The Hacker Who Hunts Video Game Speedrunning Cheaters
The night before Cecil’s Defcon talk, Maselewski wrote in a final email to WIRED that he believes those alleging that he cheated are using faulty tools with an incomplete picture …
retro games
‘Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door’ Sets the Standard for Classic Game Remakes
In the original, Mario and his friends are flat planes with black outlines, to give the impression they’re drawings, rather than computer graphics. While that design is still present in …
It’s Possible to Hack ‘Tetris’ From Inside the Game Itself
Earlier this year, we shared the story of how a classic NES Tetris player hit the game’s “kill screen” for the first time, activating a crash after an incredible 40-minute, …
10 Best Retro Game Consoles (2024): Evercade, Polymega, Analogue Pocket, and Controllers
It’s a shame that two of the best retro gaming consoles in recent years, the NES Classic Mini and the SNES Classic Mini, have been discontinued. Both feature great designs …
Analogue Duo Review: A Return to PC Engine and TurboGrafx-16 Games
A big hurdle to enjoying these games today is the wide array of console types available on the used market. Some games require obscure upgrades or special RAM-filled cards to …
‘Super Mario RPG’ Is Still One of Nintendo’s Best, Most Bizarre Games
There’s a scene early in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars where Mario, alongside his new friend Mallow—a “frog” who looks like a cotton candy cloud wearing pants—is …