A ROM is a data file that makes up a game. It can be used with an emulator to play the game that is coded within it. ROMs are easily accessible on the internet, and you can also flash them off your own cartridge if you have the right equipment. While access to ROMs, and playing them from games that you don’t own is a very shady legal grey area, and is quite ethically questionable, there is no doubt that the ability to do this is great for game preservation, and allows players to experience rare games that they wouldn’t otherwise have had the opportunity to play.…
Nintendo’s win against Yuzu has either fostered an aggressive fanbase hellbent on making emulation a chore with modern consoles or a lot more brazen to hit even projects that are openly non-profit. Obviously, we’re talking Suyu, the fork of the emulator that was sued into oblivion by Nintendo, leading to a whirlwind of other emulators rushing in a panic to get its ducks in a row.…
Established in 2014, Relic Castle is a fan site that has grown immensely since its launch, boasting a forum and repository of many, and we mean many, fan-made Pokemon games. Now, after nearly a decade of operation, the site owners are throwing in the towel as they’ve recently found a DMCA takedown notice in their inbox.…
After Nintendo strong-armed Yuzu into submission, requiring them pay $2.5 million and shutter both Yuzu and Citra, DraStic, a once premium Nintendo DS emulator, has changed its model. Originally found on the Android Play Store priced at $4.99, this 1M+ downloaded emulator with strong reception is now free.
Nintendo has revealed three new Game Boy (and GB Color) games being added to Switch Online right on the heels of killing Yuzu and Citra. Of course, as we all know, Switch Online is just its paid service to be able to play a fraction of its library through the very thing that the Big N wiggles their finger at — 