Category: Nintendo News

Super 'Wario' Bros – New take on the Classic Nintendo Game

June 4, 2015 0 Comments on Super 'Wario' Bros – New take on the Classic Nintendo Game
Posted in Games Consoles, Nintendo News, Retro Computing History, Reviews

An interesting hack version of Super Mario Bros on the NES has been released. On this version Wario takes over instead of Mario, and the visuals are also following its new protagonist ‘style’. The patch is available to download in the link below but you will need a rom image of the original Super Bros rom, It is a bit…

Fee-fi-fo-fum – I am gonna play my Gameboy XXL

May 26, 2015 0 Comments on Fee-fi-fo-fum – I am gonna play my Gameboy XXL
Posted in Games Consoles, Nintendo News

Using 10m² of 3mm MDF, a Raspberry Pi and a 19″ computer monitor, Ilhan Ünal has built a gigantic Gameboy. The idea came a year ago from a informal conversation between Ilhan and the organizer of a Belgian Chiptune festival called Nintendoom. After one year of hard work, the “handheld” is ready, as you can see from the picture above….

I made an NES emulator. Here’s what I learned about the original Nintendo.

May 8, 2015 0 Comments on I made an NES emulator. Here’s what I learned about the original Nintendo.
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I made an NES emulator. Here’s what I learned about the original Nintendo. Michael Fogleman has published an article at Medium.com talking about his experience on making a Nintendo emulator from scratch. He goes very technical, explaining hardware details of the 6502 and the NES itself. He wrote the emulator using the language Go, and all the source code is…