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Dolphin Emulator devs give up on Steam release

By Liam Dawe, 20 Jul 2023

After all the ruckus recently about the Dolphin Emulator for Wii and GameCube coming to Steam, and then being blocked - the team has now given up with the Steam release.

Nintendo Switch emulator yuzu makes some big progress in the latest report

By Liam Dawe, 13 Jul 2023

The incredible team building the Nintendo Switch emulator yuzu have a new progress report out for June 2023 and it's quite a doozy. Yes June, they're running over previous work.

Classic LucasArts games emulator DREAMM adds early Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 22 Jun 2023

Want a way to play classic LucasArts games on Linux? While some ways already exist like ScummVM, another is DREAMM and it now has early Linux support.

RetroDECK got a lot bigger and better for emulation on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 20 Jun 2023

RetroDECK is just one of the ways you can set up your Steam Deck for emulation and their team recently put up a rather great sounding upgrade in v0.7.0b.

Nintendo blocked Dolphin emulator release on Steam

By Liam Dawe, 27 May 2023

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Back in March the plan was announced for the Wii and GameCube emulator Dolphin to release on Steam, along with some useful Steam features but now that seems unlikely to happen.

Nintendo Switch emulator yuzu gets a nice Steam Deck upgrade

By Liam Dawe, 23 May 2023

The team working on the Nintendo Switch emulator yuzu have released some Early Access upgrades, this time around for the Steam Deck.

Nintendo Switch emulator yuzu gets a huge performance boost

By Liam Dawe, 12 May 2023

Emulation coding is tricky business done by some people that are clearly 100x smarter than I am, and now the Nintendo Switch emulator yuzu devs are just showing off.

Dolphin Emulator for GameCube and Wii is coming to Steam

By Liam Dawe, 28 Mar 2023

Giving you another easy way to download and keep it up to date, the Dolphin Emulator for GameCube and Wii is coming to Steam.

EmulationStation Desktop Edition 2.0 is out now

By Liam Dawe, 21 Mar 2023

EmulationStation Desktop Edition is a great front-end open source app for managing various emulators. A big 2.0 release went up recently too!

Flycast emulator for Dreamcast, Naomi, Naomi 2 gets a big upgrade

By Liam Dawe, 24 Feb 2023

Oh wow, I loved my old SEGA Dreamcast before it sadly ended up at a tech graveyard. For fans of emulation, the Flycast emulator has a new release out.

Zero Wing, Twin Cobra and other Toaplan classics get upgraded for PC

By Liam Dawe, 6 Feb 2023

All your base are belong to us. Toaplan are having some absolute classics revived including Zero Wing, Out Zone, Twin Cobra and Truxton with a PC release and enhancements. Oh, and Native Linux support to ensure they're great on Steam Deck too.

touchHLE is a new emulator for iPhone OS apps

By Liam Dawe, 6 Feb 2023

Want a way to emulate old Apple iOS apps and games? Well, touchHLE just had its first release to prevent some more things being lost to time.

GameImage turns games, emulators and Wine into an AppImage - useful perhaps for Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 17 Jan 2023

Formerly named Agape, GameImage is a way to package up games with either Wine or an Emulator into a portable AppImage that could be useful for the Steam Deck.

GameCube and Wii emulator Dolphin got a big speed boost for Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 10 Jan 2023

GameCube and the Wii emulator Dolphin had a progress report posted up in late December, and it's looking really good, especially so with their performance optimization work.

PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 hits a big milestone with all games now bootable

By Liam Dawe, 5 Jan 2023

RPCS3 is a free and open source PlayStation 3 emulator, and they hit a huge milestone for compatibility recently.

Nintendo goes after SteamGridDB, likely for people doing emulation on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 22 Nov 2022

It seems with all the people emulating games on the Steam Deck and how popular doing so has become, Nintendo has continued to take notice and fired off some DMCA requests to have images taken down.

Cemu emulator for Wii U now provides an AppImage

By Liam Dawe, 7 Nov 2022

Want to get the Wii U emulator Cemu working on Linux? It's now a little easier, as they've providing an AppImage with the latest release.

GB Operator is a fun gadget for Game Boy fans tested on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 19 Oct 2022

Recently I mentioned GB Operator a little USB gadget that reads cartridges of the Game Boy, Game Boy Colour and Game Boy Advance. After giving it a go myself, I'm impressed and a little in love.

EmuDeck 2.0 makes emulation on Steam Deck easier than ever

By Liam Dawe, 18 Oct 2022

The Steam Deck is a fantastic system for indies, AA, AAA and everything in between but it's also great for emulation too. EmuDeck is software that can help automate the entire process of setting emulators up, and a huge new release is out now.