A new cable has appeared! The Commodore Amiga (DB-23) to SCART cable features our signature Mini-Coax cable, with a stereo audio 2-RCA breakout. This cable uses a true DB-23 connector, not a trimmed DB-25.

#PicoGUS can now emulate Sound Blaster 16 with the newly released firmware v4.0.0! Other changes include CD-ROM speed and reliability improvements, GUS mode improvements, and more. Check the full changelog and download the release at github.com/polpo/picogu...

🚀 Announcing the Easy LPC Rebuild QSB for Xbox 1.6 The first rebuild solution that fully restores the LPC port using a simple flex PCB design for fast and reliable installs. Shipping at the end of April. Included free with all Stellar Plus kits! makemhz.com/products/lpc...

When I said #PicoGUS wasn’t being left behind, I wasnt joking! This is a regular ol’ PicoGUS being a Sound Blaster 16, detected and working in Windows 98:

Just because I’m deep in getting #PicoIDE into production doesn’t mean that #PicoGUS is standing still. Delphius and wbcbz7 are in the middle of implementing some pretty awesome things (and on the original RP2040 hardware)! Keep your eyes peeled 👀

Trying something new - Dev logs. I wrote about the current state of #BLEShift 3D, plus NES BT and SNES BT development after a long pause. I hope to keep up with this as projects move forward! www.humblebazooka.com/2026/03/07/b...

I might have a bit of a head start 👀

gonna blast the game boy micro artificial scarcity out of the water

My pre launch page for the Build A Boy is live on @crowdsupply.bsky.social crowdsupply.com/natalie-the-nerd/build-a-boy The only kit that will turn your Lego kit into a real working Game Boy - no emulation

#SwancolorHD V2 in the making. This version will include - a QSB for easy attachment to the mainboard. - embedded Bluetooth controller support - remote power-on/off Prototypes will be ordered in the coming weeks. @zwenergy.bsky.social @machonachomedia.bsky.social #wonderswan

PogChamp

New Product Release SD2SP2 ACE: www.laserbear.net/products/gam... This is not a pre-order, but due to high demand orders may take longer than our typical 2 day fulfillment estimates.

Oops, forgot that I have an affiliate link for Greg's store, you can use it if you want to support me! collabs.shop/oc9bl8

A good 3-4 months of work, almost there almosssssst there

As part of a collaboration with the incredibly talented @redherring32.com of Opentendo fame, we are happy to announce the OpenTendo-AGB (OpenGBA)! This is a fully open source recreation of the AGB-CPU-01 circuit board. (Repository is attached in the next post)

The PicoIDE Crowd Supply campaign is now live! Back the project to be among the first to get yours! PicoIDE is an open IDE/ATAPI drive emulator for retro systems. www.crowdsupply.com/polpotronics...

@polpo.org joins us this week to talk optical media fragility, "cursed IDE controllers," & more, as ATAPI CD-ROM / IDE fixed hard drive replacement PicoIDE is ready for production. The campaign launches today, see picoide.com for details, and watch this Saturday on This Week in Retro episode 253!

The weirdest game boy that has ever existed

My take on a Neo Geo OMVS console case.

Finishing things up for #PicoIDE and it just about saturates the IDE bus in MWDMA mode 2. I’m pretty happy with this! It tests as fast as a 74x CD-rom drive which means there’s a bit more headroom in that mode but that could be the CPU on this K6-2 system being a bottleneck.

OpenTendo-Twin, an open source recreation of the Sharp Twin Famicom (A Famicom with a Famicom Disk System built in) is in the final stages before release. The highlighted nets are all that are left, testing and then release should happen quite soon.

Ringing in the new year with a great addition to the BlueSCSI family: Introducing BlueSCSI Ultra!

I have been able to keep the original Lego power switch mechanism by changing only a few tiny things. I'm super happy with v0.4.2 of the housing. It might be PCB order time

Added the USB C PCB edge connector to the DSPico cart to replace the micro USB port. I'll see how it goes and then fork it. All credit to github.com/AnasMalas/pc... and github.com/LNH-team/dsp...

I'm not 100% sure when the video will be out, but I managed to collect some latency data for the NSO Gamecube controller. I need to start collecting more samples. Up until now, I was collecting around 2000 samples, but with this controller I captured 5000.

Controller modding is just so much fun: here are some gorgeous Alpakkas to make your day better! 😊🎮 Thanks to our amazing community! ❤ ➡More examples: inputlabs.io/contribute/g... 🔥 #Gaming #GamingController #GameControllers How will your Alpakka look like? 😉

Are you ready? Next, the Alpakka 2: the performance of a mouse and the convenience of a controller.😎 The only open-source gaming controller designed for gyro technology. The first of its kind: quad-gyro and ultra-low latency. #Gaming #GamingController #GameControllers ➡ inputlabs.io/alpakka_2

Beta test!

After 6 years working on BlueRetro, the time has come for me to move on and focus on my family and my real job. Thank you to everyone who contributed, tested, reported issues, or supported the project over the years. Your involvement made BlueRetro what it is today.

I've been really struggling this week buuuuut I got my home made screen in the build

And they tried to tell me it shouldn’t be done! But behold! The #Cuboid! It’s rocking both the GCLoader and the Dual. And also, it’s shorter! SD card smartly tucks in the back above the optional handle.

What’s the best GameBoy Color screen in the year of our lord 2025?

Gave the status screen of #PicoIDE a bit of a refresh.

Actually we’re not gaming because I can’t get the driver to work 😭

UGREEN HDMI 2.1 switches on sale again! (Affiliate link) amzn.to/48aVyqm

Now we are gaming!!!

8BitDo 64 Bluetooth Controller for Analogue 3D (Grey) up for preorder on 8BitDo ($44.99) buff.ly/9mq4Rk7

8BitDo DIY controller kits are on sale on their website for Black Friday (non affiliate link): shop.8bitdo.com/collections/...

It's official! #PicoIDE, the open source IDE/ATAPI drive emulator I've been working on for the better part of this year, will be launching at Crowd Supply! Go there to sign up for updates and to be notified when the campaign is live: www.crowdsupply.com/polpotronics...

Who says I don’t collect physical media?

My Unraid NAS gets a little upgrade today

Fixed the black line, wiring skill issue 🙄

BlueSCSI 🤝 PicoIDE Welcome to the truly open hardware & open source retro storage revolution. We've worked together to make this awesome front panel work in both PicoIDE and BlueSCSI.

Still dicking around with the FlippyDrive / RetroGEM GC mount. I have like 6 different versions now of GC rear I/O panels so I'm combining them and adding punch outs for I/O stuff thats not being used.

Are you ready for #PicoIDE? It seems to be telling me it's ready. Coming soon: ATAPI optical disc emulation and IDE hard drive emulation. picoide.com

The Jaguar 64BP is now available! Smear is for bagels, not the beloved Atari Jaguar! ko-fi.com/s/0cb73b9ecf

coming soon 😉 - picoide.com (image made at homes.luddy.indiana.edu/ccshan/for/f...)

@sharkabytes.bsky.social posted about The Dig's soundtrack earlier today, which made me feel like firing the game up on the PicoIDE (coming soon 😉) - this really takes me back!