Finished Deltarune Chapter 5. Great as expected. *blows dust back onto folder labelled "gaming" and puts it back on the shelf*

Notice what Sony aren't discontinuing from the PS5?

I wonder if there was ever a cartridge-based game that used additional cart(s) due to the games large size. Like multi disc games ("insert disc 2").

To this point, I will also reiterate that PS3 and PS Vita digital download preservation remains incomplete, particularly for Japanese games and DLC, where I imagine the bulk of that work has taken place abroad. This essentially gives a one-year deadline to plug some sizeable, yet quite tricky holes.

A successor website to redump.org from the same staff team just launched, featuring better registration and metadata submission processes and HTTPS in 2026 among other things #redump redump.info

PIKUNIKU 2! 2027 on PC and Switch 2 Wishlist now!

We've got an extra special addition to our archive to announce today: Nintendo 1991 Funente Oy, a Point-Of-Sale VHS tape from Finland that contains 24 different late 80s Nintendo commercials in better quality than we can find anywhere else online! Read more here: hitsave.org/high-quality...

With my python 1 emulator launching soon, I need to test new titles to improve it. As part of that, we need cleaner dumps than what is indexed today. So here's a new P1 dumping tool for real hardware. Just need a sd2psx and usb drive I call it "Snake Charmer" Reach out if interested in testing!

This bad boy dumps all you need to emulate python 1 as well as for repair ✅ PS2 bios, nvm, mec ✅ Firewire config rom ✅ BBSRAM ✅ IO Board Boot Rom ✅ Plugged in Dallas dongles ✅ Memory Card Dongle ✅ Memory Card Auth id I had to suffer through days of horrible fan noise for this, plz spread the word

I never realised this before

too tight. deploy the worm

Happy 20th birthday to New Super Mario Bros! These days Mario sees plenty of 2D side scrolling action, but back in 2006 it was his first original 2D platformer in quite a few years! To celebrate the occasion, we've got some pre-release footage from 2004 for you all to enjoy!

anyone On Here who's a pro web developer interested in volunteering to help build a gaming-focused indieweb project that makes the internet feel like it's 2001 again? If that's you, shoot me a DM :)

moving, rotating and looping paths #gamedev

free vertical scrolling section, linking multiple routes together #gamedev

screwing with godot, 2.5d on-rails camera #gamedev

Did anyone ever work out why some traditional gamepad joysticks start to drift so quickly compared to others?

Unlike Valve, Nintendo can count to three. But it they often can't count to four. E.g. they never made a fourth Super Mario Bros. game, a fourth Pikmin game, a fourth Paper Mario game, a fourth 3D Mario game.

Proto Challenge presents... A lot of Nintendo 3DS system software prototypes + a very early prototype of Kid Icarus Uprising! This release has been a long time coming, and we're happy to finally have it all working on retail hardware for anyone to try. 🧵

This is a prototype of the unreleased Game Boy Color version of 40 Winks! This build has 6 playable levels and 2 playable characters (Ruff and Tumble). It seems to have been from very far along in the game's development. archive.org/details/40-w...

Today, we bring you a prototype of Mario's Picross for the Game Boy! Dated January 23rd, 1995, this build comes a few months before release and contains different puzzles, a different Super Game Boy title screen, and other graphical differences. archive.org/details/mari...

Today marks 15 years since the 3DS released. To celebrate, we'd like to announce that in March, we'll host Proto Direct: a live stream showcasing newly found game prototypes for 3DS and other systems too! We'll announce an exact date/time at a later date. Follow us here to get notified of updates!

BREAKING: We've freed Cookie. Following an investigation by VGHF, Ukie and Web Capio have suspended DMCA takedowns for Cookie's Bustle on behalf of Graceware, SL. More info:

Does anyone want to play that new NSMBW Co-Op mod online using Dolphin?

Introducing OmniDrive! A firmware modification for MediaTek MT1959-based optical disc drives manufactured by Hitachi-LG Data Storage that enables features that allow for better, more complete reading of discs, including proprietary game discs. github.com/RibShark/Omn...

We finally have a photo of the previously unseen Zelda 1 art on display at the Nintendo Museum. The cartouche in the top right, subtitled "THE MAP OF HYRULE," depicts 3 fairy/goddess figures unfolding a cloth (making the world?). Miyamoto's signature is on the bottom right.

The PicoIDE Crowd Supply campaign is now live! Back the project to be among the first to get yours! PicoIDE is an open IDE/ATAPI drive emulator for retro systems. www.crowdsupply.com/polpotronics...

Speaking of Virtual Boy, here's a clip from a Video Boy VUE, a tool from Intelligent Systems for showing Virtual Boy games on a TV or monitor. In 2021 I wrote up an article examining the hardware: hcs64.com/video-boy-vue/

Does anyone know why the Pi Pico debug probe might be giving a "JUNK" error?

Does anyone know why the Pi Pico debug probe might be giving a "JUNK" error?

Possibly the first 3D PS2 game to run in 1080i www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFoX...

Does anyone recall if any of the Nintendo leaks had GBA e-Reader tools in them?

Question: how many degrees off was the WarioWare Twisted gyroscope nearer to its release in 2005? I'm not sure if this is hardware degradation or if its normal?

Well there you go I made a micro post of it lol luigiblood.neocities.org/micro/2025-1...

The big "VGM Sound Sources" (game soundfont) spreadsheet list sound CDs/synths and has a "wanted CDs" list. But where are the download links (or dat/hash file) for the actual CDs/synth data?

After 6 years working on BlueRetro, the time has come for me to move on and focus on my family and my real job. Thank you to everyone who contributed, tested, reported issues, or supported the project over the years. Your involvement made BlueRetro what it is today.

Websites don't just magically appear on the Wayback Machine, someone has to actually archive them. Sometimes that's Internet Archive themselves. Sometimes that's the ArchiveTeam community saving entire websites before they shut down. And they could use your help paying for their big servers :)

Honestly I thought they wouldn't slop-ify Prime 4, since its meant to be a "hardcore" series. I guess Kirby is the only Nintendo franchise that's been left untouched.

Prime 4 basically doesn't have any of the original Prime devs, does it? Did Nintendo not give them the memo that its good to keep your devs around?

Prime 4 might be the first Nintendo game that had a cross-platform release (like Twilight Princess and BOTW) where the version on the newer console is significantly higher fidelity?

Valve should bring back E3 just for Half-Life 3. They shouldn't debase themselves by going on the "Game Awards".

The big "VGM Sound Sources" (game soundfont) spreadsheet list sound CDs/synths and has a "wanted CDs" list. But where are the download links (or dat/hash file) for the actual CDs/synth data?

I guess I'll need to upgrade from my GTX 1650 for Half-Life 3. Hopefully that'll cover Half-Life Alyx as well, although I'd still need the VR setup.

Nintendo's post-Wii output seems to be "by-the-numbers creativity". An evolution of the formula they started with NSMBWii. The devs are required to be as creative as possible, but only within very strict parameters that nullify much of the creativity felt in the final product.

KIRO 7 ran an article and two TV pieces on the theft of a box truck full of arcade PCBs, artwork, and machines from my workplace yesterday. If anyone in the Seattle area sees someone offloading a ton of CPS2/NAOMI/Neo Geo PCBs, stuff of that nature, please reach out. www.kiro7.com/news/local/g...

We've added 100 new CDs to our collection of press CDs from GamePro magazine, with thousands of pieces of game art, screenshots, and more So, what's the GamePro press CD collection? We put together an explainer

Are you ready for #PicoIDE? It seems to be telling me it's ready. Coming soon: ATAPI optical disc emulation and IDE hard drive emulation. picoide.com

I have scanned and uploaded the extremely rare Nintendo company guide from 2000: archive.org/details/nint... This is my first attempt at archiving my collection so I expect the quality will improve as my process does