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N64 Recompilation is about to have a big 2025
Get ready for N64 Recompiled to make its grand re-debut with mod support and more game ports on the way. Plus: a once-lost Mega Man Legends spin-off, saved and translated.
So Nintendo's really gonna just keep on DMCAing Switch emulator forks, huh?
Plus: PS3 emulation on Android makes impressive progress and two cult classics get English translations.
Democratizing retro(arch) shaders for emulators and beyond
What 'RT' and 'HDR' have to do with fixing obscure graphical issues in 20-year-old PS2 games
SegaNet for 2025: Dreamcast emulator Flycast introduces a new way to play online
The fan translation extravaganza: Tales of Rebirth, Team Innocent and 6 more games you can now play in English
ROM Greatest Hits
"This is the first:" The 16 year odyssey of "time, money, wrong turns and frustration" it took to finally emulate the Pioneer LaserActive
Dinosaur Planet Recompiled is the perfect game to kick off a new era of N64 archaeology
The Before Crisis crisis: How hackers are rebuilding the lost Final Fantasy VII mobile game piece by tiny piece
"It's thinking:" a dive into Dreamcast emulation, 25 years after 9/9/99
