From RAM upgrades and storage mods to Steam Deck and ROG Ally experiments, e1000 has spent years pushing handheld hardware beyond what manufacturers thought possible

The Ample MAME interface for macOS has been updated. The latest release brings Ample into line with the MAME emulator and includes 6 new ROM updates. The latest version of the Ample MAME interface App is available as a free download from the Ample GitHub page at:https://github.com/ksherlock/ample Also, now thanks to Anomixer, Windows and Linux versions of the Ample MAME Interface are also…

The latest major update to the Applewin Apple II Emulator for Windows based machines has been released. This version includes dozens of changes including the following items: The Applewin Apple II Emulator is maintained by Tom Charlesworth and a team of almost two dozen other Apple II fans. The emulator is a free download from the Applewin Github Page at: https://github.com/AppleWin/AppleWin One…

Sometimes the best projects begin with the developer feeling frustrated. For Hans, that frustration was losing saves, manually moving files between devices, and trying to keep an increasingly complicated retro gaming setup organized across MiSTer FPGA, handhelds, PCs, and original hardware. What started as a personal pain point eventually became

Steam Deck, Steam Machine, Steam Frame, or even the Legion Go S! Heck, this should work with Bazzite, too!

A modern handheld with a nostalgic heart

From Jawaid Bazyar:I am pleased to announce the release of GSSquared v0.8.0. GSSquared is an Apple II series computer emulator. Supported platforms Pre-built binaries This release brings full 3.5″ floppy support on the Apple IIgs, a much-improved Control Panel for managing disks, and better handling when you quit with unsaved disk changes. Features Accuracy Bug Fixes Internals…

The noise you just heard was from thousands of _Super Smash Bros._ players shouting with glee in unison

At some point, 'practicality' stops being the interesting question. What's left is how _identical_ everything has become.

I've been thinking about that a lot lately, because most of the devices I carry now (phone, earbuds, handhelds, whatever) all blur into the same familiar slab

A recent security incident involving Cemu _(software to emulate Wii U games and applications on PC_) has been circulating in the emulation space, after compromised Linux AppImage and Ubuntu package builds were distributed for a short window between May 6 and May 12.

The official PSA outlines what happened and

Après l'installation de Linux sur la PlayStation 5, les joueurs réalisent un nouvel exploit avec l'installation de RPCS3 qui permet de faire tourner des jeux PS3 en émulation.

If you’re anything like me, the recent wave of dual-screen retro handhelds feels like a return to the Nintendo DS era. You pick up something like the AYN Thor and, for a moment, it all clicks! Two displays, stacked, full of potential. But then you start using it

Now shipping with Spruce and soon muOS, Songo#5 is moving from a standalone music player to a default part of handheld firmware ecosystems, with an Android port on the horizon

In a space becoming increasingly crowded with emulation frontends (each promising the “perfect” way to organize and launch your games) it takes something genuinely different to stand out. _RetroHrai!_ , to me, is one of those rare projects that’s managed to do exactly that, earning a growing

In recent years, the idea of running full PC games on an Android phone sat in this weird purgatory between wishful thinking and compromise. You had streaming services that lived or died by your Wi-Fi signal, stripped-down mobile ports that might feel like a hollow apology, or niche emulation hacks

Cannoli is a new and deliberately minimal, so-called 'opinionated' frontend for Android handhelds, designed to strip away the clutter of traditional emulation setups and replace it with a fast, cohesive, console-like experience.

Built around simplicity and smart integration: like seamless RetroArch support and wireless ROM management, it rethinks

Making use of your bottom screen for more than DS & 3DS games?

Forza Horizon 6 is coming soon, and this time it’s taking players to the neon-lit streets and winding mountain passes of Japan. The setting alone is enough to get car enthusiasts and racing game fans excited: Japan’s iconic automotive culture, from midnight street races to drift

The latest version of the Applewin Apple II Emulator is now available. Applewin v1 31.0.3 includes a reworked configuration graphical interface and is the 2nd beta release with this new GUI.. Change in the Tom Charlesworth led Applewin project are as follows: You can download the latest release of Applewin including both he betas and the stable releases from the Applewin GitHub page…

The 80th release of the Ample Interface for macOS brings the emulation interface with MAME 0.287. This update includes one additional ROM for the Ample interface. Also, be sure to re-download all of your Apple II related ROMs as they were updated in 0.286. The Ample MAME Interface can be downloaded from the GitHub page at:https://github.com/ksherlock/ample

When I opened the box for the Retroid Pocket 6, the color was the first thing that caught my attention. Retroid had sent over the ‘Light Purple’ variant for me to review, and it _immediately_ reminded me of the shade used on the Lilac Purple versions of the

Retro handhelds have _always_ worn their inspirations on their sleeves. For years now, companies have been building new devices in the image of old, well-loved hardware. Sometimes subtly, sometimes not at all. You can see it in the clamshell revival of the Game Boy Advance SP, the endless reinterpretations of

It takes a certain kind of person who, after spending enough time with something like PICO-8, doesn’t just want to make games and enjoy it: they start wondering how it works, and eventually whether they could build something like it themselves. It’s about understanding the invisible

From Jawaid Bazyar: I am pleased to announce the release of GSSquared v0.7.2. GSSquared is an Apple II series computer emulator. Supported platforms are: Pre-built binaries available for: This is a maintenance release, focusing on user interface – menus and interactive widgets of various types. User Interface Features Bug Fixes Internals *1: On Linux, because Linux is a dumb wasteland of ego,…

There’s a certain way people talk about retro gaming that I’ve never fully clicked with. It almost always comes back to consoles and emulators: what system you’re recreating, how accurate it is, how close it feels to the original hardware. And of course, that&

I discovered a company that Nintendo's lawyers need to go after.

This company directly profits from enabling software piracy. Going so far as to sell emulators and emulation hardware and distributing illegally obtained Nintendo ROMs.

These products are, according to Nintendo's own words, enabling wanton theft

The Impossible Shooter

In 1997, a first-person shooter based on the latest James Bond film launched for the Nintendo 64... and it somehow managed to alter the trajectory of console gaming forever.

On paper, it should have been a modest success at best. The film it was tied to had

On the PortMaster suggestions page, _Dead Cells_ sat for a _long time_ with 178 votes and a feasibility rating of “Low.” It wasn’t a dismissal, but it _was_ a feeling that everyone seemed to share. The community wanted it. They just didn’t believe it

On the PortMaster suggestions page, _Dead Cells_ sat for a _long time_ with 178 votes and a feasibility rating of “Low.” It wasn’t a dismissal, but it _was_ a feeling that everyone seemed to share. The community wanted it. They just didn’t believe it

​Emulation is a difficult subject to discuss amongst the video game community, despite being an established pillar since the popularization of the Internet. But as the video game industry pushes toward cloud gaming and full digitization, the importance of emulation grows stronger, no matter how much the leading games companies fight against it. ​Emulation, within […]

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