Downloading retro games can be a point of tension in the gaming community. Many people say downloading ROMs under any circumstances should be illegal, while others say downloading games that are no ...

EmuParadise, for 18 years a go-to site for emulators and ROMs to play hard-to-find, if not ancient video games, announced last week that it would no longer offer its vast library of ROMs. The legal ...

The Analogue Pocket's openFPGA system lets you turn the system into one of the best emulation-focused retro gaming handhelds. I’m PCMag’s home theater and AR/VR expert, and your go-to source of ...

Popular retro gaming and emulation site EmuParadise is changing, and will now no longer offer its library of ROMs. In a statement issued yesterday, the site's creator, who is known as MasJ, said that ...

A new emulator app in the App Store means you can now play MAME ROMs on an iPhone, iPad, or Mac. Here's how to get started. April 2025 marks a year since Apple allowed game emulators onto the App ...

Super ZSNES gives classic Super Nintendo games a more modern look.

You have it way easier these days, but back in the day, when you wanted to play a game on your PC, you had to take a similar approach to consoles. Go to a physical store, get a disc, then pop it into ...

Last week Nintendo sued two long-standing emulation sites: LoveRETRO and LoveROMs. It’s not the first time emulation’s come under attack, but it was noteworthy in part because of the absurd damages ...

Sometimes, the only thing wrong with a game is that there just isn't enough of it. Popular titles that left gamers hungry for more levels and more complex challenges led to the proliferation of ROM ...

Tico’s latest release allows GameCube and Wii games to run on the Switch’s Horizon OS (via CFW), eliminating the need to install and reboot into Android or Linux. The latest v0.7.0 alpha uses a ...