These days, emulation makes having old school consoles hooked up to your TV pretty unnecessary. But if you must play Chrono Trigger from the original cartridge, the RetroN 3 is a pretty great way to do it.
For about $US100, you can use the Retrode to convert your SNES and Genesis games into PC and Mac emulator-ready romz. Don’t ask about the legality of it all. Ethically, it’s fine by us. [StoneAgeGamer via Crunchgear]
Making something portable usually means stripping away the excess plastic and coming up with a streamlined beauty. Not in the world’s first portable Sega Saturn’s case though, which comes to us via the BenHeck.com forums.
Now here’s an awesome mod: an old Sega Genesis that’s been converted into some sort of remote-control car. And the original Genesis controller works with it! Just skip to 1:50. If only it still played games!
And if you’re looking to identify a few of the lesser known systems in this pile, Consollection is basically an mini encyclopaedia on the matter. [Consollection via Gamefreaks via GameSetWatch]
Mark said that the PSPgo goes nowhere you haven’t been. He wasn’t impressed to say the least. Perhaps the fact that it has been hacked and someone added a Sega Genesis emulator will make him change his mind.
