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Videogame emulation news and exclusive interviews, from the aesthetics of razor sharp scanlines to the wild technical challenges of making yesterday's […]

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The future of the past
How will the Analogue 3D, the new Steam Machine and Steam Frame, and the SuperStation One impact the hobby of emulation?
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November 17, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Vagrant Story decompiled: A lone fan is dutifully working towards the remaster Matsuno's masterpiece deserves, one line of code at a time
Plus: An interview with the creator of legendary emulator ZSNES and a healthy dose of patch notes.
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November 3, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Just in time for Halloween: Aeon Genesis returns with Screaming Mad George's pinball nightmare
Veteran hacker Gideon Zhi talks ParanoiaScape. Plus: We check back in with Playdate emulator CrankBoy.
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October 30, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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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.
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October 19, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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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.
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September 23, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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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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September 14, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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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.
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August 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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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.
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August 14, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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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.
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July 28, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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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?
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July 9, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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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.
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June 23, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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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.
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June 3, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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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!?
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May 25, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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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.
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May 8, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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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.
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April 25, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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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.
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April 12, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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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.
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March 27, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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Democratizing retro(arch) shaders for emulators and beyond
Meet ShaderGlass, the new king of convenient post-processing. Plus, a new benchmark for static recompilation and some very nice hot air balloons.
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March 15, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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What 'RT' and 'HDR' have to do with fixing obscure graphical issues in 20-year-old PS2 games
A deep dive into some very specific PCSX2 improvements, plus news on the MiSTer's Sega Saturn core and a dash of Kamen Rider.
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February 24, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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SegaNet for 2025: Dreamcast emulator Flycast introduces a new way to play online
Also this issue: Truly playable Bloodborne in ShadPS4 (and clearing up the confusion on that 60 fps patch DMCA).
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February 13, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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The fan translation extravaganza: Tales of Rebirth, Team Innocent and 6 more games you can now play in English
Including a re-translation of SNES classic Illusion of Gaia and a Saturn Bomberman. Plus, the MiSTer's getting a 3DO core and a new Taki Udon FPGA console.
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January 27, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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I'm giving away a boxed copy of Front Mission to celebrate 2,100 subscribers
Everyone subscribed to Read Only Memo on Saturday, January 4th 2025 will be entered to win.
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January 27, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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The Before Crisis crisis: How hackers are rebuilding the lost Final Fantasy VII mobile game piece by tiny piece
Plus RPCS3 turning a Raspberry Pi 5 into a PSP-esque PS3, a new feature for the Sega Saturn MiSTer core, and some fan translations due in 2025.
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January 27, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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Turns out a lot of stuff happened 20 & 30 years ago: the accidental anniversary issue
Celebrating milestones for the Sega Saturn, Nintendo DS and... Detective Conan?
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January 27, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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The budget MiSTER Pi is back, and this time Taki Udon has a whole team behind him
Plus, we're bringing the emulation scene to Bluesky.
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January 27, 2025 at 12:35 AM