Category: Features
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Analogue 3D Console Review
This is a review from someone that is not a videophile, nor intimately familiar with the ins and outs of emulation and hardware specs. I have a limited understanding of what goes into making a video signal look good on hardware it’s not meant for and how the emulation process works, whether it’s the FPGA Read more
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8Bitdo Analogue 3D Controller
This controller review requires some important notes to preface it. First, at time of writing, it has been nearly 10 months since preordering this controller alongside the Analogue 3D console it was primarily designed for. The controller is in hand and the system supposedly not far behind, but this review is being conducted entirely off Read more
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Banjo-Kazooie: Nostalgia 64
ROMHack of Banjo-Kazooie by Kurkomods, available here. Released May 7th, 2025 With my own attempts at video game journalism coinciding largely with the rising popularity of retro-inspired games — your modern Metroidvanias, pixel-heavy 2D platformers, and faux-early 3D adventure titles — I’ve had and abandoned my own affair with the phrase “love letter.” It comes Read more
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Smash Remix
ROMHack of Super Smash Bros. by a large community of fan modders, downloadable from JSsixtyfour on Github. Most recent version at time of writing is 1.5.2, released April 24, 2024 Still early in my experiences with the ROMHacking community on the N64, I still can’t imagine there’s a more impressive piece of fan-created software than Read more
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WWF WrestleMania X
ROM Hack of WWF WrestleMania 2000 by G.M. Spectre (@GMSpectre1 on Twitter/X), released May 21, 2024 AKI Corp. engine mods have been a major part of the N64 modding scene for as long as the potential has existed to do so. After all, it was the creation/editing suite that AKI introduced in WCW/nWo Revenge that Read more
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Every Weapon in Turok: Dinosaur Hunter, Ranked From Worst To Best
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter is one of the N64’s seminal third party efforts. Released in March 1997, just under six months after the system’s launch in the US and a launch title in Europe, it predates Goldeneye as the system’s premiere console-first shooter, and would spawn three sequels of varying success, but nonetheless served as vital Read more
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NFL Blitz 2024
ROM Hack of NFL Blitz 2000, by NFL Blitz Resurrection (@NFL_Blitz_Rez on Twitter/X), released 9/10/23 Somebody with more technical/modding know-how finally answered my prayers with a roster hack of NFL Blitz 2000, and it’s for the N64 and everything. Similar to existing roster updates of classic titles like Tecmo Super Bowl for NES, NHL ’94 Read more