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Rumor does not have it There’s been a swirl of info on social media recently about Microsoft cracking down on emulators. Frustration soon gave way to rumor, but Microsoft is clearing the air and saying this has nothing to do with other companies, but its own platform policies. Xbox Series X|S consoles had become popular tools for retro enthusiasts to run emulators. Users found it relatively easy to download, install, and run emulators that could play both retro and homebrew games. While that functionality seemingly…

If you want to watch the famously bad 1956 Sci-Fi film Plan 9 from Outer Space, you have several options on both free and paid streaming services. The film has been archived, restored, and documented by people who care about the history of cinema. The same can’t be said about the similarly horrible 1993 Atari Jaguar game Cybermorph (does “where did you learn to fly?” ring any bells?). For years, experiencing that curious piece of gaming history required buying an aging Jaguar or emulating it. But while Plan 9 has a wealth…

Nintendo might be making it harder to play its older games on official hardware, but there are other options if you know where to look. One of them is about to be a lot easier to find: Dolphin, a popular emulator that runs most GameCube and Wii titles, will be launching on Steam later this year. Dolphin is already available for free, but launching on Steam could make using the emulator more straightforward on devices like the Steam Deck, where dropping to desktop mode and manually installing programs can be a little…

Dolphin, a popular video game emulator for Wii and GameCube games, is currently set to hit Steam Early Access later this year. The emulation software’s Steam store page went live today. Although the page’s software description can’t directly name Nintendo’s consoles, Dolphin Emulator’s Steam description boasts about how it can play “classics from the big N’s cube-shaped and motion-controlled consoles” in 4K with modern controller support, hacked widescreen and HD texture packs, better frame rates, local…

Nintendo emulator Dolphin is coming to Steam this year, though it’s already available on its website for fans who don’t want to wait. Dolphin is used to emulate Nintendo’s Wii and GameCube consoles on PC, allowing fans to play a number of Nintendo games without owning their relevant console. However, as Dolphin’s website points out, fans still require owning a copy of the game to play them legally. Dolphin’s newly-launched Steam page reiterates that point, stating fans “must own an original copy of any game you want to…

EmuDeck will help you get retro games on your modern console.Image: EmuDeckWhen you’re done playing all of the latest releases on your Steam Deck, you have the option of converting your handheld console into an emulator and firing up a variety of classics from gaming’s past. With the right software and a little know-how, you can be playing titles from the GameCube, the original PlayStation, the Xbox 360 and other older platforms through your Valve device.You’ve got a number of options to pick from when it comes to the …

In a recent trailer for the Steam Deck, Valve's portable PC platform, you can briefly see the logo for a Nintendo Switch emulator. Shortly after the detail was discussed on social media, the trailer was removed and replaced with a new version that does away with the icon in question.During the trailer, a Steam Deck screen is shown displaying recent games. One of the recent games listed is the application Yuzu. After the trailer was released, Nibel spotted the logo and posted it on Twitter. For the…

Back in the long ancient days of the mid-2010s, Microsoft had its own mobile operating system called Windows Mobile, and a lot of tech enthusiasts remember it. Now, it’s long gone, but some people want to keep the memory alive. If you want to relive the Windows Mobile days, there’s a nifty new emulator for Android that you can try out.The Windows Phone emulator might let you play some old gamesThere are launchers that can make your phone look like it has the Windows Phone OS, but this emulator takes it to the next level.…

Over two years have passed since its initial release, PUBG is still one of the most popular battle royale games out there that you can enjoy on PC and consoles. PUBG Mobile is the version of the game available for Android and iOS. However, we are sure that nothing matches the PUBG experience that you can experience on a larger display, and which is why in this article, we'll tell you how to play PUBG on PC without an emulator and how to play PUBG Mobile on PC with emulator.How to Play PUBG on PC Without an EmulatorPUBG…

Whatcookie, a software developer behind RPCS3, a multi-platform open-source Sony PlayStation 3 emulator, has released a patch that makes use of AVX-512 instructions and brings a 30% performance improvement to the emulator. So far, AVX-512 instructions have not made much sense for games. But in the case of a PS3 emulator, a large register file of AVX-512-enabled hardware, data level parallelism, and the LLVM compiler can do wonders.But before jumping in to how AVX-512 instructions make sense for RPCS3, something that…