Taking the yellow off my SNES via retrobright
by Pixel PusherFor 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
by Pixel PusherI 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
by Pixel PusherGrowing 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.
by Pixel PusherGrowing 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
by Pixel PusherI 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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