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University Study Update (2018 Recap)

Nix McRetro // 26th January 2019 // Study

GPA Results Semester 2, 2015 5.5* Semester 1, 2017 6.5 Semester 2, 2017 5.3 Semester 1, 2018 6.7 Semester 2, 2018 6.3 Overall Course GPA 6.1 * Entry exams to get into the degree. I was curious about how my results were shaping up for my first two... Continue reading

Sega Dreamcast Dev Kit Software Overview

Nix McRetro // 19th January 2019 // Devkit, Repairs, Sega

We check the HKT-0120 dev kit and HKT-0400 GD writer using DA-Check v2.32 and then play around with GDWorkshop 2.9.0K running firmware 2.9.1b. The game that we were able to tinker with was WSB2K2 - World Series Baseball 2K2, not much of an exciting game but watch on to perhaps... Continue reading

Cybdyn Systems PSIO Unboxing Video (August 2016)

Nix McRetro // 24th November 2018 // Sony, YouTube

Today we a take a peek at the PSIO and the way it is packaged, what is on the packaging and the packaging itself. Yes, you got me. It’s a damn unboxing video. But to be fair, it is a PSIO unboxing making it infinitely cooler than just a regular... Continue reading

Building a Development PC

Nix McRetro // 4th November 2018 // Devkit, Sega, Study

Quick, down memory lane! This one was a fun video to put together, slowly piecing an AMD Athlon K7 onto a brand new, old stock motherboard. All-in-all it went together quite well. This PC went on to be used for testing the Sega Dreamcast HKT-0120 dev kit. It worked a... Continue reading

Nintendo Game Boy Vertical Line Repair

Nix McRetro // 19th October 2018 // Nintendo, Repairs, YouTube

Finally, a repair where nothing caught fire. I was surprised when simply applying a lightly heated soldering iron fixed the problem and appeased the pixel gods! The gods may be crazy, but at least I can see all the Tetris lines now. …and I might have uploaded an unboxing video... Continue reading