I Saw Ashens’ New Horror Film, FPGA Voodoo Chip, New Falcon & More - Ramble 153
Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy876XDxB74
In this episode I talk about Ashens’ new horror film (which I’ve seen!), a new Atari Falcon, the 3dfx Voodoo chip in FPGA, a Raspberry Pi Pico based drop in Z80 replacement, the discontinuation of the Mac Pro, a Jetpac remake, some Namco games coming to Arcade Archives, Wine 11, Epic’s layoffs, an interactive 3D Atari ST in your browser & more!
Chapters
- 00:00 – I Saw The New Ashens Film!
- 08:21 – PCBWay
- 09:09 – The Atari Falcon030 Is Back!
- 18:02 – 3dfx Voodoo In FPGA
- 29:20 – Drop-In Z80 CPU Using Raspi Pico: PicoZ80
- 36:39 – Mac Pro Finally Gone For Good
- 42:30 – Quickfire News: Jetpac, Arcade Archives, Wine 11, Epic Layoffs, Virtual ST
- 54:03 – Videos Of The Week
Original Video Links
Episode Links:
Turn Back Horror Film: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ashens/turn-back-a-folk-horror-film-told-in-reverse
RE-Falcon Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mL4RZdK2JXA
Official Website For The Above: https://re-falcon.com
3dfx Voodoo FPGA: https://hackaday.com/2026/03/22/the-3dfx-voodoo-lives-again-in-an-fpga
Official Website For The Above: https://noquiche.fyi/voodoo
PicoZ80: https://hackaday.com/2026/03/23/picoz80-is-a-drop-in-replacement-for-everyones-favorite-zilog-cpu
Official Website For The Above: https://eaw.app/picoz80
Mac Pro Discontinued: https://9to5mac.com/2026/03/26/apple-discontinues-the-mac-pro
Jetpac Remake: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/03/the-zx-spectrum-classic-jetpac-has-been-unofficially-remade
Arcade Archives Releases: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/03/a-revolutionary-namco-racer-and-a-classic-nichibutsu-shoot-em-up-are-both-heading-to-consoles-this-week
Wine 11 Released: https://www.xda-developers.com/wine-11-rewrites-linux-runs-windows-games-speed-gains
Epic Games Layoffs: https://www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/news/todays-layoffs
Interactive 3D Atari ST Thingy: https://labs.mesmotronic.com/atari-st
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