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The homebrew project is aiming for a real SNES cartridge release, while its developer has addressed questions around AI-made preview packaging and promised hardware footage soon.
Latest stories
Mark Brown's Game Maker's Toolkit video breaks down how Rockstar North squeezed a much larger Liberty City into the PlayStation 2's tiny memory budget.
A new homebrew project gives Sega's final console a small taste of the motion-control idea Sega once nearly explored itself.
The SpecEmu creator helped set a high bar for accurate ZX Spectrum emulation and also made games and technical tools for the community.
FULLSET's food-fight party game connects Neo Geo, Sega Saturn, and modern network features in a way that feels unusually bold for classic hardware.
FULLSET's party game connects Neo Geo history with modern hardware ideas, from Wi-Fi cartridges to an eight-player multitap.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has put hybrid RPG battles back in the spotlight, but the trend reaches well beyond one game.
Pocket power
Handheld legends, Nintendo hardware, and classic franchise stories.
The long-running GameCube decompilation effort has led to Dusk, an unofficial port with mod support already starting to show its promise.
After YouTuber Rendi reached 99 Slayer on a restricted account, Jagex rolled back the progress tied to a Slayer Partner bug, then explained why the case was treated as account-action worthy.
Before Star Fox became one of Nintendo’s most famous 3D showpieces, Jez San and Argonaut were already chasing technical challenges that most home systems were never built to handle.
Silver disc era
PS1, PS2, PSP, Vita, and the style that shaped a generation.
Mark Brown's Game Maker's Toolkit video breaks down how Rockstar North squeezed a much larger Liberty City into the PlayStation 2's tiny memory budget.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has put hybrid RPG battles back in the spotlight, but the trend reaches well beyond one game.
A compact PS5 and PS4 week still has a few notable picks for horror fans, retro fans, and familiar series followers.
Green room
Original Xbox stories, back compatibility, and hardware history.
A long-running hardware secret, an old Nvidia chipset, and careful software work have all come together in one very modern upgrade for Microsoft’s first console.
Rare's Xbox years have often been judged against its Nintendo past. Ed Fries sees a different thread: a studio still willing to experiment, even when that path is harder.
Archive mode
Classic game stories, development history, anniversaries, and how old games changed over time.
Metal Slug's first game began as a vehicle-focused project from former Irem staff. Poor location tests, hard revisions, and years of arcade craft turned it into something brighter, faster, and more human.
Fox, Falco, Peppy, and Slippy are heading back into formation for Nintendo Switch 2, with physical copies, early retailer pricing, and a few bonus questions still in the air.
The former Fox McCloud performer says he is proud of his place in Star Fox history and hopes fans welcome the series back after a long break.
Hardware shelf
Classic console hardware, mods, displays, controllers, and setup culture.
A small visual feature arrived alongside careful resource work, showing how much effort is going into one of MiSTer’s most demanding console cores.
Taki Udon's $210 FPGA system is more than a PlayStation lookalike. It is a welcoming route into MiSTer-style retro gaming, with some thoughtful hardware touches for players who still care about old cables, pads, memory,和
This setup is narrow, but useful if you already care about both 3D Blu-Ray backups and CRT-friendly refresh rates.
Preservation layer
Emulation, FPGA, homebrew, translations, and preservation-friendly tools.
The SpecEmu creator helped set a high bar for accurate ZX Spectrum emulation and also made games and technical tools for the community.
The Sega Saturn emulator is tackling one of the console's trickiest graphics habits: quads on hardware that now thinks in triangles.
A clear, cartridge-first way to enjoy SNES games through modern emulation, with strong software support and a few early gaps around newer releases.
