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Steam Link Review

After 1 Week of testing and playing around with the Steam Link, here are my thoughts and some fixes. Unboxing                   What’s in the Box ? Steam Link (obviously) Network Cable HDMI Cable Power Adapter with various country specific adapters Instruction Sheets Connecting and setting up the …

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Mission RGB : Super Famicom

I bought a brand new RGB Cable from retrogamingcables.co.uk. It’s alredy the 3rd cable I order from their Store. (first 2 were for the Neo Geo and Mega Drive) This time, it’s for my Super Famicom, and the first one with the Composite SYNC (CSYNC) Option. This CSYNC Option is only available for NTSC Models. …

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A Way out of AMD Driver Hell

Several months ago, I swapped my nVidia Card for an AMD Radeon Graphics Card. At that point in time, I was able to install AMD’s latest WHQL-Driver, 13.12, without any problem. Days and weeks passed by (and the card working fine), AMD releases a new driver. Every PC Gamer knows that 1st Rule is to …

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Neo Geo – How to fix broken RGB output (missing color)

After hooking up my Neo Geo with a RGB Cable, I noticed that colors did not render properly. Image was all “yellowish”, which did not appear when connected with it’s original (composite) cable.

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Retropie – Tips ‘n Tricks

Edit 03/2017 : This post is heavily outdated. I recommend using Lakka as your system of choice for your Raspberry Pi. Have a look and test it, you won’t miss Retropie! I think that we can all agree that the Raspberry Pi is a wonderful piece of Hardware. Using Retropie, I wanted to be able …

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Atari VCS 2600 Joystick Micro Switch Mod.

In this gallery we’ll see how to modify an old Atari Joystick for improved game play. The old switches tend to stop working , and had to be replaced with modern micro “click” switches. You’ll need about 5 micro Switches (about 4mm height), something to cut and of course a soldering iron. Reichelt.de is selling …

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Atari VCS 2600 Composite Video Mod

Credits for this mod go to Circuit-board.de My Atari VCS was resting for 5+ years in the cellar when I finally got Yars’ Revenge for it. (Recommended by a fellow Retro Gamer). To hookup the VCS to the TV, I used the builtin antenna cable. As you can guess, Image quality was horrible ! So …

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Master System 50/60 Hz Mod (w. Switch)

Recently I had a spare Switch and a little time, and got inspired to pull off a 50/60Hz  Mod to the Master System on the german circuit-board. I know there’s also a switchless mod, but I didn’t have the needed parts at hand. Also, the SystemBoard in my Master System was already (factory)-modded. Turned out …

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[Solution] Ubuntu 12.04 NFS Shares cause high CPU load + dropouts after upgrade from 10.04

After upgrading our Ubuntu Server from 10.04LTS to 12.04LTS, we noticed a severe decrease of Performance of our FOG Server. Transfer times of the images were drastically higher (few hours instead of +- 20minutes) and very often the transfer would fail after a few GB. Noticed that during transfer (which uses NFS), the cpu load …

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Hama Beads Design Creation Workshop

In this small tutorial I’ll show you how to turn your favorite Game Characters into classy Bead Designs.

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Game Boy Bibel [Pix ‘n Love]

Vun ? Editions Pix ‘n Love Wou ? Online Bestellung Fir ? 34,90€ Gesamtandrock Jiddereen deen an den 80/90er grouss ginn ass hat een, den Nintendo Game Boy. Dës Bibel gëtt der Kult Konsole déi Opmierksamkeet déi se verdéngt, ass déi onscheinbar Konsole dach dofir verantwortlech dass souvill Läit haut Videosspiller daddeln. Pix’n Love huet …

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GYMNK : Code Name: Viper [NES]

  Code Name: Viper Waat ? Action Platformer Wou ? NES Wéini ? 1990 Vun ? Capcom Fir ? 1 Spiller Während der 8Bit Ära war een oft jalous op japanesch oder amerikanesch Spiller. An Europa ass bei wäitem net all NES Spill erauskomm an sou munchen Action Kracher hunn mir nie ze gesi kritt. …

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