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Showcases the ‘Super Enhancement Engine’. Legendary SNES emulator ZSNES is back in active development, with two of the original developers involved. As revealed by Zophar, zxKnight and _Demo_ are working on Super ZSNES, a GPU-powered successor to the original emulator. Read the full article on timeextension.com Showcases the ‘Super Enhancement Engine’. Legendary SNES emulator ZSNES…
It didn’t just revolutionize a franchise – it reshaped the entire video game industry, much like Super Mario Bros. had done more than a decade earlier. Just as the 1985 NES classic defined the blueprint for side-scrolling platformers, Super Mario 64 established the foundation for 3D game design. Before Mario’s leap into 3D, few developers…
R-Type! Punch-Out!! Sega! Nintendo in Brazil! Welcome to Retro Recap, a regular feature we run each and every weekend which rounds up all of the best retro gaming news and content of the past week in one place. Read the full article on timeextension.com R-Type! Punch-Out!! Sega! Nintendo in Brazil! Welcome to Retro Recap, a…
Part of that discrepancy stems from the fact that the American console crash derailed Xevious’s journey. Atari Inc. manufactured and distributed the arcade machine here, but the company’s dissolution prevented the game from reaching eager audiences at home until well after it had ceased to be relevant. Xevious is a timeless classic, but it would…
Amiga: Classic Game Insights Vol 2 is on Kickstarter now. Nicola and Anthony Caulfield – the filmmaking duo behind From Bedrooms to Billions, The Amiga Years, The PlayStation Revolution and The Rubber Keyed Wonder – have another documentary project on Kickstarter at the moment. Amiga: Classic Game Insights Vol 2 is a series of short…
A little while back, I decided to make some shorts that show parts of a cover, backside and the game and see if you can guess what it is before the reveal at the end. I never thought I would ever do 100 of them. I finally posted the 100th video (see below). It has…
“It’s a Game Boy Color with a less-than-optimal playing experience”. Remember Chris “LeggoMyFroggo” Hackmann? He’s famous for creating the Frog Boy Color and Tad Boy Color, but his next project is perhaps the most ambitious (and unhinged) yet – he’s created a Game Boy Color you can wear on your wrist. As spotted by Hackster,…
It looks like a duck, but doesn’t walk like one. The PlayStation Vita was one of the first truly modern gaming handhelds, and, sadly, the last one that Sony made apart from the dubiously portable PlayStation Portal. It might have been a commercial failure, but the candybar layout, dual-stick design, and all-glass front set the…
“This truly feels like the beginning of something new”. I’m sure we’re all keenly aware that SNK and Plaion are teaming up on the Neo Geo+, a modern-day recreation of the classic AES home system from the 1990s – and it seems that the announcement has made quite an impact. In a LinkedIn post, Embracer’s…
Implicit Conversions joins Atari’s list of studios. Atari has made some exciting acquisitions over the last few years, including the likes of Digital Eclipse and Nightdive Studios, but it looks like it isn’t through yet. Yesterday, for instance, the company announced it was bringing another company into the Atari family: the emulation-based studio, Implicit Conversions…