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Wolfenstein 3D on Sega Saturn: Early VBT Port Test

Nix McRetro // 29th May 2013 // Categories: Devkit, Gaming, Sega

VBT over at ASSEMblergames has been working on getting Wolfenstein 3D running on the Sega Saturn. More specifically, this is early Saturn support for Wolf4SDL, and it already seems to work in emulators. Naturally, I wanted to see what would happen on the real hardware! I started with my Sophia... Continue reading

Sega Saturn Sophia 171-6692B SH-2 Power Cable Adapter

Nix McRetro // 27th May 2013 // Categories: Hacks, Repairs, Sega

Sega Saturn Sophia 171-6692B SH-2 Power Cable Adapter

Any other console, I probably wouldn’t bother mentioning this, but since it is Sophia, she gets a mention. My 171-6692B SH-2 CPU cards are not quite the same as the better-documented 171-6692D boards. Most importantly for this particular problem, they are missing the second power header used by the usual... Continue reading

XRGB-mini Framemeister Remote Overlay

Nix McRetro // 27th May 2013 // Categories: News

These photos show the great work the XRGB-mini Framemeister can do. Lovely picture, but there was still one small problem: the remote. My Japanese is rather limited, so figuring out what all those buttons did involved a fair amount of guesswork. Fortunately, a very kind member of the System11 forums... Continue reading

Burnout Revenge: One Not-So-Hot Lap

Nix McRetro // 27th May 2013 // Categories: Gaming, Microsoft, YouTube

A silver medal is almost as good as gold. Never take the shortcuts. They are a LIE! Just like the cake was. Unless I’m getting it mixed up and the cake is real and the shortcuts are a great idea. That might explain the silver medal. :) Continue reading

Burnout 3 Failing to Load on TSOP-Flashed XBOX

Nix McRetro // 27th May 2013 // Categories: Gaming, Microsoft

For whatever reason, Burnout 3 hangs and refuses to load on the newly TSOP-flashed Xbox. I tried changing every relevant setting I could find in UnleashX with no success. Naturally, after all the work getting the Xbox repaired, softmodded, recovered and TSOP-flashed, I immediately suspected I had broken something else.... Continue reading