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Ex-Sega Staffer Confirms “Secret” Dragon Quest Demo For Saturn Yuji Naka, a former Sega employee, mentioned some time ago that Sega had created a demo of Enix’s Dragon Quest for the Sega Saturn console. Now, another former Sega staffer, Yumiko Miyabe, who served as art director on the Space Channel 5 series and worked on games like NiGHTS, Clockwork Knight, and Panzer Dragoon Saga, has confirmed its existence on social media. Yumiko Miyabe (ex-Sega, Space Channel 5 series art director) confirmed she …

In exciting news for retro gaming enthusiasts, the highly-anticipated SNES port of the classic NES game Punch-Out!! is now available for download. The port, created by the talented ROM hacker and porting expert Infidelity, promises to bring the beloved boxing game to the Super Nintendo with a host of quality-of-life improvements and enhanced audio. Infidelity has made a name for himself in the retro gaming community by porting several iconic …

The Rise of Suyu: Navigating the Legal Landscape of Switch Emulation A New Hope Emerges Last week, the developers behind the popular Switch emulator Yuzu took down their GitHub and web presence in the face of a major lawsuit from Nintendo. Now, a new project built from the Yuzu source code, cheekily named Suyu, has arisen as “the continuation of the world’s most popular, open-source Nintendo Switch emulator, Yuzu.” Despite …

Nintendo Decimates Village After Unauthorized Mario Merchandise Scandal In a shocking turn of events, the tranquil village of Greenburn Grove has been reduced to ashes by the gaming giant Nintendo. The company’s drastic action came after a young resident, 10-year-old Timmy Parker, was caught selling 3D-printed Mario keychains without obtaining the necessary rights from Nintendo. The Incident Timmy, an aspiring entrepreneur, decided to use his father’s 3D printer to create …

The Super Nintendo: A 16-Bit Era Icon The Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES), Nintendo’s second home console, stands as a towering figure in the pantheon of gaming. Released as the successor to the revolutionary Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), the SNES boasted advanced graphics and sound capabilities that wowed gamers of the early ’90s. Though I never owned a SNES myself, having been a Sega Genesis and Sega CD user, my …

In recent news, the popular Nintendo Switch emulator Yuzu has been the subject of legal action from Nintendo, the gaming giant known for fiercely protecting its intellectual property. However, the Yuzu community has proven to be resilient in the face of this challenge. Rather than succumbing to Nintendo’s legal pressure, the open-source nature of Yuzu has given rise to three new emulator projects: Nuzu, Suyu, and Yuzu Vanced. The Hydra …

Yuzu Emulator Shuts Down After Surprise Settlement With Nintendo In a shocking turn of events, the developers behind the popular Yuzu Nintendo Switch emulator have agreed to permanently shut down the project as part of a sudden settlement with Nintendo. In a statement included in today’s joint motion, Yuzu’s developers acknowledged the monetary relief as fair, considering the potential range of damages and legal costs that could have been incurred …

The Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) is a hallmark of retro gaming, a testament to Nintendo’s enduring legacy in the video game industry. Each year of the SNES’s prime brought a standout game that not only defined the year but also left an indelible mark on gaming as a whole. Let’s take a nostalgic journey through the most quintessential SNES games from its golden years. 1991: Super Mario World The …

The Iron Grip of Nintendo: A Retro Rant on Gaming’s Lost Potential Let’s wind the clocks back to the 1980s – the era of neon, synth-pop, and the rise of the home video game console. Among the giants of the time, Nintendo’s NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) stood as the colossus, dominating living rooms across the globe. But behind the scenes of this pixelated revolution was a darker tale, one that …

Nintendo Initiates Legal Action Against Yuzu Emulator Developers Nintendo is taking legal action against the developers behind Yuzu, a popular emulator for running Switch games. The legal filing points out that Yuzu unlawfully bypasses Nintendo’s software security measures and contributes to piracy. The lawsuit highlights a significant instance where over one million downloads of “The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom” were reported prior to its official release, coinciding …

22-Year-Old Finds ‘Holy Grail’ Copy of 1987 Zelda Game Worth Over $700,000 A sealed copy of the 1987 Nintendo classic ‘The Legend of Zelda’ is expected to sell for over $700,000 at auction this week, thanks to a chance discovery by a 22-year-old. The owner, who goes by Kiro online, originally purchased the game for just $30 back in 1987. Stored for decades in his family’s home, Kiro decided on …

The National Museum of Play has recently added an exceptional item to its collection: a rare PC port demo of “Super Mario Bros. 3,” developed by id Software in the early days before the company became synonymous with the first-person shooter genre through titles like “Doom” and “Wolfenstein 3D.” This MS-DOS adaptation, crafted in 1990, is notable for its advanced scrolling technology that closely mimicked the smoothness of the original …

Enjoy our comprehensive retrospective as we showcase each and every one of the classic games developed for the Nintendo NES in this captivating video journey, or read up on the system and review below! The Nintendo NES: A Historical Overview and System Review. The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES): A Portal to Pixelated Worlds The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), or Famicom as it’s known in Japan, is more than just a …

Disclaimer: My father, disconnected from the internet in many ways, will most likely never read this. And that is OK. On a frost-touched morning in December 1987, nestled beneath the twinkling lights of the Christmas tree, a gift unwrapped would forge an unbreakable bond between a father and his child, a Nintendo NES. This is the tale of that bond, a story woven through the fabric of fantasy, adventure, and …

Blowing the Dust Off: The Truth Behind the Nintendo Cartridge Ritual   For decades, gamers around the world have sworn by a seemingly magical fix for glitchy Nintendo game cartridges: blowing into them. Despite Nintendo’s own warnings that this practice could actually harm the delicate circuitry, many have felt the satisfying click of a cartridge that only started working post-puff. But what is the truth? Did blowing into those cartridges …