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The 2015 Nix McRetro Update

Nix McRetro // 9th January 2015 // News, YouTube

It’s the year hoverboards come about. Come on Mattel, at least a basic model! Just an overview of how chaotic life has become and the ramblings of an old man past his prime. RetroJunkie.net has been terminated because I simply don’t have enough time to commit to it… Continue reading

Newly Hatched Willie Wagtail Chicks

Nix McRetro // 27th October 2014 // News, YouTube

Newly hatched Willie Wagtail chicks here in NSW, Australia! The adults loved to swoop us like the magpies do and made sharp clicking and scolding noises whenever we got too close. Steer clear! Hopefully the babies grow up fast and go away so we can go outside once more. ;)... Continue reading

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