The Lord of the Rings is a franchise that sits highly in the modern hypothetical sci-fi and fantasy pantheon. Along with Star Wars it encapsulates hope, freedom, and friendship through strife. The Peter Jackson movies, which are now almost 26 years old, reinvigorated the series and led to an avalanche of Lord of the Rings-related media released from around 2001.…
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HISPEEDIDO GBA V5 Laminated Backlight Kit + HISPEEDIDO USB-C Battery Kit Review
HISPEEDIDO, along with FunnyPlaying, is the most well-known and professional backlit screen kit provider available. Their products are known for ease of assembly, power efficiency, and high brightness. The Chinese company is also quite economical because their screen kits don’t break the bank (unlike a company with premium screen kits like Retrosix). The screen kits and mod kits that HISPEEDIDO have available are from a wide range of systems from the N64 to the Game Boy Pocket.…
NES Everdrive N8 Pro Review
The Everdrive brand of flash carts are some of the most efficient, and premium of all flash carts. They are also available on a wide range of systems. The Nintendo Entertainment System as a system that is now over thirty-five years old is quite easy to emulate on anything from a smartphone to a Nintendo Wii.…
Everdrive 64 X7 Review
The Nintendo 64 is an icon of the mid to late 90’s. The console is home to numerous multiplayer gems. Goldeneye, Mario Kart 64, Perfect Dark, Super Smash Bros, and Pokemon Stadium are just some of the titles that meant that the N64 was the best multiplayer console of its generation. The PSone won the console war of that generation in terms of sales, but it only accommodated two players out of the box (while the N64 had four controller ports).…
GBA Everdrive Mini Review
Of all the old handheld consoles that are now often played through emulation, the Game Boy Advance is quite difficult to emulate efficiently. For this reason, machines such as the Retron SQ have a very limited compatibility list of GBA games that work with the hardware. There are a few flash carts available for the GBA and like with other systems these options make playing games on old hardware much more convenient and easy.…
HISPEEDIDO (GBC) Backlight Screen Kit Q5 (Laminated) Review
Unlike the Game Boy Pocket, the Game Boy Color has a few screen kits available that require no soldering to install. This article reviews one of them, and the HISPEEDIDO Q5 kit is also one of the cheaper ones available. At less than £50 (if you’re lucky), this option will backlight your Game Boy Color with a new, beautiful screen and there are touch options to change brightness and color, even if your soldering skill aren’t up to the job.…
Everdrive GB X7 Review
The Game Boy and Game Boy Color are systems that live on in many of our memories but many people don’t know that new games are unofficially still being developed, and released for these systems. Infinity, Dragonborne, and Kudzu are just some of the ‘homebrew’ titles that are being professionally released, and are whole new worlds for gamers to explore on their 8-bit handhelds.…
GameCube Achievements Unlocked Thanks To Emulation
A slew of GameCube games will receive achievements thanks to RetroAchievements and, of course, Dolphin. Come July 15, support for the Nintendo platform will go live. Not all games will come with support, of course, but a large range of games will see support out of the box.
Games like Twilight Princess, Viewtiful Joe, Chibi-Robo, Super Smash Bros.…
RetroSix GBA CleanScreen Kit (Laminated IPS) Review
The humble Game Boy has become known as a great device to mod, especially by adding a backlit screen. If you go for an IPS screen, you could choose a Chinese unbranded one from Aliexpress or eBay, or you could go for a premium branded version, such as the IPS screens offered by Retrosix from the UK.…
Game Boy Advance Screen Mods – A General Introduction
Game Boy Modding involves changing or adding features to old Game Boys usually to make them look and play better than when they were originally released. In the last ten years, the Game Boy modding community has really grown, and people especially seem fascinated by adding IPS screens to their humble old Game Boy. An IPS mod transforms the screen.…