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Sakura Taisen (1996, Saturn Live Stream, Episode 4)

Nix McRetro // 19th May 2020 // Categories: Gaming, Livestream, Sega

The past three live streams had all suffered from audio stuttering and running at a higher pitch than they should have… whoops! On this setup the problem stopped after I forced the Inogeni USB capture device to 1080p instead of 2160p in macOS and installed the available firmware update. I’d... Continue reading

NUC8i7BEH Hackintosh Catalina Overview

Nix McRetro // 10th May 2020 // Categories: Apple, IBM PC, YouTube

A bit of fiddling and we finally get Bluetooth working on the NUC8i7BEH, running Apple’s latest and greatest at the time: macOS Catalina 10.15.4. Most other things were working well at this stage and I hadn’t run into any ongoing stability problems, although there had been an earlier GPU-related kernel... Continue reading

Sega Mega Drive PAL 60Hz Full Colour Mod

Nix McRetro // 7th May 2020 // Categories: Sega

Sega Mega Drive PAL 60Hz Full Colour Mod

I’ve had this page bookmarked for something close to five years now. The site I referenced not only changed its links so much that I couldn’t find the darned thing, but then went bust! I really need to be more proactive with linking to things before they disappear off the... Continue reading

Miscellaneous TeraDrive Information

Nix McRetro // 4th May 2020 // Categories: IBM PC, Sega

There’s something about the Sega TeraDrive that keeps me looking for more information. Perhaps it’s the rather unusual combination of an IBM-compatible PC and a Mega Drive, or perhaps it’s simply because the documentation isn’t always particularly easy to find. Either way, I’ve stumbled across another little piece of TeraDrive... Continue reading

Microsoft Xbox OG Kasumi Blue Clock Capacitor Removed

Nix McRetro // 2nd May 2020 // Categories: Microsoft, YouTube

One fresh video hot off the press! We have a poke around in the Kasumi Xbox and look at the clock supercapacitor, usually just called the clock cap. Darned supercapacitor! Great for keeping the time briefly while unplugged, considerably less great when an ageing supercapacitor starts leaking across the motherboard.... Continue reading