Tag: emulator

13 JUL

Nintendo hid a load-your-own NES emulator inside a GameCube classic

Enlarge / Replacing that memory gibberish with a carefully crafted memory card file lets you load arbitrary NES games through Animal Crossing. (credit: Nintendo) Fans of the early-2000s era GameCube version of the original Animal Crossing likely remember the game including a handful of emulated NES titles that could be played by obtaining in-game items […]

19 SEP

Searching for the “hidden motion” to unlock the Switch’s NES emulator

Enlarge This weekend, Switch owners learned their consoles are apparently holding a hidden copy of the NES game Golf, along with a built-in NES emulator designed to run it. But Switch hacker yellows8 and others who have been able to run that emulator say they’ve only been able to do so via “unofficial” methods that let […]

05 JUL

Play the lost ‘Rayman’ prototype if you have a SNES emulator

While the dream of playing a lost version of Rayman for Super NES on Nintendo’s Switch console hasn’t come true (yet), we have a bit of an update about the game itself. Archivist and game developer Omar Cornut recently borrowed the ROM original developer Michel Ancel (above) teased last fall, dumped it to his computer […]

17 MAY

Google unveils Android Studio 3.0 with new performance profiling tools, Instant Apps, and Kotlin

At its I/O 2017 developer conference, Google today unveiled Android Studio 3.0, the latest version of its integrated development environment (IDE). You can download the new version for Windows, Mac, and Linux now directly from developer.android.com/studio. The latest release isn’t yet ready for all developers, but you can get a preview of the first feature […]

23 APR

Nintendo Switch emulator SCAM: FTC warning for stock hunters following Zelda PC launch

The Nintendo Switch remains one of the most successful launches of 2017, as well as its top game, Zelda Breath of the Wild. Released earlier this month, Nintendo’s latest console hopes to revolutionise the world of hand-held gaming, offering players much more freedom to experience games both on the go or at home. But while […]

21 MAR

This Wii emulator lets you buy actual games from Nintendo’s Shop Channel

A short video explains the new functionality that lets the Dolphin emulator access the official Wii Shop Channel. Perfect accuracy is an extremely ambitious goal for any console emulator to shoot for, and it’s one that many emulators never come close to achieving. The team behind the open source Dolphin emulator took a major step closer […]