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Nintendo blocked Dolphin emulator release on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
Back in March the plan was announced for the Wii and GameCube emulator Dolphin to release on Steam, along with some useful Steam features but now that seems unlikely to happen.

Nintendo Switch emulator yuzu gets a nice Steam Deck upgrade

By Liam Dawe,
The team working on the Nintendo Switch emulator yuzu have released some Early Access upgrades, this time around for the Steam Deck.

Nintendo Switch emulator yuzu gets a huge performance boost

By Liam Dawe,
Emulation coding is tricky business done by some people that are clearly 100x smarter than I am, and now the Nintendo Switch emulator yuzu devs are just showing off.

Couch gaming Linux distro ChimeraOS 41 out now, better AYANEO and Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe,
Have a PC hooked up to your TV or need a Linux distribution that might work better on a handheld PC? A new release of ChimeraOS is here, and it's a necessary upgrade. Think of it a bit like SteamOS with fancy extras.

Dolphin Emulator for GameCube and Wii is coming to Steam

By Liam Dawe,
Giving you another easy way to download and keep it up to date, the Dolphin Emulator for GameCube and Wii is coming to Steam.

Flycast emulator for Dreamcast, Naomi, Naomi 2 gets a big upgrade

By Liam Dawe,
Oh wow, I loved my old SEGA Dreamcast before it sadly ended up at a tech graveyard. For fans of emulation, the Flycast emulator has a new release out.

touchHLE is a new emulator for iPhone OS apps

By Liam Dawe,
Want a way to emulate old Apple iOS apps and games? Well, touchHLE just had its first release to prevent some more things being lost to time.

GameImage turns games, emulators and Wine into an AppImage - useful perhaps for Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Formerly named Agape, GameImage is a way to package up games with either Wine or an Emulator into a portable AppImage that could be useful for the Steam Deck.

GameCube and Wii emulator Dolphin got a big speed boost for Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
GameCube and the Wii emulator Dolphin had a progress report posted up in late December, and it's looking really good, especially so with their performance optimization work.

PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 hits a big milestone with all games now bootable

By Liam Dawe,
RPCS3 is a free and open source PlayStation 3 emulator, and they hit a huge milestone for compatibility recently.

Box64 and Box86 get more games running on Arm plus DXVK 2.0 support

By Liam Dawe,
Box64 and Box86 are userspace emulators to run traditional x86 and x86_64 applications on Arm, and the 0.2 release of both are a nice big step forward.

Cemu emulator for Wii U now provides an AppImage

By Liam Dawe,
Want to get the Wii U emulator Cemu working on Linux? It's now a little easier, as they've providing an AppImage with the latest release.

GB Operator is a fun gadget for Game Boy fans tested on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Recently I mentioned GB Operator a little USB gadget that reads cartridges of the Game Boy, Game Boy Colour and Game Boy Advance. After giving it a go myself, I'm impressed and a little in love.

Play real Game Boy cartridges on Steam Deck / Linux with GB Operator

By Liam Dawe,
GB Operator excites the collector in me, giving you a small device to plug into your PC or Steam Deck, allowing you to play real Game Boy cartridges.

No more Steam Deck reservation queue — buy it now, plus Docking Station available

By Liam Dawe,
The day is finally here. Valve has removed the reservation queue for the Steam Deck, so you can buy it right now. Additionally, the Steam Deck Docking Station is also now available.

Nintendo Switch emulator yuzu gets 'Local Wireless Multiplayer'

By Liam Dawe,
Local Wireless Multiplayer is the latest huge feature to be added to the quite amazing Nintendo Switch emulator project yuzu.

Wii U emulator Cemu 2.0 out, goes open source and gets Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
It has finally happened. Cemu, the Wii U emulator has a big new 2.0 release and it is now officially open source and available for Linux too.

yuzu the Nintendo Switch Emulator gets an easy Linux installer

By Liam Dawe,
Good news for Linux and Steam Deck fans, the yuzu team have worked to bring the installer for the Nintendo Switch Emulator over to Linux properly.

PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 gets Save States support

By Liam Dawe,
A huge advancement for the PlayStation 3 emulator project RPCS3 as it now has support for Save States, which is pretty awesome.

You can now try Resident Evil Village directly in your browser using Stadia tech

By Liam Dawe,
Capcom has released a cloud gaming browser demo of the popular Resident Evil Village, so you can try it out in only a click and a few seconds waiting on pretty much any platform.
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