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Lunchbeat 1-bit Groovebox by Buranelectrix - Demo

Nix McRetro // 15th November 2013 // Programming, YouTube

Another music instrument created! Thanks to Buranelectrix.com for creating this great little project based on the Atmel ATMEGA328P chip. I’ll be making one on a proper fabricated PCB in the near future… so stay tuned! :D Edit: Feb 2018 Did I really just copy and paste the description between these... Continue reading

Lunchbeat 1-bit Groovebox by Buranelectrix - Introduction

Nix McRetro // 15th November 2013 // Programming, YouTube

Another music instrument created! Thanks to Buranelectrix for creating this great little project based on the Atmel ATMEGA328P chip. I’ll be making one on a proper fabricated PCB in the near future. Continue reading

Sega Dreamcast Microphone on Canon EOS 600D

Nix McRetro // 15th November 2013 // Hacks, Sega, YouTube

Oh, you probably should know that I did mix the mono signal into both channels instead of just the left channel too. Anyway, there are some exciting things in the pipeline, but while I was away it looks like YouTube broke the commenting system… hmmm… :) Continue reading

Sega Master System II in 8-bit Mayhem

Nix McRetro // 14th November 2013 // Repairs, Sega, YouTube

I must say I do prefer the 16-bit lifestyle, but this one came up I could resist but grab it before it was kicked to the gutter. There’s a bit where I get composite AV out, if you want to mod for composite AV out correctly, either stay tuned until... Continue reading

Cleaning Controllers: Sega Master System / Sega Genesis

Nix McRetro // 13th November 2013 // Repairs, Sega, YouTube

My Sega Master System sits on the shelf unrepaired, the controller? We can fix that! Button 2 was behaving very badly so we whipped out some metho and gave it a good scrub down. You can apply this method to pretty much any controller for retro gaming. Controllers since probably... Continue reading