The build was inspired by [Max]’s earlier MSP430 Launchpad GamingPack, an add-on board for the Launchpad that put two NES controllers, a VGA out, and an FPGA to create a custom gaming console ...

Decades later its inner workings have been extensively reverse-engineered, and there have been quite a few custom and reprogrammable ... If you’re interested in the NES DRM system, it’s ...

Nintendo released limited runs of miniature replicas of its first two consoles in the form of the NES Classic Edition and SNES Classic Edition, which ran a selection of classic games in a custom ...

"Rad Racer," and "Tetris" on similarly rare custom NES consoles in an attempt to get the most points in a set amount of time. The three games were chosen because of their popularity and the ...

Atari may have fallen by the wayside, but the Nintendo Entertainment System, or NES, was a dominant force. People had a lot of fun playing the NES at home. Well, at least when they weren’t ...

which they named the Nintendo Entertainment System, on toy shelves instead of in the electronics department. The NES quickly became a defining part of 1980s culture, converting millions of kids ...

the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). The original NES was powered by a custom MOS 6502, which was sold as the Ricoh 2A03 and manufactured by Japanese imaging and electronics company Ricoh ...

The Switch remains a ton of fun, even years after its release. But is it still worth the investment? We dive into this and ...

That Nintendo tournament used a custom NES cartridge that includes minigames ... even as it announced plans to reveal the Switch successor console, reportedly due out spring 2025.

The Switch boasts 8 Zelda games, including a prequel and sequel, making it the ultimate console for fans. The Legend of Zelda was released in North America on the NES in 1987. It was released a ...

It’s a rhythm that’s been pulsing away since even before the NES and Master System ... Sony will ever return to the route it took for the PS2 and PS3 consoles, and create an entirely custom processor ...

The 72-pin connector was there in the first place because, after the American video game market crash of 1983, Nintendo wanted the NES to look less like a game console while also making it harder ...