Retro gaming

Review of BitBox Game Cases from Stone Age Gamer

Tons of retro game cartridges nowadays are just the game with no box. Or if they’re in a box, it’s a cardboard one that is slowly disintegrating. Or maybe it’s a plastic box from 25 years ago that is slowly crumbling to bits. Naturally, you’ll want to protect your game …

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Review: SN30/SF30 Pro Controller from 8Bitdo

We here at Hackinformer absolutely love getting our hands on new tech and accessories. And when I finally was given an 8bitdo SN30 Pro gamepad, I was absolutely ecstatic and decided I wanted to review it thoroughly. This controller has been out for a little bit now, but that doesn’t …

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Use USB-Host to Add Storage to SNES Classic!

We are all more than aware by now that the hakchi software from Cluster_M was a godsend to both the NES Classic and the SNES Classic. For those who aren’t aware, I have a quick history lesson. You can add more ROMs to your systems! So, the NES Classic easily fit …

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Review: Super GamePad from My Arcade

My Arcade’s dedication to supplying retro accessories and game products marches on with the Super GamePad. This controller is designed with the SNES Classic in mind as the original controllers for the micro-console are wired. Sure, they’re longer than the NES Classic’s controller cords, but that doesn’t mean it’s far …

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Review: Karate Champ Micro Arcade from My Arcade

My Arcade is a company built upon making portable gaming devices or just smaller iterations of larger systems (as well as other fun things). They have a large line of portable systems that can also be plugged into a TV via video out and played that way. Today we have …

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Super Nintendo games are now playable on the PS4 with FW4.05

The PS4 scene has been on a roll since the release of the Kernel Exploit for FW4.05 or 4.55 here. The latest release for the scene was PS2 ISO emulation on the PS4 and now we are starting to get some emulators for FW4.05/4.55. Most of the time when systems get …

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CES 2018: what happen the good & the bad..

CES is known as the International Consumer electronic show and as long as I have been going to CES, it as always seems to have a theme to it.  Like 2016 was smart wearables, 2017 was all about VR, even though you may have seen some in 2016 but they over tower the …

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Adding ROMs to the Super Retro-Cade

If you happened upon and purchased the Super Retro-cade from Retro-Bit, you were definitely happy about the 90 included games. There are just so many of them and this time around, they aren’t vaporware or shovelware. The system is just leaps and bounds better than their previous foray into the …

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Review: GC to SW Controller Adapter from Brook Design

As I have been on a Switch accessory tangent recently, I figured, why stop now? Today’s accessory of discussion is the GC to SW Controller Adapter from Brook Accessory (aka Brook Design). This is a converter for your Gamecube controllers that allow them to run on the Switch. It is …

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GameBoy Advance emulator now works on the Nintendo Switch

The developers of RetroArch have been working on emulators for the Nintendo Switch and most of us have seen their POC with Secret of Mana using their SNES emulator. Heres the video below if you miss it. https://youtu.be/UFvSfoOhAD8?t=10m37s Today they have another emulator working on the Nintendo Switch and it’s the GameBoy Advance. Thanks …

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