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Alan Velasco - Fri, Apr 11, 2025
The gaming world is buzzing with the upcoming release of the Nintendo Switch 2, thanks to a big upgrade in graphics performance alongside some solid third-party exclusives. However, the Kyoto-based gaming giant doesn’t plan to stop...
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Aaron Leong - Wed, Aug 14, 2024
In a world where playing classic games on consoles is usually left to emulators (and/or maybe an older console or two we have laying around), there's someone like Ibrahim Al-Nasser who can pull off playing those games on their OG consoles...
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Zak Killian - Thu, Jan 18, 2024
We've reported on handheld gaming systems quite a bit recently thanks to the boom in the market spurred by the success of the Steam Deck. Products from pre-existing vendors like Ayaneo, GPD, and OneNotebook have been battling with newer...
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Zak Killian - Wed, Jun 28, 2023
Did you know that you can play Sega Genesis games on your Nintendo Switch without jailbreaking it? It's a bit of a weirdly-hidden feature, but if you subscribe to Nintendo Switch Online and include the Expansion Pack add-on, you get access...
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Zak Killian - Fri, Aug 19, 2022
Are you old enough to fondly recall SEGA's Genesis system? It was known as the Mega Drive outside of the US. SEGA's 16-bit machine was the second of the fourth-generation game consoles. While it was a modest success in its home country of...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Sep 24, 2021
Nintendo announced it is expanding its online service for its Switch console, with a new membership plan arriving in about a month from now. Unveiled during the latest Nintendo Direct event, the upgraded plan (or add-on, really) will open...
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Ben Funk - Mon, Feb 15, 2021
Sometimes old video game consoles never truly die, they just transcend into something something nostalgic and better. Thanks to the wonder of FPGAs, we've seen some pretty incredible demos, such as real-time ray tracing on the Super...
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Brittany Goetting - Tue, Jul 17, 2018
There was nothing worse in a 1980’s/1990’s gamer’s life then realizing their console controller could not quite reach the comfiest chair in the room. Now there is a solution for retro console fans. 8BitDo has just released DIY kits that...
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Shane McGlaun - Sun, Apr 15, 2018
Retro gaming is huge right now and the resurgence in tiny versions of classic consoles is mostly thanks to Nintendo starting it all with its NES Classic Edition and SNES Classic Edition consoles that were huge successes last year. Sega now...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, Nov 08, 2016
Retro game consoles from bygone eras are suddenly fashionably again. Proof of this exists in Nintendo's decision to sell an NES Classic Edition console pre-loaded with 30 games that run the gamut from Castlevania and Final Fantasy to...
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