, the Game Boy version of Tetris is notable for being the first game to support multiplayer via the so-called “Game Link Cable” accessory. So it’s fitting that, 32 years later, that same game is now playable with others over the Internet thanks to an open source USB adapter from [stacksmashing].
As explained in the video below, the adapter is essentially just a Raspberry Pi Pico paired with some level shifters so that it can talk to the Game Boy’s link port. That said, the custom PCB does implement some very clever edge connectors that let you plug it right into the Link Cable for the original “brick” Game Boy as well as the later Color and Advance variants. This keeps you from having to cut up a Link Cable just to get a male end, which is what [stacksmashing] had to do during the prototyping phase.
You take care of a pet eyeball in this bizarre video game
“Avant-garde” is a French term that translates literally to “advance guard,” as in the vanguard that leads an army into battle. In the arts, the term describes people or works that are experimental and push the boundaries of their medium. Emily Velasco, of the Emily’s Electric Oddities YouTube channel, used an Arduino Nano to build a bizarre video game and “avant-garde” is the best way to describe it.
Playing Connect Four against a mini golfing AI opponent
Have you dreamed of combining the two incredible activities putt-putt and Connect Four together into the same game? Well one daring maker set out to do just that. Bithead’s innovative design involves a mini golf surface with seven holes at the end corresponding to the columns. The system can keep track of where each golf ball is with an array of 42 color sensors that are each connected to one of seven I2C multiplexers, all leading to a single Arduino Uno.
A Golden Wii Made For Queen Elizabeth II Is Now For Sale
Back in 2009, as part of a publicity stunt for… Big Family Games, publisher THQ commissioned the creation of a golden Nintendo Wii, and had it delivered to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
The Queen likely never received the console—as outlined in this excellent episode of People Make Games—but it did eventually find its way into the hands of collector Donny Fillerup, one of the guys behind the website consolevariations.com, which I wrote about back in 2019.
GameCube Sleeper Gaming / Emulation PC Build!
I Turned a GameCube into an awesome small form factor Sleeper gaming PC and it was way easier than I thought it would be! This thing turned out great, Powered by an 11th gen i5 Tiger Lake 1135G7 backed by 16Gb of DDR4 ram and built-in Intel Iris Xe graphics plus we have the option to add an external Video Card “eGPU” because this Gamecube now have Thunderbolt! It’s Perfect for Emulation and can handle Dreamcast, Gamecube, and Wii using the Dolphin emulator up to 4K, PS3 using RPCS3, and even CEMU for Wii U
Create automated game collection (RetroPie 4.6)
Create an Automated Game Collection in RetroPie 4.6