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A preproduction iQue Player prototype console with a Beta 5399 label, one of four units dumped by the iQueBrew team

A Lost Majora’s Mask Build Is Hiding Inside Nintendo’s Strangest Console

Here’s a sentence I never expected to type: the most exciting Majora’s Mask discovery in years comes from a console that didn’t even have a cartridge slot. The iQue Player…

Yoshi battles Samus in Smash 64 Recompiled, with a 'High Framerate' graphic overlaid

Smash 64 Recompiled Is the Human-Made Answer to the AI PC Port Wave

Another PC port of a Nintendo 64 game is on the way — but this one arrives with a mission statement. Meet Smash 64 Recompiled, a static recompilation of 1999’s…

Moto X gameplay: motocross riders racing down a snowy hill on Super Nintendo

Moto X: The Finished 1994 SNES Racer Finally Arrives This Friday, 32 Years Late

Thirty-two years is a long time to wait for a race to start. Moto X, a motocross racer built for the Super Nintendo back in 1994, was finished, polished, and…

A Ghostbuster firing a proton stream at a blue ghost in Ghostbusters: Special Edition for Sega Genesis

The Real Ghostbusters Are Finally Bustin’ on Genesis — Special Edition 3.0 Is Out

Grab your proton pack, eh — Sega’s weird little 1990 Ghostbusters game just got the biggest fan-made upgrade of its afterlife. BillyTime!Games — the self-described “retro gaming mad scientist” behind…

Key art for Koei's Air Management '96 showing an airplane

Air Management ’96 Is Finally Playable in English — and It’s 100% Human-Made

Here’s a sentence I never expected to type: a thirty-year-old airline-management sim about spreadsheets just became the most wholesome thing in retro gaming. Koei’s Air Management ’96 — the Japan-only…

Beetle Adventure Racing gameplay screenshot on the Nintendo 64, a red Beetle racing on a tropical track

A Fan Is Hand-Decompiling Beetle Adventure Racing — and He’s Had It With AI Recomps

Picture this: eight months of reverse-engineering a 1999 N64 racer by hand with a team of volunteers — and then somebody feeds your work to an AI and declares the…

Official key art for the Super Mario Kart DX fan expansion showing Mario racing alongside the new character roster

Super Mario Kart DX Finally Has a Release Date — And It’s This Christmas

Well, this is the best Christmas present the retro scene has gotten in years. Super Mario Kart Deluxe — better known as SMKDX — finally has a release date: December…

A yellow Playdate handheld displaying the Questy Chess game on its screen

Playdate Owners, You’ve Got a Deadline: Update Your Firmware Before October 15

If your little yellow crank-handheld has been gathering dust on a shelf since Season 2 wrapped up, this is your sign to dig it out, charge it, and hit that…

Xbox Live Marketplace Update – 1/21/14

With so much content hitting different marketplaces each week, it’s really hard to keep up with it all. Here at Broken Joysticks,...

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