After fixing a memory mapping issue which affected Contra III and Krusty’s Super Fun House, we’re back at a reported 100.00% compatibility for SNES games! (opens a bottle of beer) On that occasion, I also fixed the wrong ROM size detection on Street Fighter 2 Turbo. Meanwhile, [JonY] pointed out a firmware bug, so the config file function will have to go through a major rewrite. Hope to get it done by the end of today. needed some hefty rewriting, but now works better than ever (including the possibility to revert individual parameters to factory default). Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to go pick up some Atari adapters :D

Setting out for new adventures: I am currently looking into building an adapter for *Atari 2600 games. Here is a fabrication shot of a couple prototype PCBs which I should receive later this week. If this works, it might be a cheap way to open the Retrode for other systems.

My mom is usually not too enthusiastic about me spending a fortune (and lots of time) on the invention and production of novelty gadgets, instead of finishing my PhD and getting a real job. This time, however, she surprised me with this neat collection of Retrode dust protection pouches made from some old comic fabric she found in the cellar. How much more “retro” can it possibly get? Maybe I can convince her to make a bunch for the true Retrode aficionados :D

Good news: the final cases have arrived. They turned out a bit more golden than I expected, and they’re of really nice quality. As promised, here are two photos. After sealing the boxes again, I took them to the post office right away, so in a few weeks they should come back from the machining guy with beautiful CNC cutouts.
By the way, did you notice that there is not a single red item remaining in the Status section on the right? It won’t be long until we can indulge in the nicest Retrodes (Golden Edition, of course) the world has ever seen.