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When Fans Take Back Gaming

How AI-assisted modding could help players preserve, remix, and reinvent the games they love.

#Gaming #GameModding #GamePreservation #AI

https://quicker.tools/articles/when-fans-take-back-gaming/

SameBoy 1.0.4 adds a Sharp Bilinear filter and libretro upgrades

The cycle-accurate Game Boy emulator gets a new default scaling filter, better iOS support, and fixes for the unreleased Workboy peripheral.

#Retro #emulation #gameboy #gamepreservation #opensource

The Video Game History Foundation details its 5,000-magazine milestone

Episode 165 of the Video Game History Hour podcast breaks down the foundation's Q3 progress, Japanese OCR upgrades, and the hunt for the first EULA.

#Retro #gamepreservation #videogamehistoryfoundation #podcasts

Snow Bros. is coming back to Famicom cartridges this November

Columbus Circle is releasing a physical Famicom cartridge of the 1990 arcade classic, complete with a new Time Attack mode.

#Retro #famicom #gamepreservation #toaplan #nintendo

THE 800XL is a full-size Atari replica that plays original cartridges

Retro Games Ltd. is releasing THE 800XL, a modern recreation of the classic Atari computer featuring a mechanical keyboard and working cartridge slot.

#Retro #hardware #Atari #gamepreservation

Ruffle 0.7.0 improves text rendering and AS3 support for Flash games

The open-source Flash emulator just dropped a major update with better font scaling and ActionScript 3 optimizations.

#Retro #emulation #gamepreservation #indiegames #opensource

Atooi's new PC remaster of Dementium II hits Steam this month

The Nintendo DS survival horror sequel is getting a proper modern PC release with 4K support and revised controls.

#Retro #survivalhorror #indiegames #gamepreservation #nintendods

You can now build Sega Master System games without writing code

Developer haroldo-ok just released a free, browser-based engine that uses visual blocks to compile real Sega Master System ROMs.

#Retro #indiegames #homebrew #segamastersystem #gamepreservation

Xenia Edge is running original Xbox games at 60 FPS via XeFu

The experimental Xbox 360 emulator fork now boots original Xbox titles like FIFA Soccer 2003 through Microsoft's backward compatibility layer.

#Retro #emulation #xbox360 #xbox #gamepreservation

New #Spooky Month game starts today as We're returning to #CliveBarker's #Undying thanks to the #GOG Game Preservation update. Let's see how the classic got updated.
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#Twitch #GamePreservation #YoutubeGaming #GoodOldGames #Streamer #Gaming

You can now track RetroAchievements on an actual PS2

A new homebrew tool called xeRAbora connects original PlayStation 2 hardware to RetroAchievements using Open PS2 Loader.

#Retro #playstation2 #homebrew #gamepreservation

This is a GOOD example of how a live service game should handle it's END OF LIFE!

Have you played this? And what do you think?

#LetItDie #LetItDieOfflineEdition #gamepreservation #gaming #EndOfLife

Final Fantasy VII Revelation’ın fiziksel sürümü oyunun tamamını diskte taşımayacak.

Disk açılış bölümünü içerecek; devamı için indirme gerekecek.

Yönetmen Hamaguchi yine de tam disk sürümünü savunduğunu söyledi.

#FinalFantasyVII #FF7 #SquareEnix #GamePreservation

Toki is getting new physical ports for classic 8-bit and 16-bit hardware

New Old Pixels and Microids are bringing the 1989 arcade platformer to retro consoles and computers that missed out on a conversion the first time around.

#Retro #gamepreservation #arcadegames #physicalmedia

Ghost Sweeper Mikami is finally playable in English on the SNES

A complete fan translation patch brings Natsume's 1993 Japan-exclusive action platformer to English-speaking audiences.

#Retro #snes #fantranslation #gamepreservation #natsume

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night has a full castle editor now

A new web-based tool lets you edit map tiles, enemies, and weapons in the 1997 PlayStation classic.

#Retro #romhacking #castlevania #playstation #gamepreservation

DOSBox-X 2026.10.01 adds S3 ViRGE and AWE32 support

The October 2026 update for DOSBox-X brings new 3D acceleration, expanded sound card emulation, and better stability for Windows 95.

#Retro #emulation #dosboxx #opensource #gamepreservation

Cave's Muchi Muchi Pork and Pink Sweets bundle is out today

The two cult-classic Cave arcade shooters are finally available in the West for PlayStation 5, Switch, and PC, complete with new arranged soundtracks.

#Retro #shootemups #gamepreservation #arcadegames

You can now play Daytona USA natively on PC without an emulator

Developer alphanu1 has released a native C++ recompilation of Sega's 1994 arcade classic, letting it run on modern operating systems without MAME.

#Retro #emulation #gamepreservation #sega #pcgaming

How Tonka toys cost the Sega Master System the 8-bit war

For its 30th anniversary, we look back at how Sega handed its 8-bit console to a toy truck company in North America, while quietly conquering the rest of the world.

#Retro #gamepreservation #sega #segamastersystem #videogamehistory