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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

PSIO Prototype 1.1 Game Demo: Tenchu: Stealth Assassins

Nix McRetro // 9th November 2013 // Gaming, Sony, YouTube

Sadly we only got an intro video with no sound and then the game appeared to have disappeared into a blank screen. No worries, hardware version 2.0 is in the works! Please remember that this a prototype device and does likely not reflect what the final hardware will be like.... Continue reading

Sony PlayStation 1 (PSone) Motor Spindle Issues

Nix McRetro // 9th November 2013 // Repairs, Sony, YouTube

Just a word of warning to anyone else buying “new” laser assemblies from China / Hong Kong eBay sellers. The motor spindle is too short *most* of the time. I had two out of about eight that seemed to be long enough to hold the hub on properly… but only... Continue reading

PSIO Prototype 1.1 Game Demo: Rage Racer

Nix McRetro // 8th November 2013 // Gaming, Sony, YouTube

Rage Racer, with crash physics even more realistic than Burnout 1 or NFS 3 we have a few laps. The only thing that wasn’t working seemed to be background music. Presumably due to as of yet unimplemented CD-XA capabilities. Please remember that this a prototype device and does likely not... Continue reading

PSIO Prototype 1.1 Game Demo: Crash Bash

Nix McRetro // 7th November 2013 // Gaming, Sony, YouTube

Crash Bash, yet another Crash Bandicoot game I’ve never played. It too seems to work quite well and I didn’t encounter any issues while testing. Another win for the PSIO project! Please remember that this a prototype device and does likely not reflect what the final hardware will be like.... Continue reading