The console wars continue to this day, but the PlayStation actually began as an offshoot of the Super Nintendo.

Longtime pop cultural lists and sports news writer, specialising in gaming and cinema. Along with several years of published writing experience, John has extensive experience in editing and content ...

Ideally, you'd expect any Super NES console—if properly maintained—to operate identically to any other Super NES unit ever made (in the same region, at least). Given the same base ROM file and the ...

One of my favorite memories over 26 years of existence is my time with Super Nintendo games. Not the console itself, no — that came and went before I was born. But I was certainly destined to play ...

Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. These days, it doesn't take much to emulate classic video games, especially older ones from the 2D era. For something like that, even projects ...

Every Super Nintendo console should run at the same speed. They were all built in factories with the same components so they should all operate at the steady clip mandated by Nintendo all those years ...

This might be a little outdated, what with the uncrackable XBox 360 out there, but it reminds us of the time we tried to hack our PS2 using the old “knife in the DVD slot” trick and broke it. This ...

WTF?! Old hardware typically slows down over time as newer software becomes less optimized and components degrade with age. However, speedrunners and researchers have discovered the opposite effect on ...

Retro console lovers are perhaps the last group I'd expect to be up in arms on a quiet Tuesday because of the BBC. Yet, the corporation's breakfast news show has committed blasphemy by jamming a ...

Mario & Wario is now available on the SNES Virtual Console. This was previously a Japan-only Super Nintendo game that used a ...