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Everyone knows that Pokemon never hit the Super Nintendo, regardless of the fact that it was a raging hit on the Game Boy and Game Boy Color during that console’s lifespan. Nintendo, for some reason, never released the little creatures into the home through their, then, flagship console. Thanks to Reddit user mmmstephen, Super Nintendo […]
Posts Tagged ‘hardware hack’
Hardware Hack: Super Game Boy and Pokemon Blue Inside of Super Nintendo Cartridge
November 19th, 2014 
Carl Williams 
Posted in News, Nintendo, Portables 
Tags: 3ds, Blue Pokemon, cartridge, game boy, game boy color, Game Boy Color games, hardware hack, Imgur, NDS, new Pokemon game, newest Pokemon game, nintendo, Poke Mon, pokedex, pokemon, Pokemon Blue, Reddit, retro, retro game, retrocollect, retrogame, retrogaming, role playing game, rpg, snes, Super Game Boy, super nintendo 
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Hardware Hack: Sega Saturn to Receive SD Card Drive
October 18th, 2014 Carl Williams Okay, the Sega Saturn, nearly a blacker sheep than the Sega 32X in many gamers minds, is finally getting some love from hardware hackers. We have seen the Sega Dreamcast receive the bulk of the interest from hardware hackers in recent times while the Saturn just sits all lonely in its own corner of shame. […]
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Posted in News, Sega Tags: 32-Bit, 4 point 3D, emulation, four point 3D, GDEMU, hardware hack, iso, modification, retro, retro gaming magazine, Rhea, SD Card, sega 2 Comments »
Hardware Hack: Castlevania Super Famicom Created by Vadu Amka and It Looks Crazy
October 8th, 2014 Carl Williams Hardware hacks and mods are quite interesting, while modern gamers get official stuff from the manufacturer. That is if you are into simply having an alternate color or some other simple cosmetic change. Modders like Vadu Amka are not content with doing that type of hardware mod though, no, just changing the color is not […]
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Posted in News, Nintendo Tags: carl williams, casket, castlevania, chains, coffin, hardware hack, indie retro news, konami, Magcloud, mod, nintendo, retro, retro gaming magazine, sfam, skeleton, super famicom, triverse, Vadu Amka, VaduAmka.com, wood 1 Comment »
Hardware Hack: Game Boy Goes HD with HDMIBoy
September 27th, 2014 Carl Williams The original Game Boy, and the follow ups such as the Color, literally changed portable gaming over the decade plus life they enjoyed. Competition came from everyone including Atari (Lynx) and Sega (Game Gear and Nomad) and even NEC (Turbo Express) but they all failed due to one reason or another (battery life, lack of […]
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Posted in News, Nintendo, Portables Tags: carl williams, game boy, game boy color, gameboy, gb, gbc, hardware hack, HDMIBoy, HDTV, kickstarter, NES Advantage, NES Controller, nintendo, retro, retro gaming magazine, rgm 1 Comment »
Hardware Hack: Donkey Kong Style Game Boy Advance SP Custom Case
September 20th, 2014 Carl Williams The name Vadu Amka shouldn’t be all that new to too many people reading this, after all he did create a special Sega Genesis/Mega Drive hardware mod that was pretty popular. Now, Vadu Amka has taken to modding the Game Boy Advance SP from Nintendo into a true work of art- Donkey Kong art that […]
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Posted in News, Nintendo, Portables Tags: bamboo, carl williams, Donkey Kong Country 2, game boy advance, hardware hack, mega drive, retro, retro gaming magazine, retrocollect, rgm, sega genesis, SP, Vadu Amka No Comments »
Hardware Hack: Sega Dreamcast Gets USB Mass Storage Option
August 13th, 2014 Carl Williams We recently covered the Sega Dreamcast hard drive modification (here) but today, we are reporting on a new mass storage option. The Sega Dreamcast is getting a USB mass storage option that replaces the GD-ROM drive altogether. Since this is an USB option you are not limited to the size of SD cards (about 128 […]
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Posted in News, Sega Tags: 2.0, carl williams, DC-Swat, dreamcast, Dreamcast News, Dreamshell, hard drive, hard ware hack, hardware hack, ide, retro, Retro Game Network, retro gaming magazine, retrocollect, rgm, SD Card, sega, triverse, USB, USB-GDROM No Comments »
Hardware Hack: Working Dreamcast Hard Drive
July 29th, 2014 Carl Williams The Sega Dreamcast is a console that probably has had the most new games, new hardware interfaces, hacks, etc released for it after it was commercially dead. Take this new hack for instance, a hard drive interface. One that really works. Read on for more information.
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Posted in News, Sega Tags: carl williams, DC-Swat, dreamcast, Dreamcast News, Dreamshell, hard drive, hardware hack, ide, retro, retro gaming magazine, rgm, sega, triverse 4 Comments »
Hardware Hack: Super Nintendo/Super Famicom Themed Game Boy Advance Portables
July 6th, 2014 Carl Williams The Game Boy Advance, no matter if you are a fan of Nintendo or not, is obviously a seminal portable platform. Some would argue the GBA is the last “retro” portable to be released, probably thanks in large part to the library that was released for this Nintendo hand held. Thanks to Rose Colored Gaming […]
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Posted in News, Nintendo, Portables Tags: carl williams, game boy advance, gba, hand held, hardware hack, modification, nintendo, portable, retro, retro gaming magazine, rgm, Rose Colored Gaming, super famicom, super nintendo, triverse 1 Comment »
Hardware Hack: Nintendo Gamecube Fitted with Atari Lynx Case
June 28th, 2014 Carl Williams It is no secret that Nintendo and Atari never really got along in the gaming world (does anyone ever really get along with Nintendo?). Thanks to hackers, the former gaming giants (one is still immense) are working together, somewhat, with the new GC-Lynx device. Check this thing out in the video below, it is quite […]
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Posted in News, Nintendo, Portables Tags: akira, atari, Bacman Forums, carl williams, gamecube, GC-Lynx, hardware hack, lynx, nintendo, portable, retro, Retro Game Network, retro gaming magazine 1 Comment »
