PlayStation

You Can Play Genesis Games On The PS Vita

Oh look. It’s Sonic & Knuckles running on the PlayStation Vita, a handheld that’s been out for less than a month. How is this possible? Don’t get too alarmed; rather than cracking open the Vita itself, this homebrew Genesis emulator (originally built for the PSP) is running via the Vita’s own PSP emulation.


July 14, 2011
Nintendo

It’s Minecraft, (Sort Of) Running On The Nintendo DS

A DS homebrew developer by the name of smealum is taking indie smash Minecraft and bringing it to Nintendo’s portable system. Unofficially, of course.


May 13, 2011
Retro

If The Dreamcast Is Dead, Don’t Tell These Guys

The Dreamcast isn’t dead. It’s resting. The Sega console keeps getting new games thanks to homebrew developers like Redspotgames and NG:DEV.TEAM who continue to support the Dreamcast, years after Sega gave up.


January 14, 2011
News

PS3 Hacker Being Sued For "Making Sony Mad"

George “GeoHot” Hotz, the hacker who helped blow the doors off the PlayStation 3′s copy protection system, is being sued by Sony. Why? Because, he says, he made them mad.


January 8, 2011
PlayStation

Here’s What Homebrew Looks Like On A PS3

Hacker George “GeoHot” Hotz, who along with the fail0verflow team have in the past week cracked the PS3 wide open, has posted up a video showing the exploits in action.


December 29, 2010
PlayStation

See Kingdom Hearts Running On A PSPgo

The fact you can’t buy Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep on the PSPgo highlights one of the bigger problems with Sony’s struggling handheld. It also helps explain why piracy is so rampant on the portable device.


July 17, 2010

How To Hack Your Nintendo DS For Easy Backups And Single-Cartridge-Playback

If you’d love to back up all your Nintendo DS games and carry them around on a single and inexpensive game cartridge you can play on any DS, DS Lite, DSi, DSi XL, this guide is for you.


May 27, 2010
In Real Life

Thanks Homebrew, For The Adult Nintendo DS Games

Your parents die. But your fate changes when a millionaire adopts you, and you move into her mansion with her and her daughters. Then… yeah.


May 16, 2010
In Real Life

At Least The Zune HD Can Play Game Boy Titles

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Microsoft’s support for the Zune HD as a game playing device has been pretty abysmal. Luckily there are hackers, one of which has the beginnings of a serviceable Game Boy Advance emulator working on the device.


December 31, 2009
In Real Life

Space Invaders: From Game To Cartoon To Game

It’s Wednesday night. You have no date, a two-litre bottle of Shasta, your all-Rush mixtape, and, now, this impossibly good Space Invaders clone built on Futurama’s epic “Raiders of the Lost Arcade” vignette from the third season of Futurama.