Generally speaking, writing your own games for retro consoles starts ... of code and assets so they fit onto the physical ROM chips on the NES cartridge — are similarly abstracted away.

Rom hacks help make older games accessible, but sometimes they get so good that they actually outshine the games they're ...

While plenty of hard games exist today, any gaming veteran will agree that some of the most difficult titles reside on the ...

Everyone knows classics like Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, and Tetris, but the NES library is vast and full of games you may not have played during its heyday. But just because some of ...

There are also plenty of homebrew games available for free. We'll keep an eye on all the new emulators that hit the App Store. So far, we have this NES emulator for iPhone, Emu64 XL, and hopefully ...

Nintendo's 2001 social simulation game included a built-in NES emulator, allowing players to collect and play various NES games through in-game mechanics. By hacking the NES emulator inside Animal ...

For anyone inclined to play classic games via less than entirely above-board ROM image downloads ... Most prominently, ...

For instance, Nintendo originally developed Super Mario Bros for the NES console ... you'll need to install some ROMs first. If you already have physical game cartridges, you can use a cartridge ...

Nintendo's rollout of retro games for the Switch Online service will continue next week with the addition of four Super Nintendo titles.