Mozilla has been carving out a space for itself in this new and frightfully fast-growing world of AI. Last month, there was backlash when it announced that Firefox would “evolve into a modern AI browser.” Since then, it seems Mozilla has been clarifying what exactly this means, possibly in an attempt to reassure those who…
Fatal Fury: King of Fighters, Fatal Fury 2, and Fatal Fury Special. Mizuki, the company behind the X68000 Z (a recreation of Sharp’s X68000), has revealed it will be releasing a new compilation, based on the Fatal Fury series (otherwise known as Garō Densetsu in Japan). Fatal Fury: Trilogy Collection brings together Magical Company’s X68000…
Gotta read it all. Believe it or not, Pokémon is turning 30 this year. Truth be told, it kind of makes me feel a bit better about my own age; whenever I add yet another digit, I can at least take some comfort in the knowledge that Pokémon isn’t too far behind. I must admit,…
“A complete, buildable disassembly of Virtua Racing Deluxe for the Sega 32X”. Back when Sega launched the ill-fated 32X, one of the key selling points it hit upon was that it could run faithful coin-op ports of the company’s latest 3D games – and it sort of had a point. While Virtua Fighter and Virtua…
…or have they been in touch already? Google – a company so addicted to AI it’s pushing it into places it’s simply not wanted – has just lifted the lid on Project Genie, a new Generative AI tool which is able to create playable ‘gaming worlds’ thanks to the fact that it has been trained…
“I’d rather quit the industry than use Generative AI”. The Oliver Twins recently resurrected one of their older games, Ghost Hunters, using Generative AI. The results are not pretty If you listen to Google, Meta and Microsoft, you’d be forgiven for believing that Generative AI is the future of, well, everything. Read the full article…
I love a good museum, and I also love me some antique hardware. So, I was overjoyed this morning to discover the Computer History Museum has launched a digital portal (via Hackaday), which means you can enjoy its collection from the comfort of your own home. The museum is based near Mountain View, California, which…
Overclocks from 80MHz to 94MHz! A new ‘turbo’ N64 core for MiSTer FPGA is in the works that boosts performance by 17.5 percent, it has been revealed. As highlighted by Video Game Esoterica, Corn’s update on FPGAzumSPASS‘ existing N64 FPGA core overclocks from 80MHz to 94MHz on Reality Coprocessor and memory, which makes games run…
Running an AI company isn’t a cheap thing to do, especially if you’re at the forefront of developing new models. You need to buy or rent hundreds of thousands of GPUs, pay huge energy and water bills, and hire lots of highly skilled and qualified staff. So, where does one find a handy source of…
Promises “totally dynamic worlds” and extensive modding possibilities. Some of the original developers behind classic PC titles Diablo & Diablo II have gotten together to work on a new “next-generation” ARPG. Darkhaven, as the in-development game is called, is the work of the indie startup Moonbeast Productions, which is a company formed in 2021 by…