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A World Before Mods Were Mainstream Today modding feels inseparable from gaming. Entire communities thrive on places like Nexus Mods, and Steam Workshop makes adding fan content as simple as clicking a button. Bethesda titles like Skyrim or Fallout 4 are almost defined more by their mods than their base games. But long before modding became normalized and developer-supported, fans were already hacking away at their favorite titles. And they were doing… Read more

Part 1: 1990 to 1993 —The Dinosaurs Wake Part 2: 1994 to 1996 — The Spark Catches Fire Part 3: 1997 to 1999 — The Wild West (These are the opening three sections in a six-part history of emulation series, and they are still very much a work in progress. Tracking down reliable sources for material that has long since disappeared is not always easy, so the record here will continue to… Read more

Part 1: 1990 to 1993 —The Dinosaurs Wake Part 2: 1994 to 1996 — The Spark Catches Fire Part 3: 1997 to 1999 — The Wild West (These are the opening three sections in a six-part history of emulation series, and they are still very much a work in progress. Tracking down reliable sources for material that has long since disappeared is not always easy, so the record here will continue to… Read more

Part 1: 1990 to 1993 —The Dinosaurs Wake Part 2: 1994 to 1996 — The Spark Catches Fire Part 3: 1997 to 1999 — The Wild West (These are the opening three sections in a six-part history of emulation series, and they are still very much a work in progress. Tracking down reliable sources for material that has long since disappeared is not always easy, so the record here will continue to… Read more