[ad_1] Unreleased video games tend to show up in ready-to-play forms, but a recent discovery required decidedly more effort. The Video Game History Foundation has reconstructed a lost NES adaptation of the Tom Cruise stock car movie Days of Thunder (one of the blockbuster hits of 1990) using 30-year-old source code floppy disks from the […]
Category: nes
Hacked NES Power Glove controls a modular synth with finger wriggles
[ad_1] Never mind controlling a modular synth by twiddling knobs. If one modder has his way, one of Nintendo’s legendary controllers is the way of the future. Look Mum No Computer (aka Sam Battle) has hacked an NES Power Glove into a gesture controller for his modular synth setup. All he has to do is […]
‘Wild Guns’ and ‘Panel de Pon’ are coming to Switch Online next week
[ad_1] Nintendo Switch Online is carrying on the legacy of the Wii’s Virtual Console, and four more games — one NES title and three SNES ones — are being added to the library on May 20th. Rygar may be regarded as a classic, but it hasn’t aged too well, and Operation Logic Bomb isn’t exactly […]
Analogue’s metal NES returns as a $499 special edition
[ad_1] If you’re kicking yourself for missing out on Analogue’s metallic NES on steroids, the Nt Mini, you’re in luck — provided you have the cash. Analogue has opened pre-orders for the Nt Mini Noir Edition, a final run of the console that comes in a gunmetal finish with gold-hued ports, a refined NES cartridge […]
Nintendo Switch Online is adding ‘Star Fox 2′ and Super Punch Out!!’
[ad_1] Other SNES games coming to the catalog — and confirming a datamined leak earlier this year — include Kirby Super Star, Super Punch Out!! and Breath of Fire II. Nintendo isn’t stopping there, however, and will also include a couple of NES classics, Crystalis and Journey to Silius. The biggest news might be that […]
8BitDo turns the NES gamepad into a mouse
[ad_1] I actually came across this 8BitDo N30 2.4GHz Wireless Mouse at, of all places, TechCrunch Shenzhen earlier today, where the device made its public debut. This is very much like any regular dual-button mouse, except the scroll wheel is replaced by a stealthy touch strip, and the D-pad on the side lets you toggle […]
Nintendo won’t deliver NES and SNES games to Switch on a regular schedule
[ad_1] The console maker didn’t explain why it’s shifting its strategy, although it may be a combination of a more established selection and avoiding conflicts. While Switch Online doesn’t have absolutely every retro game players would crave, it now has a decent selection. There’s less of a rush to fill things out. Moreover, Nintendo might […]
1989 promo shows the ‘Terminator’ NES game that never was
[ad_1] The game hadn’t been in development for long before the CES promo tape was ready, and Sunsoft couldn’t show much more than the splash screen and cutscenes. That didn’t stop the studio from dishing out the hyperbole, though. It claimed this was the first game to include “movie footage and interactive graphics technology,” and […]
Switch Online adds ‘Punch-Out’ and ‘Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels’
[ad_1] Nintendo’s ever-growing library of NES classics that are playable on Switch will add two more entries on the 10th: Punch-Out!!!, Star Soldier and Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels. Punch-Out!!! swaps in Mr. Dream for the game’s original boss Mike Tyson — hopefully without the Wii’s scaling-induced lag issues on HDTVs and with all […]