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What's Next? You Decide! (Vote 1 - 2016)

Nix McRetro // 29th February 2016 // News, YouTube

I’ve found that YouTube Cards now offer a poll/voting system. You finally get a say in which project gets done next! With my excellent camera and newly found skills, we will make this the best anything ever. Does that even make any sense? Probably not. You decide! :P Continue reading

Canon 760D and PSIO Update

Nix McRetro // 28th February 2016 // News, Sony, YouTube

Well it looks like PSIO will be “Re-Available for Pre-Ordering March 1st 2016.” That’s only a couple of days away… and for once… it’s in Australian time zones! Woohoo! Not quite sure what the re-available bit is all about, that might have something to do with the 1st February pre-order... Continue reading

Circuit Bending a Sega Mega Drive 2

Nix McRetro // 20th February 2016 // Guides, Hacks, Sega

Here’s a great little infographic on how to circuit bend your Mega Drive (Model 2) or Genesis (Model 2) courtesy of Gijs from gieskes.nl. You sure can get some exciting graphics, maybe I should do another video - if only it also broke the audio… actually to be honest I... Continue reading

Creating a Sony PlayStation 1 Modchip

Nix McRetro // 14th February 2016 // Hacks, Sony, YouTube

A quick look at the process involved to flash a 12C508 / 12C508A / 12F629 modchip with Mayumi 4 modchip code or even MultiMode 3. The main difference being that Mayumi 4 uses the PlayStation clock/oscillator and MultiMode 3 uses the PIC chip internal clock/oscillator. The PIC chip clock can... Continue reading

CloudFlare CDN

Nix McRetro // 10th February 2016 // News

CDN - Content Delivery Network. They are a marvellous thing! Not only will it hopefully stop bot attacks on my new WordPress installation, botnets are why I switched to FlatPress back in the day, but it should speed up the website as the data is cached globally (for free!) by... Continue reading