emulation

Over the last few weeks, GoRetroid has gradually been revealing more information about its upcoming handhelds, the Retroid Pocket Mini & Retroid Pocket 5. However, up until now, we had very little information about when exactly the devices would go on sale, how much they would cost, and what we...

* MAME 0.269 - https://www.mamedev.org/release.html * ARCADE64 0.269.0 - https://arcade.mameworld.info * MAMEUI64 0.269.0 - https://messui.1emulation.com/ * WolfMAME 0.269 - https://github.com/mahlemiut/wolfmame/releases * MEmu 9.1.7 [Android] -...

When we recently reviewed the MagicX XU Mini M, we noted that it was said to be running the Rockchip RK3562, a relatively new package which was introduced in 2023. Despite this new chip, we found that higher-end emulation for systems like PSP and Saturn was rather spotty, and now we know why –...

Emulation-based handhelds are seemingly all the rage at the moment, and GoRetroid has revealed what might be one of the most tantalizing ones yet. Details are scarce for the time being, but the Retroid Pocket 5 has been revealed and will coming packing a stunning 5.5-inch AMOLED screen capable...

Hitoshi Iizawa, a programmer credited with Ryu ga Gotoku Studio's Sega Model 2 / Model 3 emulation efforts across the Yakuza / Like A Dragon series and Lost Judgment, is set to receive an excellence award for engineering at CEDEC — Japan's largest conference for computer entertainment...

Chinese firm Anbernic recently released the RG40XX H, a horizontally-oriented device which looks a bit like the PS Vita. Now, the company is back with another variant of the RG40XX, this time with a vertical setup. Those of you who have been paying attention will notice that this new handheld –...

Dual screen gaming is an era of Nintendo's history that seems to have finally come to an end with the closing of the Wii U and 3DS's eShop last year. With no official means of purchasing both the games and systems themselves, many have come to question exactly the best way to experience some of...

* MAME 0.268 for Mac - https://ports.macports.org/port/mame/details/ * MAME 0.268 for Ubuntu - https://sdlmame.wallyweek.org/download/ * MAME 0.268 for RPi - https://stickfreaks.com/mame/ * GroovyMAME 0.268 - https://github.com/antonioginer/GroovyMAME/releases * NegaMAME 0.268-1 -...

If you're keen on retro emulation, then you'll almost certainly have come across screen filters which add things like scanlines, bloom and screen distortion to ensure your classic games look every how you remember them, back when you played on a tiny portable CRT TV set in your bedroom. There...

No, that's not Taki Udon's just-announced handheld – it's the PowKiddy V10, which we'll be reviewing ourselves soon YouTuber and modder Taki Udon has been in the headlines a lot recently, and with good reason – he's the driving force behind a project which aims to make FPGA gaming more...

* AppleWin 0.30.19.0 [Apple 2] - https://github.com/AppleWin/AppleWin/releases * Pantheon 14.248 [Multi-system] - http://bostjan-grandovec.si/Content/Download.htm * 86box 4.2 [PC] - https://github.com/86Box/86Box/releases * MAME 0.268 - https://www.mamedev.org/release.html * MAMEUI64 0.268.1...

* XEMU 0.7.131 [XBOX] - https://github.com/xemu-project/xemu/releases * Gopher 2600 0.34.0 [Atari 2600] - https://github.com/JetSetIlly/Gopher2600/releases/ * DroidArcadia 3.1 [s2650-based] - https://amigan.yatho.com/

Tomohiro Kawase might not be as famous as Shigeru Miyamoto or Takashi Tezuka, but he's had quite a notable career behind the scenes during his time with the company. His first credit with Nintendo was in 1998 on Pocket Monsters Stadium, and since then, his work has focused largely on emulators...

* Qemu 7.2.13, 8.2.6, 9.0.2 [PC] - https://download.qemu.org/ * MEmu 9.1.6 [Android] - https://www.memuplay.com/blog/en/category/release-notes * Flycast Dojo 6.46 [Arcade] - https://github.com/blueminder/flycast-dojo/releases * Raine 0.96.12a [Arcade] -...

There's no shortage of ways to play older Nintendo games via emulators, but if you're desperate for another, then the recently released Delta app for iOS has now added official iPad support. The added compatibility comes via the new 1.6 update, which also introduces the ability to seamlessly...

PS2 emulator PCSX2 has just been updated to version 2.0, bringing with it a raft of improvements. The update comes four years after the previous stable revision - during which time, the emulator has received over 6000 changes, passed 100 million downloads, and celebrated its 20th anniversary...

The never-ending battle between the litigious plumber and the emulation Hydra continues day by day, and these past days, Nintendo took action against more emulators forked or based on the original Yuzu emulator, which was taken down by Nintendo they sued the company behind the emulator and...

AYANEO is making another Android-based gaming handheld – but this one has a trick up its sleeve. The Pocket EVO is the world's first Android handheld with a 7-inch 120Hz OLED screen, according to the manufacturer. That high refresh rate should mean smoother gameplay, assuming there are enough...

* Flycast Dojo 6.35 [Arcade] - https://github.com/blueminder/flycast-dojo/releases * MAMEUI 0.267 - http://www.mameui.info/ * NegaMame 0.267-1 - http://babelsoft.net/products/negamame.htm * WolfMame 0.267 - https://github.com/mahlemiut/wolfmame/releases * SDLMAME for Mac -...

Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII and 18 other Square Enix feature phone games that were previously thought to be lost have just been recovered, as reported by the feature phone preservationist/researcher RockmanCosmo. The incredible haul of games, which also includes various Kingdom Hearts...