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32 votes
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Nintendo is telling game publishers Switch 2 will be delayed [until early 2025]
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PS5 entering 'the latter stage of its life cycle,' Sony says
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Microsoft to share details on bringing Xbox games to PlayStation next week / Microsoft has moved up an important Xbox business update to address fan concerns
25 votes -
Vectrex reborn: How a chance encounter gave new life to a dead console
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Atari 2600+ review: Gaming like it’s 1977 again
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This game console has no pixels. The Vectrex from 1982.
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Xbox's Phil Spencer considers PS5 and Nintendo Switch players part of the Xbox community
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What do we know about the Switch 2’s hardware power?
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Xbox's new policy — say goodbye to unofficial accessories from November thanks to error '0x82d60002'
42 votes -
Head tracking for desktop VR displays using the WiiRemote (2007)
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Analogue is working on a Nintendo 64 console
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Sony announces smaller PlayStation 5 design with option to add a disc drive to the Digital Edition console
20 votes -
The Brazillian who nutted in his Dreamcast: Leonam's journey
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Microsoft leaked its own Xbox documents, court says
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This is Microsoft’s new disc-less Xbox Series X design with a new controller
22 votes -
Introducing my dad to video games
As of late, I've decided to introduce my dad to video games. It's his birthday upcoming in a few days, and I'm leaning towards getting an Xbox of some kind. I haven't been in the world of vidya...
As of late, I've decided to introduce my dad to video games. It's his birthday upcoming in a few days, and I'm leaning towards getting an Xbox of some kind. I haven't been in the world of vidya for quite some time, so I'm hoping to lean on other opinions to make the right decision.
The main question I have is: if I'm buying used, is it worth it to try and find a Series S/X or would I be fine at entry level with an Xbox One? I figure I'll get GamePass and figure out what sorts of games he'd like to play before investing. I only really have $200 to spend, which puts a Series more or less out of the question. Would an Xbox One be a decent introduction to gaming for someone who doesn't have much of a standard for graphics / gameplay etc.? Also: what games should I add to the library?
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Atari 2600+ announced
41 votes -
First look at AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 3
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Ball und Panzer Golf: Making a Playdate game in a week
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PlayStation’s first Remote Play dedicated device, PlayStation Portal remote player, to launch later this year at $199.99 USD
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‘Killing Floor 3’ announced for PC and consoles
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Four friends built a ‘Hypercube’ to play Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles
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Sources: Nintendo targets 2024 with next-gen console
60 votes -
Why Pac-Man won
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PS5 and Xbox Series closing in on three years of use
Curious to hear what the people of tildes think. As we close in on 3 years of use with these newer consoles, what are every one’s thoughts? Has “next gen” been what you thought it’d really be or...
Curious to hear what the people of tildes think.
As we close in on 3 years of use with these newer consoles, what are every one’s thoughts? Has “next gen” been what you thought it’d really be or are you kinda just feeling whelmed?
I have a PS5 and I use it every now and then for pretty much the first party games. PC is my main platform but as I think back, I’ve been pretty happy with my PS5 and the games to come so far. I also really enjoy the UI (although custom backgrounds would be great).
I don’t know how the Xbox side is so I’d love to hear your thoughts to!
Thanks for taking the time to read.
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Developers restore “retail” Xbox emulators after Microsoft crackdown
15 votes -
Turn your Xbox controller into a Switch Pro controller
15 votes -
What are the best portable retro consoles under 120 US dollars?
The idea is to get a console to play raging in complexity from the NES, SNES, up to Nintendo DS and PSP. Anything above that is not a priority or a necessity. But it would be nice to have a screen...
The idea is to get a console to play raging in complexity from the NES, SNES, up to Nintendo DS and PSP. Anything above that is not a priority or a necessity. But it would be nice to have a screen large enough to handle DS games in some form. Can I find anything decent in that price range?
Thanks :)
24 votes -
The story of the first video game cartridge
9 votes -
Your Wii can play this (and much more)
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Microsoft crackdown disables emulators downloaded to Xbox consoles
7 votes -
The forgotten portable NES
4 votes -
Statically recompiling NES games into native executables with LLVM and Go
6 votes -
Cemu 2.0 announcement. Linux builds, open-source and more
17 votes -
Playdate handheld console release thread
Playdate announced on Twitter that they are beginning shipping today: Oh! A new Playdate Update video is here! It recaps the great developer things we've released this year, like Pulp and the...
Playdate announced on Twitter that they are beginning shipping today:
Oh! A new Playdate Update video is here!
It recaps the great developer things we've released this year, like Pulp and the Playdate SDK. Please enjoy it. https://youtu.be/BmrtkBmFSn4
There's one extra important bit in the update. Playdates in Group One will begin shipping…
…today.
The embargo on reviews also lifted:
- The Verge: All it’s cranked up to be
- Rock Paper Shotgun: A handheld indie curio that goes hand in hand with the spirit of PC
- Eurogamer: A fascinating puzzle in itself
- Video Games Chronicle: The Playdate is fun but its quirks may wind you up
- ArsTechnica: Playdate earns its $179 price tag with cute design, memorable games
- Engadget: Playdate is a magical indie game machine
- IGN: It's Crankin' Time
- Venture Beat: An alternate-history boutique handheld
- GamesRadar: Tiny, mighty, unfussy fun
- Destructoid: You’ve got a date
- Gizmodo: The Playdate Is Oozing With Charm and Potential
Also, ArsTechnica released reviews of all of the Playdate games. SPOILERS ahead:
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Building a retro-gaming super-console with $100 and a Raspberry Pi: 2022 edition
8 votes -
Cemu emulator plans to go open source and release Linux build in 2022
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Take a look inside Steam Deck
33 votes -
Running emulators in Xbox's Edge browser
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Playdate hardware teardown
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Linus Sebastian tries the Steam Deck
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Playdate, the indie handheld gaming console with a crank, begins preorders on Thursday, July 29 at 10:00 AM PDT
18 votes -
Permanent Joycon drift fix with a piece of paper
19 votes -
The Nintendo Switch’s Joy-Con drift problem, explained
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Playdate, the console with a crank, gets July preorder for $179, game details
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Playdate Update - 6/8/2021
@Playdate: Hi. Are you ready for a ✨#PlaydateUpdate✨?We have a lot to catch up on. Our first-ever video update has details on Season One, future games, some surprises and info on future pre-orders. Please join us!🗓 Premieres Tuesday, June 8th at 9:00 AM PDT➡️ https://t.co/cfSNsgTqeQ pic.twitter.com/dSClZQmkUy
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It's vital Sony maintains its PlayStation 4 support
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After thirty years, Street Fighter 2's mythical, unwinnable "10-0 matchup" has finally been proven to exist in the SNES beta version
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Apple Arcade is actually pretty awesome
About ten years ago, Sony promised they'd change how we play games. With the launch of the Playstation Vita, they showed us a world in which one could start playing a game at home on your big...
About ten years ago, Sony promised they'd change how we play games. With the launch of the Playstation Vita, they showed us a world in which one could start playing a game at home on your big powerful console, and then you could take it with you in the form of cross-play, where your saves synced via the cloud and you could play the Vita version right where you dropped off. And of course, for games that didn't have a Vita version, there was always the option of streaming your games.
Of course, we know how well that worked out. There were maybe 5 games where you could buy both versions of the game at once, and the majority of the games that supported cross-play required you to buy the same game twice. Streaming is still what everyone's pushing today, but in many places (coughAmericacough) there isn't a good enough connection to stream games with a good experience - especially if it's got twitchy gameplay.
Time has passed and many companies have began to offer a service model for games - subscribe to a program, and you get free access to games. And many of these services have some sort of cross-play component to them, where you get access to multiple platforms, or even with streaming versions, but they all have their downsides.
But it turns out that one company offers a gaming service that actually does offer each of their games in native versions across computers, consoles, and phones, has cross-play support, and doesn't have any of the downsides of streaming, and it's from a company that most people don't associate with gaming - especially when it comes to computer games. I'm speaking, of course, about Apple Arcade.
Sure, it all only works on Apple hardware, and the console part is a bit of a stretch (who actually owns an Apple TV?), but it works remarkably well. And unlike a number of other systems I have tried, it works seamlessly - you can save your game on your mac, launch your game on your iPhone, and instantly be playing your game. And the higher-end games with nice 3D graphics actually do look remarkably better on the big screen.
Of course, the selection of games is much different than any other games service, but I find myself surprised at how many games I legitimately want to play. Sure, there are a lot of 'iPhone' style casual games - right now they just released a bunch of previously released iPhone games cleaned up and stripped of monetization schemes - but I view that as a positive thing - sometimes you just want something simple to pass time with that doesn't need to take space in your brain. But at the same time there are also bigger and more aspiring titles available. There's a new action game from PLATINUMGAMES with an Okami-like artstyle, a brand new RPG from Mistwalker built on top of dioramas, and complex adventure games like Beyond a Steel Sky.
Apple arcade, is, however, missing one notable meta-genre from it's library - Triple-A games. And honestly, I kind of love it for that. The majority of the games companies represented are independent, and that means that many of them are going to be able to offer me new types of gameplay or narratives that you won't get from the big guys. What other service is going to offer experiences like Assemble With Care? And from an ethical point of view, I'd rather reward independent creators who are pushing out these high-quality pieces of work than giant companies who are famous for exploiting their workers.
While Apple Arcade obviously won't be a good choice for everyone since it's limited to Apple hardware, and if you're already in Apple's ecosystem, you probably already know about it (they're surprisingly aggressive at marketing their free trial - which is actually what got me to write this in the first place). I had originally written them off as all casual games, but with the last big release of games it's got some pretty fantastic releases. It's worth trying if you've only got an iPhone, but it's more than worth it if you've got a recent Mac or Apple TV.
19 votes