The registers of the PPU are used to control the display of the background and sprite layers of NES graphics, and by monitoring these, it is possible to detect and map out the display of levels in ...

On the SNES, for instance, sprites are tiny bitmap images that use palettes the same way tiles do, so they’re even more flexible. Rendering these to the screen was taken care of by the graphics ...

Emulator designers spend years creating an environment where you can enjoy games you can't buy anymore, even if publishers ...

Something to look forward to: Many NES owners have spent decades wondering what purpose the expansion port beneath the iconic console served. Although its Japanese equivalent, the Famicom ...

It’s among the most compatible of any SNES emulator — it’s capable of running even ... The emulator does a nice job of recreating the experience if you have a decent graphics card and RAM. It’s a ...

Square Enix showcases the HD-2D graphics of the remake and a direct comparison with the same areas in the NES version.

Taking the first three Super Mario Bros. games for the NES and applying 16-bit graphics to them was absolutely genius. I never play the originals anymore because these versions are available. They ...

If you subscribe to Nintendo Switch Online, you also get access to dozens of classic games from the NES, SNES, Game Boy, and Game Boy Color. (For an extra monthly fee you can also subscribe to the ...

Many gamers wanted a port of Konami's arcade beat-'em-up of the same name instead, but had to wait until 1991, when a port of the arcade classic came to the NES under the TMNT 2 moniker.

HD-2D is the natural culmination of looking back to the NES and SNES eras of gaming for inspiration ... where we came up with various ideas and features for the game that could match these graphics.” ...

Black Friday deals are getting started. If you can't wait for the day itself, there are plenty of great early deals on ...