Nintendo’s NES Classic is, at its core essence, a Nintendo-approved NES emulator that comes with 30 ROMs. It feels very similar to the sort of thing people have been building for ages by running Linux ...

NES ROM hacks are modified versions of original NES games, offering new levels, characters, music, and even entirely new gameplay mechanics. These hacks breathe new life into classic games, making ...

Nintendo Switch Online has been hacked within hours of its release, and players have already figured out how to play their own ROMs as well as the 20 NES games that come with the service. The process ...

Like any other game console developer, Nintendo is not in favor of emulators. But unlike other game console developers, it actually uses emulators for its own benefit. The NES/SNES Classic, for ...

First projects are for learning—fail forward, build habits and foundations. A flawless handheld NES on ESP32 as a first embedded build made me equal parts jealous and impressed. Emulator was rewritten ...

Who needs a Game Boy when the vNes emulator by Vampent lets you run classic NES roms right from your mobile phone? From the official site: "vNes is a NES emulator for mobiles. It lets you play ...

The NES or Nintendo Entertainment System helped pull console gaming back into the mainstream after the infamous Video Game ...

Wherever you look, people seem to love hacking into games systems and cartridges to create gameplay experiences that just would never be possible through official means. This latest project is no ...

My oh my, what have we here? The “NEO SNES/SFC MYTH FLASH CART” is basically a cartridge that you pop into your Super Nintendo (you do still have your Super Nintendo, don’t you?) that’s got 256MB of ...

Michael has been writing about entertainment since 2016, but he's been a gamer since playing Pac-Man in the arcade, Kings Quest 3 on the PC, and the Sega Master System he got from his late father. In ...