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RetroHC developed a new version of RetroBright called Retr0Sbiancante. RetroBright is a chemical solution that can erase the yellowing of plastics. RetroHC was searching for a new formula, because the original chemicals are hazardous and difficult to buy. The new solution is whitening gel and an oxidizing gel for your hair. You can read all the details on the blog…

GenesisPlus Version 1.5 for MorphOS. Changes: – Major update complete overhaul of emulation core tonew based on the latest GenesisPlus Wii version– Sega CD, MasterSystem and GameGear emulation– Better window size handling– Seperate rom dirs for each supported console– New input configuration panel– XBox 360 gamepad support via sensors.library– New save state manager panel– Many other bug fixes and improvements…

Hi65 is a high-level Commodore 65 emulator. The Commodore 65 is a proto type 8-bit computer with an 4510 CPU (3.54 MHz), 256 colour graphics and 8 MB of RAM. This emulator does not emulate the whole C65, but it will run programs that are written in BASIC. Changes in this version: Load programs via the command line or with…

The 8-Bit Cities project makes maps from cities. But the maps look like if they are made on a 8-Bit computer such as the Nintendo Entertainment System or the Commodore 64. At the moment the following cities are available: Amsterdam, Austin, Berlin, Boston, Boulder, Detroit, Kyoto, London, New Orleans, New York, Nijmegen, Oklahoma City, Paris, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, Singapore…

UAE4ALL is an Open Source Amiga 500 emulator for the Dreamcast console. The current version is a release candidate, but lots of games are running at the moment. Recent changes: SuperThrottle, ADZ support, Save diskette changes to VMU, 2 Floppy drives emulation, Throttle and Autoframeskip. Website: http://chui.dcemu.co.ukSource: http://www.richardlagendijk.nl

[youtube Yhbhx1rBIyo nolink] Stiggy made a video review of the C64 emulator on the Ouya Console. Ouya is an open source game console with a Nvidia Tegra 3 Soc running Android OS. He talks about the options for video, audio and inputs. He explains the loading of the games, the turbo function, the on-screen keyboard and how to use a…

Sauraen and Oikanys are working on the MIDIbox aSIDity project. This project will be the most powerful SID-based synthesizer in the world. At the moment the SIDFB boards are ready and work has started on the case. The number of control switches, LEDs and displays is enormous. You can follow the progress on the midi box forum. Website: http://tinyurl.com/ode39lkSource: http://www.richardlagendijk.nl

Kicaco released tapDancer for Android. With this app you can convert .tap files to audio files. After that you can use your phone to play back the files to your 8-bit computer via an interface cable. The program can convert the following files: TAP, T64, PRG, UEF, CAS (C64/128/VIC20, ACORN/BBC, MSX, ATARI). Website: https://play.google.comSource: http://www.richardlagendijk.nl

Price is 199Euro for the version without composite/SVHS output, 229Euro with. Replay features :Very large FPGA with high IO pin count for expansion 64 MByte of DDR memory Six layer PCB for high performance and stability 24 bit HD DAC with DVI / HDMI / VGA and legacy 15K monitor support Video line buffer / filter for highest quality output…

Tognon Stefano (ice00) released a new version of XSidplay for Linux. XSidplay is a SID music player for Linux, initially developed by Michael Schwendt. Changes in this version: Libsidplayfp 1.0.2 with resid 1.0 emulation. Fix for the mileage and usage timing calculation and preliminary resid-fp emulation added. Website: http://sourceforge.net/projects/xsidplay2/Source: http://www.richardlagendijk.nl