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PSIO Prototype 1.1 Game Demo: Chrono Cross (Part 1)

Nix McRetro // 7th August 2014 // Gaming, Sony, YouTube

This game seems to run so well on the 1.1 prototype hardware it would seem like it’s final! Many of the Square and Enix (and Square Enix) titles ran out of the box in my tests on this prototype. Please remember that this is prototype hardware. These results, including game... Continue reading

PSIO Prototype 1.1 Test Station Setup Overview - March 2014

Nix McRetro // 5th August 2014 // Gaming, Sony, YouTube

I fired the PSIO prototype up back in March 2014, recorded some video, moved house multiple times, and eventually rediscovered the footage. Essentially, it’s an overview of how everything is connected up to the prototype PSIO device. Please remember that this is prototype hardware. These results, including game compatibility, may... Continue reading

Common Ringtail Possums Feeding

Nix McRetro // 27th July 2014 // YouTube

Here we have some Common Ringtail Possums, also known as Eastern Ringtail Possums (Pseudocheirus peregrinus), feeding at around 6 pm in the middle of winter in Sydney on the balcony at the boss’s home. They look like rats to me, but they are marsupials, not rodents, and are not to... Continue reading

Extreme Plays! Spelunker (NES, 1985)

Nix McRetro // 16th July 2014 // Gaming, Nintendo, YouTube

Spelunker began as Tim Martin and Micro Graphic Image’s 1983 computer game. Irem later ported it to the Famicom / NES, releasing the Japanese version in 1985. Brøderbund published the North American NES release in 1987. This video is a look at that NES version. Sources Brøderbund - Spelunker NES... Continue reading

Sony DTL-H2000 PlayStation Development Board BIOS Dump

Nix McRetro // 4th July 2014 // Devkit, Sony, YouTube

One of the admins over at PSXDEV sent me a BIOS chip from some old (~1994) Sony PlayStation development hardware to dump: a DTL-H2000, an ISA-bus board designed to live inside a PC. PlayStation Specifications lists a pre-retail DTL-H2000 kernel dated 28 July 1994. The resulting BIOS was shared through... Continue reading