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The first model of the NES wasn’t all that great; just ask any one of the millions of six-year-olds who independently discovered blowing on a cartridge made it work. The second NES hardware ...

While there’s probably no more than a dozen or so “real” NES games on the system, even the ROM hacks and bootleg titles are entertaining in their own way. If for nothing else but to see the ...

Emulator designers spend years creating an environment where you can enjoy games you can't buy anymore, even if publishers ...

But throughout the course of music history there have been some albums that for a while were only available in the underground between bootleg traders and those with fuzzy copies. Recorded in 1967 ...

Authorities say 12,000 counterfeit copies of the Atari 2600, SNES, and Sega Genesis, collectively housing millions of pirated games, have been seized and will be destroyed. Now, 12,000 fewer ...

In 2023, it was discovered that Alien Resurrection had a secret cheat code that allowed players to play pirated PS1 games ...

Lego's take on Nintendo's iconic console doesn't just include a buildable version of the machine, it also throws in all the pieces you'll need to build an old-school CRT TV and stand, NES ...

The 16-bit era was just built different. Without further ado, these are the 15 hardest levels from the SNES games of that period. Most of these levels are tough, but for many gamers, their ...

After starting off with the NES - or Famicom as it's known in Japan - Nintendo has bit-by-bit been adding new games and systems to Switch Online, working through its home consoles and handhelds.