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GameCube emulator Dolphin adds RetroAchievements support
Another nice win for people who love hitting challenges, as RetroAchievements support has now been added to Dolphin for GameCube.
Category: Nintendo
GameCube and Wii emulator Dolphin moves to a more rapid release cycle
The team behind the free and open source GameCube and Wii emulator Dolphin have announced a big change to their plans, along with a new much more rapid release schedule.
Garry Newman of Facepunch comments on the Nintendo takedown of Garry's Mod content
Recently it was pretty big news that Nintendo issued takedowns to Facepunch for Garry's Mod content, and now Garry Newman of Facepunch (developer of Garry's Mod and Rust) has written up a blog post with some comments on it.
Zelda 64: Recompiled, the Majora's Mask PC port v1.1 brings various upgrades
Zelda 64: Recompiled was pretty interesting news recently, a PC port of Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask using the new N64: Recompiled tool and now a fresh update is out to improve it further.
2 Ship 2 Harkinian, another unofficial PC port of Zelda: Majora's Mask is out now
While we only recently had the Zelda 64: Recompiled release, we've now also got another PC port of Zelda: Majora's Mask thanks to the Harbour Masters team with 2 Ship 2 Harkinian.
Zelda: Majora's Mask gets a PC port with a new open source tool for Nintendo 64 games
Well, Nintendo aren't going to be happy about this one are they. A developer going by Mr-Wiseguy released an open source tool for bringing Nintendo 64 titles to any platform, and released a PC port of Zelda: Majora's Mask.
Nintendo DMCA nukes 8,535 GitHub copies of Switch emulator yuzu
The battle continues! The fallout is ongoing from the legal battle between Nintendo and yuzu that saw the yuzu team fold.
Garry's Mod forced to remove Nintendo content after takedowns
Facepunch issued an announcement for Garry's Mod players, to explain that a whole lot of user content is being taken down due to Nintendo.
Lemonade is an attempt to continue on the Nintendo 3DS emulator Citra
While Nintendo took down the Nintendo Switch emulator yuzu, the collateral damage was the Nintendo 3DS emulator Citra which was also taken offline but Lemonade is an attempt to keep it going.
GitLab takes down Nintendo Switch emulator suyu due to the DMCA
Well, that didn't last long did it. After a first release, GitLab have already pulled down the Nintendo Switch emulator suyu, due to a DMCA hit as a result of it being forked from yuzu which Nintendo shut down.
Nintendo Switch emulator suyu continues on from yuzu - first release is up
There's a new Nintendo Switch emulator named suyu, which has been forked off from the original yuzu before Nintendo shut it down and a release is now available.
Nintendo DS emulator DraStic became free of charge after Yuzu case
After Yuzu emulator owners agreed to pay Nintendo $2.4 million USD and EmuDeck also announcing Yuzu and Citra removal right after the court settlement became available on the internet, Nintendo DS emulator DraStic is now free.
Yuzu agrees to pay Nintendo $2.4 million and will entirely shut down (Citra for 3DS too)
After Nintendo recently filed a lawsuit against the Yuzu team, it was pretty much inevitable this was going to happen wasn't it.
Godot Engine gets a free Nintendo Switch port for game devs
Here's one less reason for game developers to skip over using the free and open source Godot Engine, as it now has a free port available to bring games over to the Nintendo Switch.
Nintendo 3DS emulator Citra gets a performance boost on Linux / Steam Deck
Recently I highlighted that the Nintendo 3DS emulator Citra was doing a big move over to Vulkan, giving it a modern rendering system to keep on pushing performance. The latest updates also give a big boost for Linux / Steam Deck.
Nintendo 3DS emulator Citra adds Vulkan support
Nintendo 3DS emulation is about to get a whole lot better, as Citra now has Vulkan support bringing better performance for players.
Nintendo Switch emulator yuzu gets lots of optimizations, fixes for Pikmin 4
The team working on the Nintendo Switch emulator yuzu have another progress report up, and as usual it's looking mighty fine so here's a little run over what they've done recently.
Dolphin Emulator devs give up on Steam release
After all the ruckus recently about the Dolphin Emulator for Wii and GameCube coming to Steam, and then being blocked - the team has now given up with the Steam release.
Nintendo blocked Dolphin emulator release on Steam
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.
- The "video game preservation service" Myrient is shutting down in March
- SpaghettiKart the Mario Kart 64 fan-made PC port gets a big upgrade
- California law to require operating systems to check your age
- Run your own band in the pixel art management game Legends of Rock
- The OrangePi Neo gaming handheld with Manjaro Linux is now "on ice" due to component prices
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