Game decompilation hub freezes leaderboard after AI turns progress into a hollow numbers game amid explosion of ‘AI slop’
Game decompilation hub freezes leaderboard after AI turns progress into a hollow numbers game amid explosion of ‘AI slop’

decomp.dev has closed its public index of game decompilation projects, saying AI-driven forks and ports broke the community.

Modder finishes nine-year Xbox 360 voltage glitch mod with a $4 microcontroller, cracks the console open

Modder glitch-hacks his Xbox 360 with the help of a $4 microcontroller — operation shows the power of the Rasperry Pi Pico

Programmer ports Super Mario 64 to Microsoft’s Zune HD media player

A fan port of Nintendo’s Super Mario 64 runs natively on Microsoft’s 2009 Zune HD media player, with touch controls and saves.

The Atari 800XL returns with a ‘faithful’ but modern Retro Games Ltd redesign
The Atari 800XL returns with a ‘faithful’ but modern Retro Games Ltd redesign

Pre-orders for the Atari-licensed THE 800XL began today. This is a modernized yet claimed to be faithful recreation of the classic 8-bit home computer, popular in the early 1980s.

Researcher ports Doom to $8,000 Hasselblad X2D

Radium Wang experiments with camera firmware and shares some of their findings on GitHub. You might want to be careful when trying this, though, as you probably don’t want to brick your expensive camera.

Madlad applies DLSS 5 to the original Duke Nukem and Pong

Madlad applies DLSS 5 to the original Duke Nukem and Pong — 50 games tested with outcomes ranging from trippy to genuinely interesting

Doom and Super Mario Bros converted into a VHS tape FMV game
Doom and Super Mario Bros converted into a VHS tape FMV game

A TechTuber disappointed with a 1980s VHS tape-based gaming video console decided to port Doom to video cassette, augmented by an FPGA board and Raspberry Pi RP2350 MCU.

PS3 emulator devs warn of fake Blu-ray drives on Newegg and AliExpress
PS3 emulator devs warn of fake Blu-ray drives on Newegg and AliExpress

The developers of a leading PlayStation 3 emulator warn of ‘a recent influx of fake Blu-ray drives.’

Demon’s Souls reaches 40-50 FPS on private PS5 emulator with accurate graphics

Private KyTyPS5 fork shows Demon’s Souls running at 40-50 FPS with accurate graphics — new milestone only three weeks after the game barely booted

Minecraft Legacy gets rewritten in C++ for PS2 and Wii ports — code is tuned so it works well even on the PS2’s meager 32MB of RAM
Minecraft Legacy gets rewritten in C++ for PS2 and Wii ports — code is tuned so it works well even on the PS2’s meager 32MB of RAM

Games optimization specialist OptiProjects (AKA OptiJeugos) has released a new port of Minecraft Legacy for the Sony PlayStation 2 and Nintendo Wii consoles.