#blueretro — Public Fediverse posts
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I'm late for the #retrogaming party. Again.
First was when I discovered the #MT32pi - an emulator of the legendary Roland MT-32 MIDI device, that nobody could afford, but was supported by a number of awesome games back in the late #80s / early #90s. @d0pefish, the developer behind it, threw in the towel, saying he'd had enough abuse from people. If I ever meet that guy, beers are on me.
Next, I'm looking into different options for revamping an old #Nintendo64, and I stumbled upon the #BlueRetro project by @darthcloud. It's based on the #ESP32 and is basically a bluetooth-enabled controller emulator, allowing you to use your fancy new wireless controller with old consoles. The developer also threw in the towel in December 2025, citing other priorities. Again, beers are on me.
Common for these two, is that they're open source and sold by a lot of Chinese vendors, who're often not supporting or even crediting the developers, making it a somewhat thankless job. We should do better.