After 2 decades of tinkering, MAME finally cracks the Hyper Neo Geo 64
How MAME devs finally got sound working for the 3D arcade system. Plus: PC Engine LaserActive support gets fast-tracked.
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann and the Nintendo DS's anime game treasure trove
Plus: a 486 in your wallet, a PS1 roguelike and an MSX RPG classic.
"This is the first:" The 16 year odyssey of "time, money, wrong turns and frustration" it took to finally emulate the Pioneer LaserActive
In April 2009, a Sega fan decided to look into emulating the Mega LD, a quirky and little-known hybrid of Genesis and LaserDisc. This week he finished the job.
How the makers of CrankBoy finally cracked 60 fps Game Boy emulation on the Playdate
Plus: A fantastic anime series' DS tie-in gets an English translation.
ROM returns: Striking gold in El Dorado
Also this issue: a plus-sized portion of patch notes and an utterly unkown PS2 horror game, back online.
Stop reading this and go play a brilliant emulated tour of the Mac's UI
Like Digital Eclipse's docugames, Marcin Wichary's "Frame of preference" is pioneering how to use emulation to tell a story.
In the shadow of the Switch 2's launch, Switch 1 emulation lives on
Plus: How's that GameCube emulation on the new console, anyway?
One rotten fan can spoil a community, but only if we let them
Thoughts on the BS emulator developers deal with every day, and what we can do about it.
Interview: 15 years after the servers shut down, FromSoft's singular mech game Chromehounds is back online
The PvP mech battler is finally playable online in Xbox 360 emulator Xenia, and I talked to the modder making it happen.
Dinosaur Planet Recompiled is the perfect game to kick off a new era of N64 archaeology
You can now play an unreleased N64 game on your PC at 4K and that rules. Plus: a new Sega Saturn emulator and a Puyo Puyo roguelike!?
Inside the long-awaited fan translation of Sega Saturn masterpiece Sakura Wars 2
Sakura Wars translation crew: Interviewed. Plus this issue, Princess Crown for the Saturn, 120 fps GameCube games(!?) and more.
The big Gundam game emulation special
Walking Gundam encyclopedia Tom Aznable takes us on a tour of 4 underrated Gundam greats from the '90s and 2000s.