Emulation

RetroArch emulation: Valve's Steam Deck handheld

RetroArch update makes Steam Deck emulation better

Mar 30, 2022

Highlights

PCSX2 will drop 32-bit and add DirectX 12 support

PCSX2 DirectX 12: An original PlayStation 2 model

Mar 21, 2022

Your PC isn’t powerful enough for this NES emulator

The interface for emulator MetalNES

Feb 28, 2022

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MAME reduces emulated light gun accuracy, improving accuracy

The Duck Hunt dog is laughing at some bad shooting

Feb 25, 2022

PCSX2 can now support custom textures for fan remasters

Ratchet & Clank, but with the crate textures replaced by fat chocobos using PCSX2

Feb 21, 2022

Gamecube emulation via Dolphin is running on Steam Deck

The Dolphin emulator running F-Zero GX on Steam Deck

Feb 18, 2022

MAME is now old enough to be emulated inside of MAME

Feb 8, 2022

RetroArch gets a big update for online retro gaming

Art for emulation front-end RetroArch, showing a range of classic game consoles escaping from a box

Jan 28, 2022

RetroArch aims to let you play real Nintendo 64 cartridges on PC emulators this year

A Quake II N64 cartridge connected to a MacBook

Jan 12, 2022

PS2 emulator PCSX2 adds Vulkan support

PlayStation 2 classic Ratchet & Clank rendered in Vulkan on PCSX2

Jan 10, 2022

PS3 emulator RPCS3 now boots the XMB

The PlayStation 3 XMB

Jan 3, 2022

Two years later, PC emulator 86Box gets its 3.0 update with Pentium II support

A teaser for the new 86Box version, billed as "the greatest update ever"

Dec 14, 2021

Netplay improvements are coming to emulation frontend RetroArch

Art for emulation front-end RetroArch, showing a range of classic game consoles escaping from a box

Dec 7, 2021

Capcom’s arcade emulation collection is the eighth-biggest Steam game of all time

A lineup of arcade machines in Capcom Arcade Stadium

Nov 30, 2021

After hundreds of hours debugging, a bad GTA clone has made Dolphin better

True Crime: New York City running on GameCube emulator Dolphin

Nov 19, 2021

Phil Spencer hopes for industry-wide emulation, even as Xbox emulation ends

Art for emulation front-end RetroArch, showing a range of classic game consoles escaping from a box

Nov 18, 2021

Emulators Snes9x, bsnes, DeSmuME, and PPSSPP are now on Steam

Art for emulation front-end RetroArch, showing a range of classic game consoles escaping from a box

Nov 17, 2021

RetroArch’s new automatic frame delay setting makes low input lag easier

An emulated game running via RetroArch

Nov 8, 2021

Genesis/Mega Drive emulation with 32X support comes to Steam via RetroArch

Oct 25, 2021

RetroArch devs say “stay tuned” for more Steam emulator cores

Key art for RetroArch, featuring a variety of controller button configurations appearing above a box

Oct 11, 2021

ScummVM gets support for Grim Fandango and Longest Journey in its anniversary update

Manny Calavera explores an office in Grim Fandango

Oct 11, 2021

id Software’s Super Mario Bros. 3 PC port is in a museum now

Jul 13, 2021

Zelda: Ocarina of Time mod aims to recreate the pre-release Space World version

Jul 9, 2021

The developer behind bsnes and higan has reportedly died

Jun 29, 2021

Metal Gear Online is back, thanks to custom servers

Jun 28, 2021

Super Mario World Widescreen launches next week

Jun 3, 2021

Luigi’s Mansion is now Mario’s Mansion, thanks to a ROM hack

Jun 1, 2021

Lost arcade game preserved for the first time in the latest MAME release

May 29, 2021

RetroArch gets an easy way to play HD, widescreen SNES games

May 29, 2021

20 years later, N64 emulator Project64 gets its 3.0 update

May 26, 2021

This GBA emulator runs in a browser and lets you pick up your save from any device

May 18, 2021

RetroArch is about to get far more frequent updates

Art for emulation front-end RetroArch, showing a range of classic game consoles escaping from a box

May 17, 2021

Super Mario 64 is now playable with ray tracing

May 5, 2021