Collaborate Disseminate
One of often encountered traits of a hacker is an ability to build devices into places where they don’t belong. Perhaps, [sonictimm]’s self-descriptive WiiinToaster was somewhat of an inevitability. Inspired …read more Continue reading Wii Meets Its End In Breadcrumb Jail
“The New York Times has an obituary for Masayuki Uemura, designer of the first Nintendo Entertainment System console,” writes Slashdot reader nickovs. Here’s an excerpt from the report: Video game consoles had a moment of popularity in the early 1980s,… Continue reading Masayuki Uemura, Designer of the Nintendo Entertainment System, Dies At 78
Runescape is pushing nearly 21 years old, and while that’s quite a long time for a game to stay active with an engaged userbase, it’s also a long time for …read more Continue reading Play Runescape IRL
The Nintendo Game Boy Advance was basically the handheld gaming situation of its era, by virtue of the fact that it had no serious competitors in the market. The system …read more Continue reading GBA Remote Play Upgrade Lets You Play PlayStation On The Bus
We’ve seen quite a few retro gaming consoles physically modded to house modern emulation hardware, but the NUC-64 by [RetroModder] stands out as one of the most impressive Nintendo 64 …read more Continue reading N64 Mini PC Conversion Includes All The Trimmings
Many holiday recipes and console hacks share a common theme: cramming a thing inside another thing. Whether it’s turducken or a Nintendo DS inside a Gameboy, the result is always …read more Continue reading Cramming a DS Inside a Gameboy
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: On Monday, Nintendo of Europe announced a very region-specific — and era-specific — tweak for its upcoming collection of N64 games on Switch: an option to switch between the video standards PAL a… Continue reading Nintendo Throws Rare Bone To Modern EU Gamers Via N64 60 Hz Toggle
A Bloomberg report claiming 11 game developers have access to Nintendo Switch 4K development kits is sparking confusion about the existence of the rumored Nintendo Switch Pro. Axios: Bloomberg published a story yesterday in which it says that employees… Continue reading Nintendo Denies Rumors of New Switch Pro Model
Retro consoles and handhelds are full of nostalgia and happy memories for many. However, keeping these machines and their media going can be a difficult job at times. [Taylor] was …read more Continue reading Bringing a Ruined Game Boy Cart Back To Life with Tons of Soldering
Some hacker events are muddy and dusty affairs in distant fields, others take place in darkened halls, but I went to one that can be experienced as a luxury break …read more Continue reading EM-Glitching For Nintendo DSi Boot ROMs