Our first release of 2025 is here! I hope you all enjoy the Technos16 cores. Before diving into the update, please make sure to read the instructions for Technos16.
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been work...
Happy New Year, everyone! We're ready to start 2025 off with a bang. Thank you once again for all your support in 2024! Here's a brief update on what we're currently working on as we kick off the new year:
First up are development documenta...
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all! We're nearing the completion of the Williams/Midway Z-Unit and Y-Unit cores, and as of today, both the CVSD and ADPCM cores support all titles.
Williams / Midway Y-Unit FPGA compatible Veril...
2024-12-25 16:07:32 +0000 UTC View Post
I’d like to take a moment to share some updates on our plans and current progress as the Z/Y-Unit cores are coming to a close. While we have additional projects slated that aren’t listed here, the summary below should give everyone a good sens...
2024-11-08 19:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Over the weekend, we released improvements to both the Z-Unit and Y-Unit cores. Below, you'll find information on the overall hardware overview, fixes, necessary optimizations, and our current release schedule for this phase. We have also implemen...
2024-11-08 18:21:58 +0000 UTC View Post
The final entry for the Technōs16 platform is here! The Combatribes is a hard-hitting arcade beat 'em up released by Technōs Japan in 1990. Known for its gritty urban theme, over-the-top action, and three-player simultaneous gamepl...
2024-09-27 20:12:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Yesterday, we successfully transitioned to distributing via the Pocket Updater (pupdater) for our first Midway Y-Unit beta release, with only a few users encountering issues related to the SmashTV RC1 build. Pramod and I spent today resolving thes...
2024-09-23 00:56:54 +0000 UTC View Post
This core is the first game in the Williams Y Unit Series: Smash TV. Generally it works pretty well, but we will continue to refine all the Y unit and Z unit as we go along in the beta series. It is all a shared codebase w...
2024-09-21 16:42:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Well folks, I never even thought this would see the light of day on ANY current platform, but here we are. It is my dream come true!
For the first time the Williams Z Unit comes to an FPGA Platform: The Analogue Pocket. It took almost 2 year...
2024-09-07 19:07:02 +0000 UTC View Post
The beta release of Kyūkyoku Tiger / Twin Cobra marks the 13th Toaplan entry in the Coin-Op Collection! Twin Cobra is one of Darren's favorite arcade games and is something he's look...
2024-08-17 18:50:57 +0000 UTC View Post
The next entry in the Technōs16 platform has arrived! Double Dragon 3 The Rosetta Stone is the last entry to the side-scrolling arcade beat 'em up trilogy created by Technōs Japan. It's my favorite entry to the series and Pramod is also a fan of...
2024-05-27 21:20:11 +0000 UTC View Post
I spent the last few weeks refactoring the code for Truxton II, Snow Bros. 2, Whoopee!!, and implemented Teki Paki. I also added support for the HD647180 version of Whoopee! to the...
2024-05-19 23:39:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Teki Paki 洗脳ゲーム, a 1991 arcade puzzle game by Toaplan, challenges players to manipulate falling groups of three colored blocks. Points are earned by aligning five or more blocks of the same color horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, ...
2024-05-11 22:17:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Well, the time is upon us folks, here it is, WrestleFest for the Analogue Pocket. It is an absolute blast to play with your friends and Technos did a great job on the spritework for bei...
2024-04-12 19:21:18 +0000 UTC View Post
It's been a very busy few weeks, I'm sure everyone would like to know what we've been working on and what the future holds. This post will pretty much cover everything you'd like to know. First off, I'd like to introduce 2024-03-06 21:10:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a great cute 'em up by JALECO known as Plus Alpha! The gameplay is extremely unique, and it’s a rare and expensive PCB. Attributes like this typically put a game on our radar for development and preservation.
We purchased a copy fro...
2024-01-06 20:37:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Midway Y-Unit Alpha Version for MiSTer Release:
As promised in my previous post and video, I am releasing an alpha version of the Midway Y Unit core for MiSTer. I don’t normally like to release incomplete work, but I thoug...
2024-01-05 21:14:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy New Year!!! Here's a few Mega System 1 titles (Hachoo!, Earth Defense Force (Prototype), and In Your Face (Prototype). We'll have more to follow on this week with additional game releases for MiSTerFPGA, PocketFPGA, Polls, and wh...
2024-01-01 23:08:45 +0000 UTC View Post