Emulation articles

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Gaming Wearable Tech

This emulator lets you play Game Boy Color titles on the Apple Watch

Play Pokémon Yellow on the Apple Watch!

By Rob Thubron, March 21, 2017, 12:30 PM

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New hack lets NES Classic Edition owners play games from other consoles

An unofficial way to play SNES, Sega Genesis, and Game Boy titles on your NES Classic

By Rob Thubron, February 13, 2017, 10:00 AM 7 comments

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Wii U emulator can now upgrade game graphics to 4K

By Tim Schiesser, January 11, 2017, 7:30 AM

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Gaming Electronics

Stuff a Raspberry Pi Zero into an NES cartridge for retro gaming goodness

By Shawn Knight, September 23, 2016, 7:30 AM

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Software Gaming

Dolphin emulator now supports entire GameCube library

By Tim Schiesser, September 7, 2016, 10:39 AM

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Tech Culture Gaming

This emulator runs 8-bit Nintendo games on Microsoft's HoloLens

By Shawn Knight, August 18, 2016, 5:30 PM

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The Web Software

The Internet Archive has uploaded 10,000 Amiga titles you can play in your browser

By Rob Thubron, August 9, 2016, 1:00 PM

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Nintendo NX could support local emulation of Wii, GameCube games

By Shawn Knight, August 1, 2016, 4:45 PM

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Gaming Electronics

This modded Game Boy features a color display, LiPo battery, extra buttons, modern ports and more

By Shawn Knight, April 7, 2016, 12:30 PM

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3DNes emulator converts classic NES games into 3D on-the-fly

By Shawn Knight, March 9, 2016, 12:30 PM 9 comments

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Security Tech Culture

The Malware Museum lets you experience viruses from the '80s and '90s

By Shawn Knight, February 8, 2016, 2:30 PM

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Software The Web

It's now possible to run Windows 95 natively in your web browser

By Rob Thubron, February 1, 2016, 9:00 AM 15 comments

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Google Software

Google announces Android Studio 2.0 with a major focus on speed

By Shawn Knight, November 23, 2015, 4:30 PM

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News Around the Web

Weekend tech reading: Ubuntu 15.10 reviewed, best PSUs 2015, TrueCrypt safer than thought

By Matthew DeCarlo, November 22, 2015, 11:00 AM

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Nintendo granted patent to bring Game Boy titles to other platforms but don't expect it anytime soon

By Shawn Knight, December 1, 2014, 8:00 AM

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Play more than 900 classic arcade games in your browser, no quarters required

By Shawn Knight, November 3, 2014, 7:15 AM

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Play Nintendo 64 games in your browser using this new emulator

By Shawn Knight, August 17, 2012, 11:30 AM 19 comments

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BlueStacks runs Android apps on your Mac

By Rick Burgess, June 28, 2012, 6:30 PM

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Industry Mobile

RIM nearly axes Android emulator, calls Google Play "chaotic cesspool"

By Rick Burgess, April 10, 2012, 4:00 PM 9 comments

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Mobile Software

BlueStacks hits beta, runs Android apps on your Windows machine

By Matthew DeCarlo, March 30, 2012, 7:30 AM