Getting good quality HD video out of the Original Xbox is getting more difficult with the ever increasing prices of the Official Microsoft HD AV Pack. But a new open source product known as the XOSVP (Xbox Open Source Video Pack) aims to be a low cost alternative. We pit it against 3 other HD component and HDMI cables and see if its worth the money.
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Three Generations of Xbox System-Link | MVG
Spanning 17 years you can play multiplayer games with any combination of Original Xbox, Xbox 360 and Xbox One S or X, but utilizing System-Link – a form of multiplayer gaming that was introduced in 2001 with the Original Xbox and still supported in 2019 with the Xbox One.
In this episode MVG takes a look at the history of System-Link, How Three Generations of Xbox Consoles support it, and what makes it so awesome .
The ATOMIC Pi Android x86 Test $35 X86 SBC
In this video, ETA Prime tests out Android X86 on the all-new Atomic Pi Single Board Computer, He’s actually running Prime OS in this video but it’s just a mof=dified version on Android that runs on any x86 computer. He runs some benchmarks and test out some native android games like PUBG and Mincraft plus some N64 emulation. Let’s see how it performs.
Machine Learning Is Giving Retro Games Cutting-Edge Graphics
Your favorite classic video games are getting a killer makeover. But it’s not big-name game developers making the improvements: it’s independent modders.
Most game updates require teams of designers and coders working for months or even years, according to a fascinating new feature in The Verge, but now many are using machine learning to expedite the process — allowing a single highly-motivated modder to refurbish a game in just a few weeks.
Super Mario Bros. on the Commodore 64/128D with SuperCPU
After 7 years of work, Zeropaige has ported the original NES Super Mario Bros. to the Commodore 64, and has done an amazing job. 8-Bit Show and Tell plays it on my NTSC Commodore 128D with and without his CMD SuperCPU 65816 accelerator cartridge.
5 Tips for RetroPie on Arcade1Up (How to Fix RetroPie)
5 TIPS to FIX your RETROPIE on ARCADE1UP! Screenshot Scraper not working? Want to change themes? Vector games look terrible? Then watch this video!
Original Atari 2600 VCS Portable Refurbishment
What started as a simple teardown video turned into a full refurb as Ben Hecks original Atari 2600 VCSp from 2000 had some issues that needed fixed once he got inside.
Turning NES games 3D – 3DNes is really cool, but flawed
Ever wondered what your favourite NES games would look like in futuristic 3D? Well wonder no more because the crazy minds at Geod Studio have just released 3DNES a program that, with a little bit of work, can 3Dify your NES roms! 3DNES isn’t without it’s problems though so check out this video to find out how it works and what it looks like, oh and if you fancy downloading it for yourself, click on this link for the itch.io download page: