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Toni Förster 10h ago

In case you ever asked yourself: „How would Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge look in widescreen?“

#Playdate #CrankBoy #emulation #gameboy #retrogaming #castlevania

Jacen Sekai 13h ago

As soon as I saw the MagicX Zero 40, I knew I had to try it; here are my thoughts

https://jacen.moe/blog/20250818-the-nintendo-ds-but-better-magicx-zero-40-review/

#Technology #Emulation #RetroGaming #Handhelds

The Nintendo DS But Better? - MagicX Zero 40 Review | Jacen Sekai

I've mentioned before that I'm a fan of the DS family of handhelds. So, when I heard about the MagicX Zero 40, a handheld purpose-built for DS emulation, I was immediately intrigued. Is it something that can replace my daily-driver 2DS XL? Let's dive into it.

Jacen Sekai

Jetstor 14h ago

Sega Laserdisc Emulation Has Just Taken A Major Leap Forward https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/08/sega-laserdisc-emulation-has-just-taken-a-major-leap-forward #News #Emulation #Sega via @timeextension64

DesertFOX 14h ago

Hab heute einen wirklich schönen Disketten-Satz für MS Works 2.0 für Windows bekommen. Freut mich sehr, denn diese Version hatte ich bisher so noch nicht in der Sammlung. Während Diskette 4 bereits in 86Box installiert wird, ist KryoFlux noch beschäftigt damit, Diskette 5 auszulesen und zu verifizieren. "Wir haben doch keine Zeit!"

P.S. : Hat dann am Ende auch alles gut funktioniert. Ich lad' die ganzen Images auch schnellstmöglich wieder ins Internet Archive hoch, aber vermutlich erst in ein paar Tagen. Aktuell ist zu viel zu tun IRL.😉

#KryoFlux #Microsoft #Diskette #Works #Windows #RetroComputing #86Box #Emulation #FloppyDisk

DesertFOX 19h ago

Oh, well... It's a slow monday at the office.. which gives me the time to check out the new WinUAE 6.0.1. Everything seems to work just fine! Including the latest WHDLoad and Munt MT-32 Emulation. 😉

https://www.winuae.net/

#WinUAE #Emulation #HardWork #Office #WorkLifeBalance #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #Amiga #Commodore #AmigaOS #WHDLoad

Toni Förster 22h ago

Stay tuned for the next release of CrankBoy.

Fishing in Link’s Awakening:
https://youtu.be/Tgs3RkazjdY

P.S. the final version will have the cranking directions flipped.

#Playdate #CrankBoy #emulation #gameboy #retrogaming #zelda

gloriouscow 1d ago

This is how easy it is to execute code on the 386 and get cycle states back with #ArduinoX86

#retrocomputing #emulation

Toni Förster 2d ago

CrankBoy + LSDj + Playdate = 🎶

One of our users @potassium created this with CrankBoy and Little Sound DJ on their Playdate. Simply amazing!!!

https://poast.tv/w/1sLiCWckeBTSmTr3QPh2r2

#Playdate #CrankBoy #chiptune #lsdj #emulation #gameboy #retrogaming

Closer (Nine Inch Nails) programmed for GameBoy hardware

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Breathing Retro 2d ago

NES2PCE — #NES emulator for NEC #PCEngine Thread about the project: forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.ph... #retrodev #emudev #retrogaming #emulation #nesdev #TurboGrafx16

Testing out one of the NES2PCE...

Breathing Retro 2d ago

See also Corn #N64 emulator (mentioned in the thread above) which thanks to static recompilation could run Mario 64 at full framerate on a Pentium II #retrodev #emudev #retrogaming #emulation #N64dev #Nintendo64

Corn (2001 N64 emulator for lo...

Corn (2001 N64 emulator for low-end machines)

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Selena the Retro-Princess 3d ago

Getting caught up on the super rad new Game Boy emulator for the Playdate - Crankboy!
It's so cool! I love how it's doing the two extra shades and the whole thing runs like silk!
(Hit some small bumps getting it installed though)
I friggen love my playdate

#retrogaming #gameboy #playdate #emulation

@SuperSelena64 ok that looks sharp as hell. looks better tan the original GB. how is the crankboy?

Toni Förster 3d ago

@SuperSelena64 Thank you so much. Happy to hear you like it. We put 2 months of work into it, to get it in shape. Don’t forget to enable game scripts for Links Awakening from the settings.

Selena the Retro-Princess 3d ago

@stonerl Thanks for the advice! I'll do that!
Great job with this!

@SuperSelena64 That's awesome

Toni Förster 3d ago

@Jeltron Nice to see you here. I contacted you via email shortly after we released CrankBoy regarding the bundle mode. If you like to release your games on the Playdate using CrankBoy, let us know.

@stonerl I was under the impression that it's a Gameboy emulator so isn't it true that all people would need is the rom?

Toni Förster 2d ago

@Jeltron Yes, but the bundle mode is specifically designed for shipping just one game. So basically, you package the ROM with the emulator add new launcher art and adjust a settings file.

The game then shows up as an individual app on the playdate and launches directly into the game. We have detailed info here: https://github.com/CrankBoyHQ/crankboy-app#bundle-mode

GitHub - CrankBoyHQ/crankboy-app at readonlymemo.com

A high performance Game Boy emulator for the Playdate™ - GitHub - CrankBoyHQ/crankboy-app at readonlymemo.com

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@stonerl That's actually really cool because I always wanted to make a playdate game!

Toni Förster 2d ago

@Jeltron Nice, if you need help you can either join us on the Playdate Discord or ask me here.

Server: https://discord.gg/SrGTrmam

Channel: https://discord.com/channels/675983554655551509/1378119815641694278

Join the Playdate Squad Discord Server!

We chat about all things Playdate! The tiny handheld by Panic inc. | 9285 members

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@stonerl Will do as soon as I have time to try it out!

Sasha Henriksen 3d ago

@SuperSelena64 its very cool also nice that it supports using it as a wrapper for devs to release GB homebrew games on the playdate easily :D

Deka Black 3d ago

@SuperSelena64 The crank, in what kind of games is used?

Toni Förster 3d ago

@DekaBlack By default the crank is mapped to start and select. You can remap the crank to A/B so you can use it as a turbo button. We ship custom scripts for Pokémon Gen1 games to use them tonopen inventory and scroll through it. In Kirby’s Dreamland you can use it to let Kirby fly. We want to add a script in Zelda so you can use it for fishing in the pond. I also want to add support for Alleyway to navigate the paddle with the crank.

Deka Black 3d ago

@stonerl @SuperSelena64 Thanks!

For some reason, i was thinking about "Making the giant piloted robot to walk"