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Lilbits: Cross platform edition (Stadia on iOS, Apple TV on Chromecast, HBO Max on Roku)

by Brad Linder12/16/2020 Comments Off

Apple doesn’t let developer submit apps to the App Store if they effectively include their own app store… and that means game streaming services like Stadia, Luna, GeForce Now, and Xbox Cloud Gaming need not apply. But there’s an alternate path to streaming games on iPhones and iPads: the web browser. Amazon’s Luna game streaming […]

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Super Retro Champ handheld game system plays SNES and Sega Genesis carts

by Brad Linder01/06/2020 2 Comments

Last year the folks at My Arcade introduced a handheld game console at CES called Retro Champ that let you play classic 8-bit NES games… by plugging in NES carts. This year, the company is following up with the Super Retro Champ. As the name indicates, the new model lets you play 16-bit Super Nintendo carts… […]

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SNES Classic hack allows you to load additional games

by Brad Linder10/09/2017 4 Comments

Nintendo’s SNES Classic Edition is an $80 game console that looks like a tiny version of the company’s 1990 game console, and which comes with 20 classic games pre-installed. Like last year’s NES Classic, the latest retro game system from Nintendo doesn’t officially support any other games. It doesn’t take cartridges, and you’re not supposed […]

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SNES Classic mini-console coming Sept 29th for $80 (with 21 games)

by Brad Linder06/26/2017 7 Comments

Nintendo’s NES Classic Edition was a surprise hit when it launched last year. The tiny replica of a classic Nintendo Entertainment System came with 30 classic games pre-loaded and quickly sold out at just about every store where it was available. Now Nintendo is launching a follow-up: the Super NES Classic Edition is coming September […]

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Would you buy an SNES Classic mini?

by Brad Linder04/19/201701/09/2020 6 Comments

Nintendo may have discontinued its NES Classic Edition mini game console, but folks who are looking for a tiny replica of a classic game console may have another option on the horizon: Eurogamer reports that Nintendo is planning to launch a miniature version of the Super Nintendo (also known as the SNES). Nintendo hasn’t confirmed […]

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Raspberry Pi mod turns the $35 PC into a retro gaming console

by Brad Linder07/05/201203/12/2019 2 Comments

The Raspberry Pi may not be the most powerful computer around, but the little $35 PC is proving to be pretty versatile. It can be used as a Linux-powered computer, a media center, a remote client for logging into a Windows PC, or even as a laptop. Now one developer has turned his Raspberry Pi into […]

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aaSNES1 – Your Acer Aspire One is in my SNES console!

by Brad Linder06/09/200906/07/2011 6 Comments

Sure, part of what makes a netbook is the fact that it’s small, light, and ultraportable. But you know what else you can do with a small computer? Cram it into rather unusual places, like say, the shell of a Super Nintendo system. That’s what the folks at Asobitech are in the process of doing. […]

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Netbook gaming: As long as you’re old school, you’re good to go

by Brad Linder10/08/200808/21/2019 12 Comments

Sure, some folks buy laptops because they want to be able to get work done while on the go. But others have less serious goals in mind. After all, why should you be chained to your desktop when you want to play Call of Duty? It turns out that most modern netbooks with Intel Atom […]