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Nintendo Switch emulator yuzu gets lots of optimizations, fixes for Pikmin 4

By Liam Dawe,
The team working on the Nintendo Switch emulator yuzu have another progress report up, and as usual it's looking mighty fine so here's a little run over what they've done recently.

More retro goodies coming in the Toaplan Arcade Shoot ‘Em Up Collection Vol.2

By Liam Dawe,
Ready for another blast from the past? After the success of the first set, Toaplan Arcade Shoot ‘Em Up Collection Vol.2 has been announced from Bitwave Games and Toaplan.

Dolphin Emulator devs give up on Steam release

By Liam Dawe,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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.
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