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Signs It’s Time for a Phone Upgrade

Retromash about 2 days ago

Mobile phones are personal objects that bring so much usefulness into your life. It’s no wonder then that many people get nostalgic about their old phones. How many of us out there had a Nokia back in the day, or perhaps a BlackBerry or a Sony Ericcs …
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PS1 Emulation Comes To iPhone Via Gamma

Time Extension about 6 days ago

32-bit classics on your smartphone.It's now possible to play PS1 games on your iPhone thanks to a new app called Gamma.Developed by ZodTTD (AKA Benjamin Stark) – an individual who has a long history in the world of emulation – Gamma is pretty feature-r …

Relive Classic Video Games on Your Phone

Retromash about 10 days ago

Video games have existed for a very long time. The first retro video game, Pong, was created in 1972. Back then, you needed a huge arcade machine to play it. Nowadays, your smartphone is a much more powerful device in your pocket. Along with all the modern …
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Feature: FPGA Vs Software Emulation - Which Is Best? We Asked Four Experts To Find Out

Time Extension about 18 days ago

Which option should you choose in 2024?Once upon a time, if you wanted to play a retro game without using the original hardware, then your only option was software-based emulation. These emulators would be coded for platforms such as Windows, Linux or Andr …
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Looks Like The iPhone Is Getting A 3DS Emulator Soon

Time Extension about 19 days ago

Mario Kart 7 shown in action.It looks like the iPhone is getting a 3DS emulator in the not too distant future (thanks, Retro Dodo).A post on Twitter shows 3DS being played on Apple's popular smartphone, suggesting that an App Store launch could be coming s …
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How mobile phones have widened the online gaming audience

Retromash about 1 month ago

Online gaming has quickly gone from bulky consoles and PCs to the sleek handheld devices we carry with us every day. Mobile phones, once simple communication tools, have become powerful gaming platforms, thanks to big technological advances and increased a …
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iPhone NES Emulator Pulled From App Store "Out Of Fear"

Time Extension about 1 month ago

"I’d rather not have the risk".Apple recently relaxed its stance on emulators on iPhone, and since then we've seen plenty of speculation regarding which retro consoles will become playable on the best-selling smartphone brand.Earlier this week, a Game Bo …
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CIBSunday: WarioWare: Twisted! (Game Boy Advance)

Time Extension about 1 month ago

Tilt and rumble.WarioWare: Twisted! may be the second game in the series, but Nintendo was already looking for ways to make it stand out from the crowd – and in this case, we got a special cartridge with a tilt sensor inside.This might seem fairly twee i …
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You Can Now Control Your Switch Using Your GBA

Time Extension about 1 month ago

Because why not, right?Modder insideGadgets has just produced a cartridge which allows you to control your Switch (and other Bluetooth devices) using a GBA.The GBA Bluetooth TX cart basically makes your GBA console behave as if it were an 8BitDo Zero 2 wir …
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Sonic Co-Creator Yuji Naka Accuses Outgoing Dragon Quest Producer Of Fibbing In Court

Time Extension about 1 month ago

"I hope he'll be gone soon".Yuji Naka has returned to social media following his conviction for insider trading and has wasted no time in setting his sights on Dragon Quest producer Y? Miyake, who, it was recently confirmed, is to step down from his role.M …
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Sonic Co-Creator Yuji Naka Has Beef With Outgoing Dragon Quest Producer

Time Extension about 1 month ago

"I hope he'll be gone soon".Yuji Naka has returned to social media following his conviction for insider trading and has wasted no time in setting his sights on Dragon Quest producer Y? Miyake, who, it was recently confirmed, is to step down from his role.M …
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A Top Dragon Quest Producer Is Stepping Down After 32 Years

Time Extension about 1 month ago

Y? Miyake will now head up the company’s smartphone games.A top Dragon Quest producer who has worked on the series for 32 years will be stepping down from his position, according to a new report from Bloomberg.Y? Miyake has been at Enix/Square Enix since …
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Fatal Fury's Mai Shiranui Is In This Zombie Survival Game For Some Reason

Time Extension about 2 months ago

Maybe Clare Redfield was busy?The wild and wacky world of free-to-play smartphone gaming has given us some unexpected crossovers, but this latest one takes the biscuit, we have to say.Doomsday: Last Survivors is described as "a zombie survival game with mu …

Evolution of Entertainment: How Casino Games Have Changed Over Time

Retromash about 2 months ago

Casino games have a rich history dating back centuries. Archeological digs have turned up dice from ancient civilizations in places like Egypt and Mesopotamia, while dominoes – believed to be the forerunner of modern playing cards – have been traced ba …
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JoeyN64 Lets You Legally Back Up Your N64 Games And Save Data

Time Extension about 4 months ago

Very Ninteresting.JoeyN64 is a new N64 dumper device which allows you to legally download your N64 games and their respective save data – as well as flash homebrew ROMs to compatible carts.The device connects via USB-C and is treated by your computer as …
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The Sugar Cubes X Jelly Controller Turns This Smartphone Into A Handheld Console

Time Extension about 4 months ago

Compatible with the Unihertz Jelly Star Phone.The Chinese brand Sugar Cubes recently announced a new controller adapter that will transform an existing Android-based smartphone into a handheld gaming console perfect for emulation (thanks Retro Dodo!).The S …

Gaming Across Generations: How Retro Themes Bridge the Gap

Retromash about 4 months ago

Gaming started as part of entertainment a long time ago and with time, it began shaping the sector as it becomes popular. With the popularity come many innovations, the major one being that gaming is no longer confined to physical venues. Nowadays, people …
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Guide: Best Nintendo DS Games Of All Time

Time Extension about 4 months ago

Double the screens, double the fun.When Nintendo announced the DS in the mid-2000s, it claimed the device would be a 'third pillar' alongside its GameCube home console and its Game Boy family of portables. This admission alone shows just how leftfield the …
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The Complete Guide to Commercially Released Dreamcast Indie Games

The Dreamcast Junkyard about 4 months ago

The fact that we're still blathering on about the Dreamcast some 20 odd years after the console's demise is testament to two things - the fact that we're sad little people still holding on to a mere glimmer of nostalgia about our youth as we rapidly approa …
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The PlayStation Portable is 19 and still going strong

Portable Gaming Roundup about 5 months ago

This blog's URL is PSP2Roundup. I started it in 2010 ahead of the Vita's (then NGP, hopefully PSP2) launch, well into the original's lifespan. I wish I'd started it earlier to ride the phenomenal success of Sony's first portable as it swept the world, topp …
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Help & Support • Older version of Tapuino project

Lemon64 about 6 months ago

I'm looking for a PCB, BOM, and build instructions in order to build a Tapuino that doesn't have SMD components on the Tapuino board. Of the information I have found, it calls for 4 buttons to control the user input. But I can't find any finished ones tha …
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Intellivision Admits It Doesn't Have The Funds To Make The Console

Time Extension about 6 months ago

Hopes new smartphone app will secure "additional investment".The Intellivision Amico saga took another turn today as it was confirmed that the company is to release a smartphone application for iOS and Android that will effectively turn your handset into a …
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Intellivision Admits It Doesn't Have The Funds To Make The Amico

Time Extension about 6 months ago

Hopes new smartphone app will secure "additional investment".The Intellivision Amico saga took another turn today as it was confirmed that the company is to release a smartphone application for iOS and Android that will effectively turn your handset into a …
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PlayStation Portal out in the wild

Portable Gaming Roundup about 6 months ago

Update: And now actual real gamers are getting their hands on the PlayStation Portal, showing off the interface's smart tricks and the future possibilities for the device including a web browser and more.This page will focus on some of the more interesting …
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Celebrating British Bingo: A Vintage Game with Roots in Probability

Retromash about 6 months ago

The game of bingo, called Housey-Housey in the times gone by, became popular in the UK following the Betting and Gaming Act of 1960. As a piece of physical retro gaming, it continues to drive troves of people toward its speciality – a probabilistic g …