Tag: 8-bit
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Producer of Genesis Flashback consoles claims review units have early, buggy firmware
Nintendo recently flared the microconsole craze with NES Classic Edition. This spurred nostalgia amongst gamers of the 8-bit era and with that, Nintendo has another console coming preloaded with more games this September. But, they aren’t the only game in town, there’s another preloaded console on the way from AtGames, the Sega Genesis Flashback. However,…
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NES games can now have a 3D aspect
Currently in beta, the 3DNES emulator adds depth to original Nintendo classics. It looks a little weird at first, but is definitely an interesting project. Unfortunately, there is no local executable to download, it’s only for the Firefox browser. Give it a go!
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Super Famicom left on for 20 years to keep save data
Cartridges from the 8-bit and 16-bit eras of consoles had a battery to maintain the save data. Aside from passwords, this was pretty much the only way to keep your progress. But, like all batteries, they eventually loose power and can no longer retain the memory of the RAM. Batteries on a chipset can be replaced…
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