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Epilogue reveal the SN Operator to play real SNES cartridges on various platforms

Liam Dawe — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 15:06:37 +0000

Much like Epilogue did with the GB Operator for playing actual Game Boy cartridges, they've recently revealed the SN Operator for the SNES.

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Making retro DOS gaming simple - the standalone DOSBox Pure Unleashed is out now

Liam Dawe — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 10:29:58 +0000

DOSBox Pure Unleashed is a standalone fork of the classic DOSBox to run DOS games on modern systems, based on the libretro core.

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Retro x86-based machine emulator 86Box v5.0 brings a new integrated machine manager

Liam Dawe — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 11:55:16 +0000

86Box is a low level x86 emulator that runs older operating systems and software, with a big new release out to make managing multiple systems easier.

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Nintendo 64 emulator gopher64 recently added save state slots and netplay cloud servers

Liam Dawe — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 09:12:25 +0000

If Nintendo 64 is your thing, keep an eye on the gopher64 emulator which is steadily adding in more features and has Linux support.

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x86 on ARM64 emulator FEX gets some huge gaming improvements

Liam Dawe — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 15:30:41 +0000

FEX is one way to run x86 appps and games on ARM64, with the latest release 2508 bringing some pretty striking performance improvements.

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Developer of PlayStation 1 emulator DuckStation threatens "removing Linux support entirely" but not yet

Liam Dawe — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 11:21:23 +0000

Seems the main developer of the PlayStation 1 emulator DuckStation is not happy with Linux packaging, threatening to remove Linux support.

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felix86 emulator for Linux for x86 and x86-64 apps on RISC-V can now run Steam and major games

Liam Dawe — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 10:40:04 +0000

You can now play some major games on RISC-V systems running Linux, thanks to the felix86 emulator that's really coming along.

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Open source PS2 emulator PCSX2 v2.4 brings SDL 3, Wayland support, lots of compatibility fixes

Liam Dawe — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 15:01:28 +0000

PlayStation 2 emulator PCSX2 v2.4 has been released, bringing with it many enhancements to game support and improved Linux support too.

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The 3dSen emulator turning NES games into 3D voxel dioramas 1.0 is out now - we have keys to give away

Liam Dawe — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 11:52:55 +0000

It took around 10 years to make it fully happen but the 3dSen emulator is out now with the 1.0 release for both the PC and VR releases.

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felix86 is a new open source Linux emulator to run x86-64 Linux programs on RISC-V processors

Liam Dawe — Thu, 01 May 2025 07:45:37 +0000

RISC-V fans will be interested in this one. felix86 has been announced as a new project with a first release available that enables you to run x86-64 Linux programs on RISC-V processors on Linux.

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Emulation manager EmuDeck 2.4 brings Steam library integration changes, improved BIOS checker

Liam Dawe — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 10:56:40 +0000

EmuDeck is an all-in-one solution for managing emulation on Linux, SteamOS, Steam Deck and other handhelds and the 2.4 release brings some nice additions.

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Playstation 2 Emulator PCSX2 enables Wayland by default

Liam Dawe — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:47:46 +0000

For people who enjoy seeing improvements for emulation on Linux, and for Wayland support - the Playstation 2 Emulator PCSX2 has now enabled support for it by default.

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PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 expands online play for fighting games with RPCN v1.4

Liam Dawe — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 14:36:57 +0000

Another big update has been released for RPCN, the open source online matchmaking server for PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3. This brings new features and more compatible games for Netplay.

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PS2 Emulator emulator PCSX2 should get Wayland support "in the coming months"

Liam Dawe — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 10:27:57 +0000

PCSX2 is a free and open source Sony PS2 Emulator, and it seems they're working towards ensuring it has full support for Wayland on Linux.

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PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 released for arm64 works on Raspberry Pi 5 and Apple Silicon

Liam Dawe — Tue, 10 Dec 2024 15:00:14 +0000

The PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 team have been busy as they've announced the release of RPCS3 for arm64 that includes like likes of the Raspberry Pi 5 and Apple Silicon (M1, M2 etc).

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FEX-Emu version 2410 out bringing some important fixes for gaming on AArch64

nwildner — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 09:08:56 +0000

FEX-Emu is an emulation layer that allows you to run x86 and x86-64 binaries (like games and apps) on an AArch64 Linux host, similar to qemu-user and box86/box64. Instead of using full disk images, FEX-Emu uses rootfs overlay + forwarding GL processing to the host to achieve better performance in emulated software.

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Nintendo Switch emulator Ryujinx gets shut down

Liam Dawe — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 21:17:54 +0000

Well, there it is. After what happened with yuzu, many wondered if it would happen, and now it has. Nintendo has shut down the Nintendo Switch emulator Ryujinx.

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EmuDeck 2.3 out now with a fresh UI design, 3DS emulators return

Liam Dawe — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 15:20:54 +0000

After a short Beta period I covered previously, the EmuDeck team have released EmuDeck 2.3 that comes with the big user interface overhaul.

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PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 gets expanded online play support for multiple classics

Liam Dawe — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 09:17:53 +0000

The PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 just got expanded online play support, thanks to an update to RPCN, a server for matchmaking meant to be used with RPCS3.

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PlayStation 1 emulator DuckStation changes license for no commercial use and no derivatives

Liam Dawe — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 11:41:09 +0000

There's been a bit of a furore in the emulation community lately centred around the PlayStation 1 emulator DuckStation, which has now seen two license changes recently.

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EmuDeck 2.3 Beta brings a new unified UI and multi language support

Liam Dawe — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 15:29:57 +0000

For fans of emulation on Steam Deck and Desktop Linux, you might want to give the new EmuDeck 2.3 Beta a spin.

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Wii U emulator Cemu 2.1 out now with AppImage and Flatpak support for Linux

Liam Dawe — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 12:30:49 +0000

After going open source back in mid 2022, the Wii U emulator Cemu started providing experimental builds with Linux support and now it's out proper with the new Cemu 2.1 release.

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GameCube and Wii emulator Dolphin getting an official Flatpak for Linux and Steam Deck

Liam Dawe — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 17:11:43 +0000

Emulation fans might like this! The GameCube and Wii emulator Dolphin, is going to finally get an official package for Linux Desktop and Steam Deck.

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GameCube emulator Dolphin adds RetroAchievements support

Liam Dawe — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 10:00:33 +0000

Another nice win for people who love hitting challenges, as RetroAchievements support has now been added to Dolphin for GameCube.

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PS2 Emulator PCSX2 2.0 is out now and it's a huge upgrade

Liam Dawe — Sat, 13 Jul 2024 18:42:20 +0000

PCSX2 is a popular open source emulation for the Sony PlayStation 2 (PS2) and PCSX2 version 2.0 is now officially available with a great many changes and improvements.

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GameCube and Wii emulator Dolphin moves to a more rapid release cycle

Liam Dawe — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 17:22:17 +0000

The team behind the free and open source GameCube and Wii emulator Dolphin have announced a big change to their plans, along with a new much more rapid release schedule.

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Nintendo DMCA nukes 8,535 GitHub copies of Switch emulator yuzu

Liam Dawe — Fri, 03 May 2024 14:11:30 +0000

The battle continues! The fallout is ongoing from the legal battle between Nintendo and yuzu that saw the yuzu team fold.

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Emulation tool RetroDECK brings in Ryujinx for Nintendo Switch, many other improvements

Liam Dawe — Tue, 16 Apr 2024 12:05:42 +0000

RetroDECK is one of the simplest options for getting various emulators set up on Steam Deck and Desktop Linux, and the latest release has lots of fun improvements to check out.

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Toaplan Arcade Shoot 'Em Up Collection Vol.4 is out now with more classics

Liam Dawe — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 08:45:17 +0000

If you're a shoot 'em up fan you've been eating good recently, with another quality set of games out now in the Toaplan Arcade Shoot ‘Em Up Collection Vol.4.

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Over 20 classic SNK titles just released on GOG

Liam Dawe — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 12:00:30 +0000

If you love retro gaming, you might want to hop on over to GOG as they've teamed up with SNK again to bring a bunch more classic games to your collections.

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Lemonade is an attempt to continue on the Nintendo 3DS emulator Citra

Liam Dawe — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 10:41:54 +0000

While Nintendo took down the Nintendo Switch emulator yuzu, the collateral damage was the Nintendo 3DS emulator Citra which was also taken offline but Lemonade is an attempt to keep it going.

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Toaplan Arcade Shoot 'Em Up Collection Vol.4 announced and coming soon

Liam Dawe — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 14:54:08 +0000

Bitwave Games are doing it again, giving us a healthy dose of nostalgia with the Toaplan Arcade Shoot 'Em Up Collection Vol.4 that's due to release soon. Plus a teaser of something else to come.

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GitLab takes down Nintendo Switch emulator suyu due to the DMCA

Liam Dawe — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 20:12:12 +0000

Well, that didn't last long did it. After a first release, GitLab have already pulled down the Nintendo Switch emulator suyu, due to a DMCA hit as a result of it being forked from yuzu which Nintendo shut down.

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Nintendo Switch emulator suyu continues on from yuzu - first release is up

Liam Dawe — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 17:44:01 +0000

There's a new Nintendo Switch emulator named suyu, which has been forked off from the original yuzu before Nintendo shut it down and a release is now available.

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PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 gets gamepad support for the main UI

Liam Dawe — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 13:51:19 +0000

Working with RPCS3 for PlayStation 3 emulation should now be a whole lot easier on the likes of the Steam Deck, other handhelds and for just gamepad users with the latest update.

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EmuDeck 2.2.12 released to fix a bunch of issues

Liam Dawe — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 13:24:49 +0000

EmuDeck is one of the go-to solutions for emulation on Steam Deck and other systems, and the big 2.2 update recently had some issues so another update is out now with 2.2.12 to clean things up a bit.

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Nintendo DS emulator DraStic became free of charge after Yuzu case

nwildner — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 12:57:47 +0000

After Yuzu emulator owners agreed to pay Nintendo $2.4 million USD and EmuDeck also announcing Yuzu and Citra removal right after the court settlement became available on the internet, Nintendo DS emulator DraStic is now free.

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EmuDeck 2.2 adds a new Pegasus Frontend, better Linux support, new emulators

Liam Dawe — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 17:54:32 +0000

EmuDeck 2.2 has rolled out, for those of you that want easy install and configuration of emulators across various different systems like Steam Deck, Desktop Linux PCs and more.

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EmuDeck removes Yuzu And Citra emulator support

Smellbringer — Tue, 05 Mar 2024 11:19:13 +0000

The news of the Yuzu team agreeing to pay Nintendo $2.4 million in damages and immediately shut down all operations sent shock waves through the emulation landscape. EmuDeck will now also be removing Yuzu and Citra.

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Yuzu agrees to pay Nintendo $2.4 million and will entirely shut down (Citra for 3DS too)

Liam Dawe — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 19:56:13 +0000

After Nintendo recently filed a lawsuit against the Yuzu team, it was pretty much inevitable this was going to happen wasn't it.

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Nintendo goes after Switch emulator yuzu in new lawsuit

Liam Dawe — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 22:56:41 +0000

Well, here we go. Nintendo have formally filed a lawsuit against the creators of the popular open source Switch emulator yuzu.

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EmulationStation Desktop Edition (ES-DE) gets new default look and different font sizes

Liam Dawe — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 11:32:48 +0000

EmulationStation Desktop Edition 3.0 is out now and it's gone through a rebrand to simply ES-DE, plus a whole bunch of improvements come with this release.

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DOSBox Staging 0.81.0 out now with new CRT shaders and lots of graphics improvements

Liam Dawe — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 11:51:26 +0000

DOSBox Staging is a modern continuation of DOSBox with advanced features and modern development practices, giving you the great compatibility of classic games with plenty of extras. A new release is available with DOSBox Staging 0.81.0 and it brings with it quite a number of changes to improve a whole lot of games.

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Super Pocket Taito Edition Review - Licensed Linux Retro-gaming on a Budget

Pengling — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 12:25:53 +0000

Blaze Entertainment's latest Evercade-compatible device makes for an excellent entry to licensed emulation on Linux.

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Game Boy homebrew scene alive and well thanks to the open source GB Studio

Liam Dawe — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 10:45:13 +0000

GB Studio is a free and open source cross-platform game engine, that allows you to make fully-features games for the classic Nintendo Game Boy.

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DOS_deck brings DOS games to your browser with a Steam Deck interface

Liam Dawe — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 10:29:56 +0000

This is a fun idea for classic games. DOS_deck is a website where you can go and play some classic DOS games right in the browser with an interface much like the Steam Deck / Steam Big Picture Mode.

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EmulationStation Desktop Edition v2.2 brings huge additions

Liam Dawe — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 16:34:23 +0000

EmulationStation Desktop Edition is a frontend for browsing and launching games from your multi-platform game collection, it's pretty great and the latest version 2.2 is out now with loads of improvements and new system additions.

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Nintendo 3DS emulator Citra gets a performance boost on Linux / Steam Deck

Liam Dawe — Mon, 23 Oct 2023 12:28:05 +0000

Recently I highlighted that the Nintendo 3DS emulator Citra was doing a big move over to Vulkan, giving it a modern rendering system to keep on pushing performance. The latest updates also give a big boost for Linux / Steam Deck.

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Nintendo 3DS emulator Citra adds Vulkan support

Liam Dawe — Mon, 18 Sep 2023 12:58:10 +0000

Nintendo 3DS emulation is about to get a whole lot better, as Citra now has Vulkan support bringing better performance for players.

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Toaplan Arcade Shoot 'Em Up Collection Vol.2 definitely delivers

Liam Dawe — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 13:52:01 +0000

If you're a fan of retro games and you love your shoot 'em ups, you should check out Toaplan Arcade Shoot 'Em Up Collection Vol.2.

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