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67 posts · Newest first · ← All NewsAn Android build of the Harvest Moon 64 recompilation turns a second screen into a live farm dashboard drawn with the game's own sprites. It is improving fast.
A developer's from-scratch codec, CAVC, plays 320×224 fullscreen video at 30fps on an unmodified Sega CD, far past the add-on's usual grainy windows.
Six months of ARM64 work in RPCS3 lands 60 percent more performance at 25 percent less power. One timer bug was worth a quarter of it on its own.
Amiga Corporation has licensing terms with the revived Commodore and a settlement with Hyperion that hands over AmigaOS 3.1.4 source and frees the developers.
Virtual Jaguar 3.0 adds full Jaguar CD support, link-cable netplay, Memory Track saves, and 100-plus compatibility fixes to the libretro emulator.
A leaked document reportedly details Microsoft's plan to let developers sell Xbox 360 games on PC, with a gradual rollout between 2027 and 2028.
A Brickboy core is now on the Analogue Pocket, bringing fugudaro's obsessive DMG-01 LCD recreation, blur, panel grain, dead lines and all, to real hardware.
Taki Udon's Console Mode gives MiSTer FPGA a home-console-style UI with box art and favorites, and it runs on any MiSTer. A batch of new cores includes Apple IIgs, Apple Lisa, and 3DO.
A DS development cartridge said to hold PokePark Fishing Contest DS, a download-only game built to delete itself after 12 hours, is on eBay for about $9,100.
Fallout: New California, the years-in-the-making total conversion mod for Fallout: New Vegas, is now on GOG, installable for anyone who owns the base game's Ultimate Edition.