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A Tiny Glimpse Of Hope For PS3 Emulation On PS5
4.7.2022
A new job ad, reported by PlayStation Lifestyle after being spotted on ResetEra, strongly suggests that Sony might be trying to hire an engineer to get its PS3 emulation sorted. There’s also rumor of getting old PS3 peripherals working on the new machine. Which would all be such a relief.Read more
This New Portable Gaming Console Is Hands-Down The Best Way To Play Emulated Games
27.5.2022
The Steam Deck has unquestionably revitalized people’s interests in handheld gaming on anything other than a Switch. But had it never happened, 2022 would still have been a year packed with Switch-sized gaming devices, primarily thanks to evolutions in the world of emulation. Right at the front...
Steam Deck Emulation Looks Fantastic
15.3.2022
While the obvious usage case for the Steam Deck is to play new (or recent) PC games on the go, the unspoken usage case is that it should also be a dream for anyone wanting to play emulated classics. So let’s see how the handheld is shaping up a few weeks after release.Read more
Latest Nintendo Switch Online Update Also Reduced Ocarina Of Time Input Lag
25.1.2022
Last week, we reported that the Nintendo Switch Online’s emulation of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time saw a small graphical tweak with the service’s latest update. It signaled potential good news for the quality of emulated games on NSO, which players have decried for some time. In another...
Ocarina Of Time Gets Surprise Emulation Fix On Switch
21.1.2022
It seems Nintendo might be listening to Switch Online fans regarding emulation issues with some of the classic games it offers. Following a January 20 NSO update, which brought Rare’s 1998 N64 platformer Banjo-Kazooie to the subscription service, it appears that water in The Legend of Zelda:...
Microsoft Exec Praises Preservation and Emulation, But Xbox Isn't Getting More
18.11.2021
Phil Spencer, vice president of gaming at Microsoft, wants the industry to sell more of its older games through legal emulation. There are steep legal barriers to making widespread industry emulation a reality, but it would be a boon to making older games more accessible to players.Read more
Blazing Strike Is A New, Old-School 2D Fighter
20.5.2021
Because there’s no such thing as too many anime-inspired 2D fighting games, Aksys and RareBreed Makes Games just announced Blazing Strike, an homage to classic pixel-art fighters with modern game mechanics that’ll hopefully make it play as good as it looks.Read more
Xbox 360 Emulation Is Coming Along Nicely
4.5.2021
It was only a few months ago that we were taking a look at positive steps Xbox emulation has been making on the PC, but boy, Xbox 360 emulation is also looking very good in 2021.Read more
PS2 Emulation Gets Even Nicer With Custom Textures
3.3.2021
PCSX2 has long been a fantastic PS2 emulator, but a recent advance has made it all the more appealing for anyone playing on a PC: the ability to swap textures in games.Read more
Xbox Emulation Is Coming Along Nicely
5.1.2021
While platforms as recent as the PS3 and even the Switch are now running very nicely in emulators, the original Xbox has remained something of a thorn in the side of the scene. So it’s cool to see the xemu emulator making such solid progress.Read more
With Flash Games On The Chopping Block, One Popular Site Turns To Emulation
9.12.2020
Armor Games, one of the largest repositories of Adobe Flash-based games on the internet, is choosing to shift to emulation next year as a way to mitigate Adobe’s planned phasing out of Flash after December 2020.Read more
The Raspberry Pi Has Revolutionized Emulation
25.7.2016
Every geek goes through a phase where they discover emulation. It's practically a rite of passage.
I think I spent most of my childhood – and a large part of my life as a young adult – desperately wishing I was in a video game arcade. When I finally obtained my driver's