A security engineer has “ported” one of the best known password recovery utilities to the GameBoy Advance. The port is based on Hashcat, a password recovery utility that otherwise pitches itself as the “world’s fastest.” But I’m doing the bunny ears around ‘ported’ because even the developer admits this is “not really” Hashcat in full….
Is that a Game Boy in your pocket? The Game Boy Pocket turns 30 today. It launched in Japan on July 21th, 1996. It would arrive in the US on September 2nd, 1996. The first revision of Nintendo’s insanely successful Game Boy handheld, the Game Boy Pocket, launched months after Pocket Monster fever had gripped…
Customers received what they “bargained for”. Back in April, it emerged that two gamers in the U.S. filed a lawsuit against Nintendo, claiming that the company had an obligation to refund customers after it was deemed that tariffs affecting prices were actually illegal. Nintendo raised prices for the original Switch along with a bunch of…
“Would there be any human soul in what was created?”. Indie developer Mauro Xavier made headlines a while back for his amazing unofficial port of Capcom’s Final Fight for the Mega Drive / Genesis before making waves of a different kind by revealing he was using GenAI to create the music for one of his…
The Need For Speed debuted on the 3DO in 1994. A homebrew developer is working on bringing Electronic Arts’ 1994 3DO racer The Need For Speed to the real Atari Jaguar hardware, in an experiment to see how far they can push the almost 33-year-old hardware. Budfolk is the developer of the Atari Jaguar homebrew…
It’s a little surprising there aren’t more The Elder Scrolls clones. Aside from Avowed, the only other example I can think of is Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon. It launched in May last year after a stint in early access, and the response was positive, perhaps surprisingly so, considering how tough it must be…
Official announcement incoming. Earlier this month, the Donkey Kong Arcade LEGO set was leaked. Now, in an update, the first official images have been revealed ahead of schedule. Not only is there another look at the box and set details, but there are also some official Lego screenshots showing off the entire build and various…
Featuring music from Super Circuit and Double Dash!! Since the arrival of the Mario Kart World album on Nintendo Music last month, Nintendo has released multiple “Free Roam” songs from the game. This week’s update for the app adds Free Roam songs based on Mario Kart: Double Dash!! and Mario Kart Super Circuit. Here’s the…
It’s arriving “this year”. One of the many surprises of last month’s Nintendo Direct was the announcement Stellar Blade would be coming to the Switch 2 this year. Although there’s no update about the release date of this version just yet, an ESRB rating for the action-adventure featuring fast-paced combat and role-playing elements has now…
