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Common Ringtail Possums Feeding

Nix McRetro // 27th July 2014 // Categories: YouTube

Here we have some Common Ringtail Possums, also known as Eastern Ringtail Possums (Pseudocheirus peregrinus), feeding at around 6 pm in the middle of winter in Sydney on the balcony at the boss’s home. They look like rats to me, but they are marsupials, not rodents, and are not to... Continue reading

Extreme Plays! Spelunker (NES, 1985)

Nix McRetro // 16th July 2014 // Categories: Gaming, Nintendo, YouTube

Spelunker began as Tim Martin and Micro Graphic Image’s 1983 computer game. Irem later ported it to the Famicom / NES, releasing the Japanese version in 1985. Brøderbund published the North American NES release in 1987. This video is a look at that NES version. Sources Brøderbund - Spelunker NES... Continue reading

Sony DTL-H2000 PlayStation Development Board BIOS Dump

Nix McRetro // 4th July 2014 // Categories: Devkit, Sony, YouTube

One of the admins over at PSXDEV sent me a BIOS chip from some old Sony PlayStation development hardware to dump. It’s from a DTL-H2000, one of Sony’s early ISA-bus development boards designed to live inside a PC. To be honest, I didn’t know an awful lot about the DTL-H2000... Continue reading

Sega Saturn Sophia Development Kit - Another No Video Repair

Nix McRetro // 28th June 2014 // Categories: Devkit, Repairs, Sega

My third and final Sega Saturn Sophia development kit is in need of repair. This one is another European SG4101, serial H417010020, and just like the previous machine, it powers on without producing any video. Unfortunately, this Sophia has also suffered some cosmetic damage. There’s a mark on the casing... Continue reading

Sega Saturn Sophia Development Kit - No Video Repair

Nix McRetro // 24th June 2014 // Categories: Devkit, Repairs, Sega

Another Sega Saturn Sophia development kit in need of attention! This time it’s a European SG4101 unit, serial H417010070, which runs directly from our local mains supply without needing the rather enormous voltage transformer I use with the Japanese machine. That’s one less enormous box to have cluttering up the... Continue reading