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I'm Moving - Changes are Coming

 Big changes are coming and we need to talk about them. I'll be posting exclusive Patreon updates for the move. Thank you for the years of love and support on the channel.

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The last Xbox 360 ever made....

The Xbox 360-E released on the same day as the Xbox One in 2013. One year later ,  Microsoft would release the very last special edition. In this episode we take a closer look.


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How Mortal Kombat 2 cheats against you

Mortal Kombat 2 released in the arcades in 1993. It was a smash hit generating over $600 million in sales and threw down a challenge to Capcom and Street Fighter 2 to be the most influential fighti...

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Datel Action Replay - The Secret Weapon of the Piracy Scene

The Action Replay MKIII was released for the Commodore Amiga in 1991 by Datel Electronics - and while best known as a cheat device to add infinite lives, time and score to games - it also doubled a...

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How Tetris on the Nintendo Game Boy handles Random Numbers

Tetris on the Nintendo Game Boy is one of the best selling Nintendo games of all time, yet the Game Boy is incapable of generating random puzzle pieces in its hardware. In this episode we take a cl...

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How Graphics worked on the Super NES

The release of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1991, represented a significant step up in graphics processing from the NES -  but with limitations. In this episode we take a closer ...

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Quake - The 1996 Beta scandal

 In 1996 scene/warez groups raced to be first to release the biggest release of the decade - Quake by id Software. In this episode we look at the lies and deceptions that surrounded one of the...

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I am a developer of River City Girls Zero on the Nintendo Switch

Lets talk about my latest commercial project. On February 14th, Way Forward released River City Girls Zero for the Nintendo Switch eShop. I was the lead dev on the project, so lets talk about the g...

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The Nintendo 3DS eShop Is Going Offline Forever. How to Play All Games After 2023

 In March 2023 The Nintendo 3DS eShop is going offline. Forever. All digital Nintendo 3ds games will disappear. But things aren't SO bad. You see, with a modded Nintendo 3ds system you can bac...

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How the Sony PS VITA Security Was Defeated

The Sony PlayStation PS VITA Launched in 2012, but it would not be until 2016 when a public homebrew exploit would be released known as HENkaku. In this episode we take a look at how the PS Vita's ...

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MAME is 25 years old...

MAME - the Multi Arcade Machine Emulator turned 25 years old. In this episode we take a look at the early days and its importance to emulation.


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A closer look at the MiSTer FPGA Retro Gaming Setup

After years of holding out, I finally got my hands on a complete MiSTer FPGA setup complete with Jammix IO add on board and ITX Case. Is FPGA retro gaming really any better than software emulation?...

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Nintendo 64 emulation on the Switch is getting better....

Nintendo released update 1.2.0 to the Switch Online Expansion pack service for Nintendo 64. In this episode we take a closer look at some of the improvements that were made, and what still needs to...

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Tomb Raider on the Nintendo Game Boy Advance is incredible

The open source Tomb Raider engine known as OpenLara is running on the Nintendo Game Boy Advance. In this episode we uncover how this impossible port was achieved. And indeed how it runs at good sp...

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RPCS3 PlayStation 3 emulation on the PC is seriously impressive

RPCS3 is a PlayStation 3 emulator for Windows, Linux and soon on the Mac. In this episode we take a look at the advancements this emulator has seen in the past year with some seriously impressive r...

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The Story of Another World on the Amiga

Happy New Year! -  We are back with and a brand new episode

Another World released in 1991 by Delphine Software originally on the Commodore Amiga 500. The game was developed by Eric Chah...

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The new PS4 9.00 Jailbreak is awesome

A new PlayStation 4 Jailbreak for firmware 9.00 was released last week. In this episode we take a closer look at the exploit and what you can do with a jailbroken PS4.


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The Legend of Zelda - Ocarina of Time has been decompiled

After many years of research and development, The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time has been decompiled into human readable C code. In this episode we take a closer look at how it all works.

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A closer look at the Sony PSP DTP-T1000 Development Kit

The PlayStation Portable (PSP) was Sony's first charge into handheld gaming. In this episode we take a look at a development kit - the PSP DTP-1000 , and how it was used to build commercial games.<...

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GIGABYTE M32U - The 32inch 4k Monitor I've been waiting for

After 5 years I finally found a new 4k Monitor for my home PC worth upgrading to. This is the GIGABYTE M32U 32inch, 4k, HDMI 2.1, HDR display. Lets dive in and take a closer look

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Xbox changed my life

Celebrating 20 years of Xbox. Please Enjoy

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Team Xecuter - The story of the infamous Nintendo Switch Modding Group

Team Xecuter is a notorious scene modding group that started all the way back in 2002. They are currently involved in a piracy lawsuit vs Nintendo for the sale of their SXOS line of modchip product...

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Nintendo used to be GOOD at N64 Emulation...What happened?

Nintendo have developed internal N64 emulation solutions since 2002, and in the past they have usually been of a high standard, but somewhere along the way, things have declined. In this episode we...

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How games were made on the Nintendo DS

A closer look at the IS Nitro Emulator - the Development kit hardware used to develop and debug commercial Nintendo DS games

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Sega Saturn Games are running on the Nintendo Switch

A hidden emulator has been discovered in a new Nintendo Switch game. Thanks to data miners, its possible to play almost any Sega Saturn game on a modded Nintendo Switch system. In this episode we t...

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Four Days Later - Is the Nintendo Switch OLED REALLY worth $350 ?

The Nintendo Switch OLED Model is here. And I've spent the past four days with one and have really put it to the test. Here is a no nonsense review of the OLED Switch -  my thoughts, and wheth...

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Original Xbox Emulation on the PC - HUGE improvements are here

After a few years, I went back to revisit how Original Xbox emulation is looking on the PC, and the results surprised me. In this episode we take a closer look

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Running Emulators with the Edge Browser on the XBOX Series S

Thanks to the updated Edge Browser for the Xbox Series S | X consoles, you can access a vast list of emulators in the browser and you DO NOT need your Xbox to run in developer mode. In this episode...

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349 OG Xbox Prototype games were just released...

The Hidden Palace just released a motherload of almost 350 Original Xbox prototype , debug and unreleased games. Lets check it out.

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PlayStation 4 emulation on the PC is here

A PlayStation PS4 Emulator that's capable of running commercial games has been released. Lets check it out.

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