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A Quick Doughnut Fix: Behind the Scenes - Post Production

Nix McRetro // 23rd February 2014 // YouTube

It’s tricky to make a video and this video show you just that. Remember the original video ran for around a minute, this is 16 minutes of editing going on here. It’s not terribly optimised, is it? :P Continue reading

Cooking with McRetro: A Quick Doughnut Fix

Nix McRetro // 30th January 2014 // YouTube

Well, well, well. If it isn’t under-sugared doughnuts! Let’s see what we can do to fix that! Continue reading

Happy Christmas and a Merry New Year Celebration!

Nix McRetro // 30th December 2013 // YouTube

I’ll be going a little bit AWOL, but stay tuned we’ll be back eventually with more great retro repair! Continue reading

Programming Atmel Chips with PICkit 2 with AVRDUDE on a Mac

Nix McRetro // 30th December 2013 // Guides, Programming

Programming Atmel Chips with PICkit 2 with AVRDUDE on a Mac

PICkit 2 is a piece of hardware developed by Microchip to flash their PIC chips. Atmel is essentially the rival of Microchip in this regard. The good news is, you can use a PICkit 2 to flash Atmel chips. Some believe this is the reason Microchip have stopped supporting PICkit... Continue reading

Dumping the Japanese Sega Channel BIOS (Success)

Nix McRetro // 23rd December 2013 // Programming, Sega, YouTube

Victory is mine! And yours, and the internets! Please enjoy the dump of the Sega Channel BIOS brought to you by Dr. Eggfan and myself. For science! More can be seen on Sonic Retro. Continue reading