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Thoughts on PSIO 2.x Recent Updates

Nix McRetro // 18th August 2014 // Sony, YouTube

With all the incredible work done on the 1.1 prototype, the 2.x prototype was racing along! The development updates were reporting CDDA and XA support. Full audio and a whole lot of bugs squashed! My firsthand testing was still on 1.1, so this was excitement about the updates rather than... Continue reading

PSIO Prototype 1.1 Game Demo: Wipeout, Wipeout 2097 / XL, Wip3out / Wipeout 3

Nix McRetro // 16th August 2014 // Gaming, Sony, YouTube

Wipeout! All of them. So many Wipeouts. I didn’t realise there were that many alternative names. If I did, I wouldn’t have done them all at once since they nearly burst out the side of the YouTube video! Not much luck with Wipeout sadly. The 2.x development updates were talking... Continue reading

PSIO Prototype 1.1 Game Demo: Soul Edge / Soul Blade

Nix McRetro // 15th August 2014 // Gaming, Sony, YouTube

The game that led to SoulCalibur. Not too bad! It still reminds me a little of Virtua Fighter on the old Sega. From what I could see here, the game ran well on PSIO 1.1, but the background music was missing. I’m hoping the upcoming 2.x hardware will fix that!... Continue reading

PSIO Prototype 1.1 Game Demo: Ridge Racer and Ridge Racer Revolution

Nix McRetro // 14th August 2014 // Gaming, Sony, YouTube

Raaaaaaaaaaacing around those corners like a freaking pinball in a pinball machine. Bounce, bounce, bounce. Those are the physics I want in a racing game! Ridge Racer and Ridge Racer Revolution both worked pretty well in the parts I tested on this PSIO 1.1 prototype. I’m hoping the new 2.x... Continue reading

Cancelled Channel - Xtreme Retro Gaming

Nix McRetro // 12th August 2014 // News, YouTube

Sifting through my old video footage, I came across XRG and PRG… originally what this channel was supposed to be before I figured we could make it better. More gameplay to come in the next few weeks! ;) Related posts XRG - Xtreme Retro Gaming, Now Closed McRetro Gaming Teaser... Continue reading