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Grandia (1997, Saturn Live Stream, Day 1)

Nix McRetro // 30th December 2020 // Categories: Gaming, Livestream, Sega

This is the perfect example of why you save in at least two save slots… the game froze while trying to save after one hour of gameplay! I rebooted it a bit later and found that it had nuked my first save slot. Ouch! I might inspect the memory card... Continue reading

PSIO Multi-Disc Formatting (MULTIDISC.LST)

Nix McRetro // 28th December 2020 // Categories: Guides, Sony

PSIO Multi-Disc Formatting (MULTIDISC.LST)

Carriage returns (CR) and line feeds (LF). CRLF! Get those line endings wrong and PSIO will get angry at you by reading all the discs as one line - a recipe for disaster on my Mac. MULTIDISC.LST needed plain text with CRLF between disc entries in the setup I was... Continue reading

Replacing AT27C040 with Am29F040B

Nix McRetro // 27th December 2020 // Categories: Guides, Hacks, Sega

I found some images of DIP pinouts in my “Desktop” desktop folder. Why does one need a desktop folder on their desktop? It’s a dumping ground for things that sit on my desktop too long but I can’t bring myself to throw away. This is why I always figured it... Continue reading

Grandia (1999, PS1 Live Stream, Day 1)

Nix McRetro // 26th December 2020 // Categories: Gaming, Livestream, Sony

I can’t believe it didn’t let me empty the memory card… as a result I couldn’t save the darned game! Then I remembered this was the PlayStation version of a game originally released on the Saturn, so I’ll give the Saturn version a go shortly! We also have me trying... Continue reading

Sega Saturn Phantom Universal Modchip - Testing, Testing!

Nix McRetro // 24th December 2020 // Categories: Guides, Sega, YouTube

What a week it has been! There’s always more video of the Phantom Universal from Bad_Ad84 and Zer0-2k11! Here we have a look at it in action with the different media I had on hand and see how the installation behaves. I hope everyone out there has the best Christmas... Continue reading