Videopac Website to remain online

A website dedicated to the Philips Videopac (or Magnavox Odyssey 2 depending on where you’re from) is to remain online. The website videopac.nl was due to go offline in April 2023, but owner, Robbert Jansen, has had a change of heart. In the newly updated forums, he told visitors “The more I thought about quitting Videopac Website to remain online

Retro Virtual Machine emulator adds support for MSX, Colecovision, Master System and SG-1000

Retro Virtual Machine, which previously emulated the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC, has added support for a bunch of Z80 systems: MSX, Colecovision, Master System and SG-1000. The updated emulator has also added support for the Amstrad CPC Plus and the GX-4000 console as well as ZX Spectrum clones such as the ZX Pentagon, the Retro Virtual Machine emulator adds support for MSX, Colecovision, Master System and SG-1000

Funstock offering discounts to help complete your Evercade cart collection

For those looking to fill in some gaps in their Evercade collections, retailer Funstock are offering some discounts for multiple cart purchases. If you buy three carts you can claim 5% off with the code 5OFF3CARTS (Usual price would be £53.97, with discount is £51.28) If you buy five carts you can claim 10% off Funstock offering discounts to help complete your Evercade cart collection

RAMOK Haitus

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Want to read old Amiga floppy disks? New PCB designs for Drawbridge and Greaseweazel builds

The Amiga was pretty clever. If you stuck an IBM PC floppy in the disk drive, then you could read it using software like CrossDOS. However, If you’ve ever tried using an Amiga Floppy in a PC disk drive, you’ll have seen that there’s no way of reading them due to the way the Amiga Want to read old Amiga floppy disks? New PCB designs for Drawbridge and Greaseweazel builds

The Dreamcast Visual Memory System is getting an upgrade

The VM2 project, currently live on IndieGoGo, aims to not only reproduce the functionality of the Dreamcast’s Visual Memory Unit, but also upgrade it with various next-gen features. The Visual Memory System (or Visual Memory Unit in some) was essentially a souped-up memory card for the Dreamcast console. The device featured a monochrome LCD display, The Dreamcast Visual Memory System is getting an upgrade

New Channel F game: Fnvader

Arlasoft have created a new Channel F, Fnvader, game based on the C64 homebrew game, 1nvader by Darren Foulds. ​ Fnvader is an arcade shooter for two players, either against a human player on the second controller, or the CPU. A solitary invader (who seemingly got lost on his way to a Space Invaders cabinet) New Channel F game: Fnvader