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If you just got to this page and aren't a regular reader, here's a quick selection of ROM issues I'm especially proud of:

“Failure can’t be an option:” Taki Udon breaks down the last year of 12 hour days, 6 days a week he poured into the SuperStation, his dream MiSTer FPGA console
“After I drew this and did the pitch, I knew that I wanted it.”
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“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.
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Inside the 10 years it took to translate Linda Cube Again
It took 10 years to translate Linda³ Again, but almost 30 to peel back the mysticism of what this one-of-a-kind RPG is truly about.
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Interview: First details on the $99 MiSTer FPGA clone board aiming to stop “people getting screwed” on overpriced hardware
Taki Udon talks about cutting the price of the MiSTer’s DE10-Nano board in half. Plus, emulating the PS1’s weirdest controller and Tokimeki Memorial’s... arcade version?
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“It’s thinking:” a dive into Dreamcast emulation, 25 years after 9/9/99
This week, let’s just follow our rainbow.
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Why you should emulate Outrun 2006: Coast 2 Coast, this year’s definitive summerjam
Driving into summer with a breezy retrospective on one of the all-time arcade racers.
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