New hardware smell. This is it, people. This is the year. The smoke and stench from refried rumours is overwhelming but soon it will clear to reveal… new Nintendo hardware. No, not a grainy motherboard pic from a factory backroom or a render someone posted with ‘OMG the latest Switch 2 trailer is 🥹🥹🥹!!!!11‘ slapped…
Console got a whole new game in 1990, not a port. Given that it was once famous for the quality of its arcade games, it’s somewhat odd that Sega produced so many home console titles that were connected with their coin-op parents in name only. Both the Genesis / Mega Drive and Master System ports…
Shadow trumps Sonic. With Sonic and co. currently making waves in the global box office with Sonic the Hedgehog 3, Samsung has revealed that it is launching a new set of ‘Pro Plus’ MicroSD cards based on key characters from the franchise (thanks, Hot Hardware). No release date has been set at the time of…
Twitter is dead. Almost exactly a year ago I hoped the once-upon-a-time microblog of record would have a 2024 bad enough to kill it—to finally free me from my compulsion to check in—and you know what? The year made good on my request. Don’t get me wrong. I don’t mean that Twitter is dead in…
Single-RAM core also coming to MiSTer FPGA. Atari’s Jaguar will soon be playable on the Analogue Pocket thanks to the efforts of FPGA developer Mazamars. The core was shown in action during Pixel Cherry Ninja’s recent live stream, which also showed off the single-RAM Jaguar core for MiSTer FPGA. Read the full article on timeextension.com…
Sometimes less is more. That seems to be the guiding philosophy of NTDev, a developer that we’ve previously seen reducing Windows installations to a ridiculously small size. Now, the dev has managed to get Windows 11 working on a miniscule amount of system memory, too. NTDev shared on X that they’ve managed to get Windows…
Chips ahoy. Well folks, part of us had hoped that 2025 would mark the end of leaks and rumours regarding the upcoming ‘Switch 2’, but apparently not. Ahead of Nintendo’s expected announcement before the end of March, new images have appeared online that seem to reveal the successor’s motherboard. Posted on Reddit by MHN1994 (who…
“We’ve never seen anything like this before”. While it’s fair to say that modern-day television sets produce a sharper, brighter and more colourful image than ones from a few decades ago, there’s no denying that CRT TVs have their place in the world of retro gaming. Many vintage games were designed to be viewed on…
Get ready to earn while you learn in Oil Strike ’75, a fun, exciting, and educational new game from Cadal Corp. where you’re tasked with running a rig and discovering new oil deposits at the bottom of the sea – no matter the cost. Who knows what you’ll find! Utilise super-safe seismic exploration to discover…
Yo, Joe. The classic System 16 arcade title Shinobi has been ported to SNK’s Neo Geo system by h0ffman. The footage of the game shown here has been captured on a Neo Geo CD, with the data being loaded from a physical disc. However, h0ffman says that there are plans to port the game to…