Flight of Pigarus New Master System Homebrew

Flight of Pigarus is a new Master System Homebrew game and it looks fantastic very reminiscent of Parodious. Kagesan from SMS Forums did some amazing work on this one. If you want to download hit the link below.

Flight of Pigarus INFO
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FlightOfPigarus-SMS-1.00.zip (208 downloads)

The Paprium and Watermelon Games Debacle

Watermelon Games are throwing a party this weekend for the release of their long awaited games Paprium. While people are excited for the release there’s still a lot of drama and shadiness on the heels of this celebration. Vega weighs in.

Analogue Is Introducing The MEGA SG, FPGA Sega Console

Analogue, the company behind the Analogue NT and Super NT, premium Nintendo console maker running on FPGA hardware has released news that theyre now going the Sega route and I personally couldnt be happier! Finally Sega lovers rejoice. Here’s what I know so far, The Mega SG by Analogue will play US Sega Genesis Games, European and Japanese Mega Drive games. Video output will be via HDMI in 720p or 1080p not exactly sure yet but one of those. There will be cartridge adapters so you can play other legacy consoles such as SG-1000, SC-3000, Mark III and Game Gear and those are speculated to retail for $10 a piece (F you Polymega) but its rumored that Master System Adapter will come packed in. The Mega SG will retail for $189 and will come in 4 colorways, classic Genesis (Red, Grey, Black), classic MD (black, blue, red), model 2 (grey and black) and all new white! They look really good! Sega CD compatibility is a go, 32x looks like it might be out of the question at the moment due to the daisy chaining of video output, I wouldnt count it out completely but as of right now its a no go but Analogue is working on it.

How awesome is this news!? Im very excited for it oh and its coming this april, heres some footage!

8bitdo to release DIY wireless controller kits

8bitdo has done it again, not only do they make some of the best wireless controller you can buy for retro gaming but now they have made DIY kits to convert your classic controllers to be wireless. Here’s some more info and link to buy below.

Check it out

Why We Create | A look at the people who develop new games for retro video game consoles.

Very interesting video on game development for retro consoles.

10 Sonic the Hedgehog Games You Probably Skipped (But Shouldn’t) -Level 10- G to the Next Level

Gtothenextlevel of iretrogamer drops an amazing new video about the Sonic games you may have missed. He even surprised me with this one, another great video.

The Collectorvision System: A Niche Game Console w/ Potential for Success or Disaster?

Recently Collectorvision Games showed off some work in progress art for an interesting system they have in development called The CollectorVision System. According to CV’s instagram page the system will be FPGA based (such as the Super NT) and will be able to play Colecovision, MSX and Sega Master System games via cart slot/SD cards in Full HD on your modern television.

Wow! This is something niche collectors like myself have been waiting for! I personally love Colecovision and Master System so this would be incredible. The WIP design looks great, it’s reminiscent of a Colecovision but also has a vcr / tape recorder look that’s very similar of electronics of the time period.

Now that we pointed at the positives, let’s play devils advocate… Collectorvision is responsible for the highly anticipated game Sydney Hunter a throwback platformer that boasted nice graphics and good gameplay for a plethora of retro systems. The game is out now for SNES and has mixed reviews in the community, the game is buggy and has many glitches and some have said it felt rushed. On top of that Collectorvision used Kickstarter to fund this game and they didn’t deliver what they promised to backers, people who pre-ordered the game from their website recieved the game before backers!

Not only did they mess up there but they also promised numbered golden carts, golden carts did come out but they weren’t numbered, like promised. You can also read the Kickstarter comment section from fans and backers tearing them apart, but the worst part Collectorvision just ignored their investers….

This display of disrespect is truly frustrating for those who backed a project they believed in. Now I’m not sure if this is related but John Lester aka Gamester81 who runs a successful YouTube channel reviewing retrogaming related products is the PR and Community Manager of CVG and was also part of the team trying to bring out the RetroVGS/Coleco Chameleon… And we all saw what a shit show that was. If John Lester does the PR and community manager he’s not doing his job as I assume those job titles means he’s the one who handles answering Kickstarter messages. So it makes me leary about this project.

In closing the system looks amazing and it’s features are more than appealing. If CVG goes the crowd funding route, I’m not sure if I’m confident in them delivering promises to their investers as they couldn’t do it with Sydney Hunter. While I’d like to have high hopes for this project, I guess I’ll wait to see what happens. What do you guys think?

Best Turbografx-16 Games SNES and Genesis Owners Missed Out On – SNESdrunk

Snes Drunk gives us a rundown of games we may have missed if we were deep into Nintendo and sega in the 90s which we all were pretty much.