Silhouette is said to be an official Super Famicom (SNES) emulator developed by Nintendo for easy testing and debugging for 1st party devs. In this episode we take a closer look at the emulator and...
2021-09-06 11:47:00 +0000 UTC View Post
The Nintendo Wii Mini released in 2012 as a standalone $99 console that had no internet connectivity and many features removed. For years it was believed that there was no easy method to hack...
2021-08-30 11:46:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Quake-X was my Quake port for the original Xbox in 2004. In this episode we take a look at this port as well as others that made their way to the OG Xbox and how you can still play Quake with a hom...
2021-08-23 11:46:00 +0000 UTC View Post
DuckStation is a new PlayStation 1 emulator that focuses on speed, accuracy and maintainability - and it runs on the Xbox Series S|X thanks to a UWP build and Direct X12 support. In this episode we...
2021-08-16 11:46:59 +0000 UTC View Post
In 2012 , Microsoft would introduce DVD drives for the Xbox 360 Slim model that removed the write protection from Lite On Drives and moving the flash chip inside a custom package. In this episode w...
2021-08-09 11:47:00 +0000 UTC View Post
In 1997 a war had started to see who could develop the best Super Nintendo emulator. In this episode we take a look back at early SNES emulation and how it become what it is today.
2021-08-02 11:47:00 +0000 UTC View Post
So I picked up a Refurbished Nintendo 2DS from the Nintendo Store for $50. Lets pimp it out and see what it can do in 2021!
2021-07-26 11:46:01 +0000 UTC View Post
A closer look at the PlayStation 2 architecture and the Emotion Engine (EE). Developers initially struggled with the hardware yet the PlayStation PS2 is still the most successful console in history...
2021-07-19 11:47:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Resident Evil Village on the PC suffers from stutters and performance issues in game. And it's all thanks to Capcom Anti Tamper and Denuvo DRM V11. In this episode we take a closer look and what's ...
2021-07-12 11:45:35 +0000 UTC View Post
In 1979, Microsoft released 'Adventure' an interactive text adventure game that was a port of Colossal Cave Adventure - a mainframe adventure game released in 1976. Microsoft Adventure would contai...
2021-07-05 11:46:01 +0000 UTC View Post
NBA Jam was perhaps one of the most popular and influential arcade games of all time, generating over 1 billion dollars in revenue when it released in 1993. It's infamous 'rubberbanding' code would...
2021-06-28 11:54:59 +0000 UTC View Post
I've had a 20th Anniversary PlayStation 4 console sitting in my closet for almost 7 years..so lets unbox it and take a closer look
2021-06-21 11:45:01 +0000 UTC View Post
The Game Boy Advance supports backward compatibility with original Game Boy and Game Boy Color games, yet the systems are completely different in architecture. In this episode we take a look at how...
2021-06-14 11:46:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey friends, I finally have some help with this account so be on the look out for new patron only perks soon. I also have more shirts coming at the end of June for $10 Swagger tier patrons in sizes...
2021-06-10 15:24:15 +0000 UTC View Post
A prototype build of Gears of War 3 running on PlayStation 3 hardware was released in May 2021. In this episode I take a closer look at the build and how it ended up on PlayStation 3 hardware in th...
2021-06-07 11:46:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Mortal Kombat was a smash in the arcade and in the home. In 2004 Jakks Pacific released a $25 Mortal Kombat TV game that ran on AA batteries - but this was not simple emulation, rather a custom dev...
2021-05-31 11:47:00 +0000 UTC View Post
DRM or digital rights management issues are a serious problem on the Xbox Series X console. In this episode we take a closer look at each of them and how they can threaten game preservation for upc...
2021-05-24 11:46:01 +0000 UTC View Post
A closer look at how Street Fighter Alpha 3 on the Game Boy Advance fit into a single 32 Megabit GBA Cartridge.
2021-05-17 11:47:00 +0000 UTC View Post
The RetroTINK 5x Pro is a brand new upscaler that boasts output resolutions up to 1440p, offers best in class deinterlacing and hosts many different inputs for all your retro needs - but is i...
2021-05-10 11:46:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Xbox 360 Emulation on the PC just got a while lot better in April 2021 thanks to recent GPU updates made to the Xenia emulator. In this episode we take a look at these latest updates and how they r...
2021-05-03 11:46:59 +0000 UTC View Post
On April 22nd 2021, Shantae was released for the Nintendo Switch EShop. I was the lead developer on the project. Here's how it all went down.
2021-04-26 11:47:00 +0000 UTC View Post
The SEGA Saturn released in 1994 as part of the fifth generation of home consoles. Although there were methods to bypass security and play backup discs. It wouldn't be until 20 years later until it...
2021-04-19 11:46:59 +0000 UTC View Post
The Elders Scroll III Morrowind is an open world action role playing game developed by Bethesda Game Studios in 2002 for the Original Xbox. In a recent podcast Todd Howard claimed - "In Morrowind, ...
2021-04-12 11:46:59 +0000 UTC View Post
The PS Vita PlayStation Store will be going offline on August 27th 2021. In this episode I walk through how to expand the Vita's storage to allow many digital games to be downloaded, and more impor...
2021-04-05 11:46:00 +0000 UTC View PostAnother Sega Genesis ROM has been dumped and preserved. Unfortunately its not Alien Storm, but its still a pretty cool find! Check out the episode to find out about this cool discovery!
2021-03-29 11:46:59 +0000 UTC View Post
After 27 years TonyHax has been released - a softmod backup loader for the Sony PlayStation 1. This is a backup loader that leverages a save game exploit present on Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 and 3 (...
2021-03-22 11:46:59 +0000 UTC View Post
The Xbox 360 launched in 2005 with a unique dashboard known as the "Blades". I still own one Xbox 360 console that was never updated and still contains the Blades Dash in all its glory. In this epi...
2021-03-15 11:46:00 +0000 UTC View Post
In 1996 Capcom released Street Fighter Alpha (Zero in Japan) 2 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The entire game was compressed down from the Capcom CPS2 arcade original to a 32 Me...
2021-03-08 12:46:59 +0000 UTC View Post
By the late 80's, Manual based copy protection has become trivial to bypass by simply photocopying the manual itself. In an attempt to mitigate piracy and with the increasing reliance on hard disk ...
2021-03-01 12:46:00 +0000 UTC View Post
The Story of the Connectix Virtual Game Station and how it was capable on running full speed PlayStation 1 emulation on a Power PC based G3 Mac computer in 1999.
2021-02-22 12:46:01 +0000 UTC View Post