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A new USB-C adapter could bring classic Game Boy multiplayer into the online era
The Game Boy never really disappeared. It was pushed into drawers, boxed into collections and replaced…
How Nintendo turned the Famicom into a banking, stock trading and betting terminal
Before online gaming became a world of usernames, patches, digital shops and strangers shouting into microphones,…
Nintendo 64 anniversary: why the N64 still matters 30 years after launch
Nintendo launched the Nintendo 64 in Japan on 23 June 1996. Thirty years later, the console…
Duke Nukem: Zero Hour review – the forgotten N64 exclusive revisited
Duke Nukem: Zero Hour is the sort of game that could only really have happened in…
The Crystal Hunt reimagines Crash Bandicoot as a 16-Bit SNES adventure
Crash Bandicoot has always belonged to a strange corner of gaming history. He was not created…
Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake for Switch 2 sparks fan worries over big changes
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is returning on Nintendo Switch 2, and the announcement…
New SNES homebrew game brings Guitar Hero-style rhythm action to retro hardware
The Super Nintendo was never known as a rhythm game console. Its best-known titles were platformers,…
Nintendo’s Palworld lawsuit runs into problems as full release approaches
The Nintendo Palworld lawsuit once looked like one of the most important gaming disputes of the…
Microsoft Windows NT revived on Nintendo GameCube, Wii and Wii U via PowerPC port
A Nintendo GameCube was never meant to sit under a desk as a beige workstation. The…
Felipe 64 visual editor opens new doors for Nintendo 64 homebrew games
The Nintendo 64 is remembered for big 3D worlds, analogue control and games that helped define…
Swamp Rally is a charming new GBA homebrew game worth watching
The Game Boy Advance may be old enough to legally feel nostalgic, but developers are still…
Elden Ring on Nintendo 64? This fan-made N64 demake is real and playable
There are some game ideas that sound less like a development pitch and more like something…
How David Wise created Aquatic Ambience, Donkey Kong Country’s underwater masterpiece
In the loud, colorful world of Donkey Kong Country, one level theme dared to do something…
Japan’s Noto Satoyama airport gets Pokémon makeover until 2029
At first glance, Noto Satoyama Airport is not the sort of place you would expect to…
Windows CE on Nintendo 64: how WinCE64 turns the N64 into a tiny Microsoft PC
A developer called ThroatyMumbo has got Windows CE 2.11 running on real Nintendo 64 hardware through…
Cemu Wii U emulator downloads compromised, Linux users urged to act
Cemu, the popular Wii U emulator, has been caught up in a serious software supply-chain incident…
Forgotten SNES action game Psycho Dream returns after three decades
Some games never really disappear. They slip out of sight, get traded between collectors, passed around…
Star Fox 64 remake brings back one of Nintendo’s greatest space adventures
There are some gaming comebacks that feel inevitable, and then there is Star Fox, a series…
Nintendo sued by gamers over tariff refunds and alleged double dipping
Nintendo is facing a consumer lawsuit that sits in an unusual space between gaming, retail pricing,…
How Soyo Oka shaped the sound of early Nintendo classics
Some game composers are widely known by name, while others are recognized first through the games…
Super ZSNES returns with hi-res Mode 7 and modern emulator features
Some software is remembered less like a tool and more like a place. For many retro…
Psycho World returns: original MSX2 psychic action game comes to Switch
Every once in a while, a retro release comes along that feels less like a reissue…
Black Castle 2 is a new retro platformer every Game Boy fan should try
There is something instantly lovable about Black Castle 2. From the moment you see it in…
Tomb Raider finally comes to Nintendo 64 in ambitious fan port
Some games become so closely tied to a specific platform that it is hard to imagine…
Nintendo 64 classic Pilotwings 64 fully decompiled with PC port in the works
Pilotwings 64 might finally be getting a second life, and honestly, it feels like one of…
Mario Party 4 is finally playable on PC thanks to fan-made native port
Mario Party 4 getting an unofficial native PC port is the kind of news that instantly…