Items tagged with game preservation
Following an extensive, six-month optimization run on the PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3, developer Whatcookie is showing off the Arm branch's massive improvements on the previous-gen Ayn Odin 2 handheld, and the results are impressive. The...
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An internal Microsoft roadmap leaked to The Verge bodes well for the future of game preservation, but a few questions and concerns remain. The good news is that, as we suspected, due to the existing Xbox-to-PC emulator already featuring...
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When we covered the planned PlayStation service blackout, I pointed out that both the Xbox and PlayStation platforms had seen major downtime in their online services that week, rendering digital games unplayable. At the time, the Xbox...
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Fans are displeased with Sony's decision to stop disc releases for its consoles. Virtually everything PlayStation-related accounts do on social media now gets bombarded with angry players demanding a reversal to the decision, and the...
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It's an interesting time for emulation and game preservation, and Microsoft's official Xbox-for-PC emulation efforts have added fuel to the fire. Officially, the Xbox Backward Compatibility for PC program only supports a tailored selection...
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Amidst the discussion around game preservation for Xbox and PlayStation gamers in the digital era, one Redditor has created a unique game cartridge system for Steam. The game cartridges are each individual SATA 2.5-inch 128GB SSD drives...
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It's been a tumultuous time for game preservationists as of late, with Sony potentially ditching physical media despite vocal outcry, and numerous stories of digital content being deleted after it's been bought and paid for. Today though...
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As Sony is amidst a PlayStation disc-killing gaming preservation crisis of its own making, Nintendo has also put itself in the crosshairs of gamers by killing Mario Kart Tour, its mobile Mario Kart title. If you own Mario Kart 8 (Deluxe)...
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OmniDrive is custom firmware for select Blu-Ray drives powered by the MediaTek MT1959 chipset that allows for numerous proprietary game disc formats to be read or ripped for backups and emulation. One of the more sought after uses for...
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It's been an interesting week for PlayStation players, but among conflicting reports of a 30-day DRM policy applied for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5, GameStop has stepped into the spotlight thanks to a "Play really has no limits at...
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GOG (formerly known as Good Old Games) has been fighting an uphill battle for some time, despite being generally well-received, in a battle to stay relevant amid Steam's unapologetic market dominance. Despite gamers' widespread hatred of...
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