Like the rest of us, 8-bit hardware is not getting any newer, and failed ROMs are just a fact of life. Of course you can’t call up Commadore corporation for replacement parts anymore, so something is ...

Retro emulation gadgets, the ones that look like an alternate universe version of a Game Boy Advance, are enormously popular. They’re cheap, portable, and capable of running pretty much any console ...

Here’s something fun from our hacker [Piers]: Software Defined ROMs. In this series of three videos, [Piers] runs us through what a software defined ROM is, how to make them, and then how to use them.

Downloading retro games can be a point of tension in the gaming community. Many people say downloading ROMs under any circumstances should be illegal, while others say downloading games that are no ...

EmuParadise has removed all download links to game ROM files from its website. The move comes after Nintendo filed a lawsuit against other ROM-hosting websites seeking millions of dollars in damages.

The Analogue Pocket's openFPGA system lets you turn the system into one of the best emulation-focused retro gaming handhelds. I’m PCMag’s home theater and AR/VR expert, and your go-to source of ...

The emulation of retro games is great, but not everyone can enjoy some titles due to language restrictions. You see, some games were released in one country, for example, Japan, but never made it to ...

There’s no shortage of handheld gaming devices capable of running Nintendo games… but most of them do that thanks to an emulator and ROMs that you download from shady areas of the internet. I mean, ...

What just happened? Using emulators to play classic titles like the original Super Mario Brothers is nothing new, and retro gaming websites have offered ROMs of these titles for decades. However, one ...

The Pokémon Company is celebrating 30 years of the Pokémon franchise by announcing Pokémon FireRed Version and LeafGreen Version on the Nintendo eShop. These are well-regarded remakes of the original ...

With a £34 mini computer and an emulator, gaming’s entire back catalogue opens up to you to play. But there are important points to consider – not least questions of legality In the past, whenever I ...

Nintendo has had enough of pirates and the websites that enable them, like EmuParadise. After shutting down a handful of sites and a Game Boy Advance emulator on GitHub in July, the publisher has ...