Bringing back the games and consoles you loved as a kid, into the 21st Century
It’s not new. It’s not fancy. But it is Clean!
We recommend our composite bare wire, S-Video bare wire, or combined lead. On our S-Video cables the green wire is S-Video Y (Luma), and the blue wire is C (Chroma).
Photos in listing are of a photo of a modern TFT playing Pitfall, and then the rest are from a cheap composite capture card to PC to capture images. As you can see even through cheap capture devices the images appear nice and clean.
This product is still in continued development and the more feedback we receive the more support and improvements we can add. It is at the stage that is should be cleaner and sharper than any other mod out there already, and below are a list of known improvements we are working on for the next version.
1. LUMA0 is still much more delayed than LUMA1/2. Visually you won't notice much of anything, but it does mean I have had to over-dampen the luma to compensate the mixing of the LUMA pins together. This causes slightly softer edges than could be achieved. Plan to fix with a larger LUMA delay circuit.
2. Using switch mode power supplies (instead of transformer based) will introduce 2MHz visual noise all over the image. Not sure if this is normal with RF and other mods, but plan to find a way to filter the system/CleanComp next version. So use high quality/original transformer based power supplies for now.
3. Chroma merges into SYNC rise, causing a slight sync undershoot. This doesn't seem to visually effect anything but I will remove the sync tip undershoot next version with faster transistors.
If you are using a RetroTink (especially newer versions) they are known to add jailbars and checkerboards to composite and S-Video due to their own PCB adding clock noise to the image.
Use a real monitor/device that supports S-Video, or a OSSC with the composite add-on for perfect results.
Luke
Retro Enthusiast
RetroSix is a small team of people who have been in the gaming industry and retail business since 2013, and sold consoles, controllers and even designed our own controllers and consoles.
Putting that expertise to good use, we decided to start RetroSix; a small team of people passionate about retro gaming, and restoring original consoles to like-new, adding our own twist and style to them and in general bringing a modern twist to retro.
Experience the nostalgia without the limitations of old and outdated hardware.
So many things these days are mass produced, not designed to last, and make as cheap as possible for as much money as possible. We started RetroSix not as a mass market business, instead with the aim of perfection. Recreating moulds of original shells, casting them from quality ABS, redesigning hardware such as power supplies, USB-C, audio and more, to upgrade your consoles to the highest quality available. No cheap junk sold for profit.
All restoration work, modifications, improvements and so on are done in the UK, in-house by hand and all attention to detail and care is taken for every order. You can be assured that your order has been inspected not only by a real person but someone who knows about and is excited by gaming and retro, and no sub-par product leaves our doors.
Partners
We believe partnering with other likeminded companies is a great way to help each other out and ultimately make products that are better for the end consumer. We have many distributors and partners around the globe who sell RetroSix products, you can find them by simply searching for "RetroSix Country Name" such as "RetroSix Germany" in google in your country for top results.
Of course we sell and ship worldwide direct from source if you would like to purchase direct from anywhere in the world.