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Zelda: A Link to the Past PC-Optimised Port is Out Now!
A personally consider Zelda: A Link to the Past to be one of the greatest games ever made. And trust me when I say that this is not an accolade I pass out lightly! – Originally released back in 1991 for the Super Nintendo (SNES), I pumped hundreds of hours…
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New (And Huge) Super Punch-Out Cheats Discovered 28-Years After Its Release
Super Punch-Out is probably among my top 5 SNES games of all time. It is, in fact, despite not having picked it up in years, I’m pretty sure that I could still do a full playthrough of it now and beat it within 30 minutes! – With it being nearly…
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Every Single English SNES Gaming Manual Has Been Archived Online!
I have a lot of fond memories from my old Super Nintendo (SNES) and, admittedly, part of that is perhaps due to the fact that while games were one presented with more than a bit of style and polish, today, things seem a lot more basic. I mean, what was…
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Coder Makes 20-Year-Old SNES Racer Finally Playable!
At the risk of having the comments flooded with examples to the contrary, by and large, most gaming ports that were brought to the SNES were fairly decent. No, the games themselves were not always great (Shaq-Fu certainly comes to mind), but generally speaking, they at least fan fairly competently.…
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SNES Cartridge Mod Adds Real-Time Ray Tracing
Ray tracing certainly isn’t a new technology, but you would’ve been forgiven for thinking that it would’ve been impossible to implement it on a Super Nintendo. Designer Ben Carter, however, has found a way to seemingly make the impossible possible. Yes, through the use of a (heavily) modded cartridge, a…
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Chained Echoes a SNES-Like JRPG Secures Publishing Deal
Chained Echoes originally launched on Kickstarter a little over a year ago and absolutely stormed its $60,000 target ending up with a figure just over $130k. If you haven’t heard of it, however, let me give you a quick synopsis. The game plays like a classic JRPG that will essentially…
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Nintendo Wireless SNES Controllers Finally Released
Fancy giving your slick modern Nintendo Switch a taste of retro charm? Well, at last, you certainly can do that. The rather more modern Nintendo Switch SNES Wireless Game Pad is finally here! Of course, the original controller didn’t have wireless connectivity, but looking back, I kinda wish it did.…
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Disney Confirm Lion King & Aladdin Game Remasters
Going back to the golden days of the 16-bit era, it’s hard to argue that Disney went through a spell of releasing some damn good games for the Sega Megadrive and Super Nintendo. Chief amongst these was undoubtedly both Aladdin and The Lion King which stand out as something of…
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Sim City NES Port Thought Lost Has Been Discovered
Sim City When you think of classic gaming releases, Sim City is certainly a title that comes to mind. Admittedly, the most recent release from EA did the franchise no favours thanks to its horrific DRM requirement and pitifully small map sizes. Despite this though, it did little to diminish…
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Nintendo Warns No More NES/SNES Classics Will Be Made
NES / SNES Classic – Once They’re Gone, They’re Gone! With the release of the NES and SNES classic in recent years, Nintendo has found something of a cash-cow in their highly popular retro systems. Despite a bizarre bit of hesitation though, when the initial stocks sold out, the company…
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Nintendo vs Sega ‘Console War’ Gets TV Series Adaptation
The Console War that Defined a Generation A new TV series centered around video games is heading to television screens. However, this drama is not going to be based on any video game IP. Instead, it will chronicle the first great console war between Nintendo and Sega which defined the…
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Nintendo Reveal They’ve Sold Over 700 Million Consoles
Nintendo Sells Over 700 Million Consoles Despite Nintendo seemingly being around forever in terms of gaming. The company has actually been around for much longer. It was originally founded in 1889. No, I haven’t got the numbers the wrong way around there either. It’s a company with a remarkable…
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SNES Earthbound Cartridge Is Ironically Sent To Space
SNES Earthbound Cartridge Is Ironically Sent To Space Many consider Earthbound to be one of the greatest RPG games ever made. Having played it myself, it is certainly a fun game, but boy does it get a bit weird towards the end. Seeing only a relatively limited release for the…
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Square Enix Releases Fourth Patch for Chrono Trigger on PC
Square Enix Goes Patch Overdrive Square Enix released the third patch for their PC port of Chrono Trigger only three weeks ago. Now they have issued a fourth major patch. This introduces several additional UI menu changes as well as several minor revisions. Square Enix initially plans to release the…
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Square Enix Releases Third Patch for Chrono Trigger on PC
Square Enix Keeping a Classic Game Alive Square Enix is trying to save the PC port of Chrono Trigger ever since it came out to bad reviews three months ago. Now a third major patchis out, diverting it away from just another bad “mobile port”. This patch automatically downloads and…
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