Taking the yellow off my SNES via retrobright
For many years even decades my SNES went yellow on the bottom half. I bought it the first year the SNES was available. I have been wanting to restore the color on my SNES. Finally, I have decided to do it. The SNES is known to yellow because of the fire retardant treatment that is […]
Playing on real hardware instead of emulation
I love emulation. I remember when I first saw and found out I could play all my old consoles on my mac was a great day. The challenges for me was getting the right controller and managing game saves. I could never get that to be 100% reliable. I love the ability to discover […]
Policenauts Interactive Cinema – Nostalgic Pixel Episode 3
Here is the third episode of Nostalgic Pixel. This is a look at Policenauts on the Sega Saturn. This point and click adventure was a follow up to Snatcher. There is a quick look at Snatcher on the Saturn. This video does contain spoilers but they are not put in context. This episode is focused […]
Finding out about 240p
Growing up I knew some about video resolution. There was always talk about HDTV when I was young. Reading about HDTVs is where I learned about resolution. That and using computers is where I first learned about resolution. I knew about how TVs in the US had a 480i resolution. Interlacing I had grouped with […]
Journey into video connections.
Growing up I had access to many different video cable types. Each one an improvement from the previous. When I was young I hooked up my Sega Genesis/Sega CD to my GameGear through the TV turner. I was so excited that I figured this out. This was not the ideal setup but the TV in […]
Beat ’em Ups Golden Age – Nostalgic Pixel Episode 2
Here is the second episode of Nostalgic Pixel. This is a look at Beat ’em ups of the Golden Age of Beat ’em Ups. This is a look at console releases of the genre. This will cover the 8 bit and 16 bit generation. This is just a look and is by no means comprehensive. […]
Retro gaming the RGB era
I keep thinking about what to write. This one topic keeps coming back up in my head. This will be my journey into RGB. I would say mid 2000s is when I got my consoles out of storage and play them again. I had picked up other consoles along the way but these where the […]
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