Items tagged with console modding

It's an interesting time for console modding: less than two weeks after Steam was made to run on Nintendo Switch, working ports of Halo: Combat Evolved and the original Xbox dashboard have also made their way to Nintendo's humble NVIDIA... Read more...
Early last month, we showcased modder Andy Nguyen (@theflow0 on X) successfully playing Grand Theft Auto V: Enhanced Edition running under Ubuntu Linux on his own PlayStation 5. At the time, this was a private project, but Andy has since... Read more...
BlueSky user aagaming posted a proof-of-concept video that shows Steam running on the Nintendo Switch. This feat required lots of manual tweaking, but actual game support is fairly limited despite how far along Proton, the compatibility... Read more...
Open source developer Bryan Keller has released a functional Mac OS X 10.0 port for Nintendo Wii and shared the detailed process it took to make it happen. One of the last things to be addressed was functioning mouse and keyboard support on Wii, with earlier development all done with a... Read more...
A modder has successfully shown off Grand Theft Auto V: Enhanced Edition running smoothly on the PlayStation 5 under Ubuntu Linux, with the CPU and GPU clocked up to 3.2GHz and 2GHz, respectively. Compared to the default CPU and GPU boost... Read more...
Fans of the infamous "trash can" Mac Pro from 2013 may remember its unconventional triangular cooler design. Well, that innovative design was the inspiration for the chassis of a new composite console mod dubbed "Ningtendo PXBOX 5", which combines a Nintendo Switch 2 (and its dock) with a... Read more...
The PlayStation 5's overheating issues are well known in the console gaming space, but a modder has successfully fixed that overheating problem and also crammed the PlayStation 5 into a smaller chassis. This project, dubbed Tiny PS5 Redux... Read more...