There are a lot of fan-made Pokemon Game/ROM hacks out there that are great all-around adventures.

So you may be asking yourself, “What does this mean? Are people about to start downloading Nintendo Switch games for free and ruining everything?” The answer is no. Not yet, anyway. But these advances ...

From N64 classics to SNES gems, these 10 Zelda ROM hacks are essentially brand-new games you need to play!

Earlier this month, the digital preservationists at The Dumping Union made an important announcement in the world of arcade game emulation. The collective had gotten its hands on a ROM image of Akka ...

In the wake of Nintendo’s recent lawsuits against other ROM distribution sites, major ROM repository EmuParadise has announced it will preemptively cease providing downloadable versions of copyrighted ...

Nintendo has taken legal action against ROM sites in a lawsuit that says the ROM distributors are infringing on the gaming company’s work. For those who get their games through official means and aren ...

There are very few legal ways of obtaining ROM files for video games, and Nintendo’s lawyers are extremely keen on at least reminding you of the fact that you need to own the game cart before ...

Mainline Pokémon games are excellent, but they've always been formulaic: pick a starter Pokémon, beat eight gyms and the ...

What just happened? Using emulators to play classic titles like the original Super Mario Brothers is nothing new, and retro gaming websites have offered ROMs of these titles for decades. However, one ...

Emulating video game consoles via software has been a popular way to enjoy retro gaming for some time now. Software emulation of consoles works by convincing a ROM (or read-only memory, copied from a ...

1993: Broderbund Software releases Myst, a game for the Macintosh computer that becomes a record-setting best-seller and the killer app that sparks sales of CD-ROM drives. Brothers Rand and Robyn ...