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Tag: retro

curation

Nintendo Family BASIC Type-in Programs Collection

12 Jan 2025
I just stumbled upon a website named Gaming Alexandria. Their main goal is to preserve videogames related stuff like artwork scans, posters, articles, interviews and even game dumps. My main…
debate

Showcase for RetroArch Shaders 2024

19 Oct 202412 Apr 2025
Retro games and consoles are pretty accurately emulated nowadays. Output from emulators is crisp and sharp. However those pixels look different on CRT monitors. Shaders in RetroArch is a way…
curation

A-Z Uncommon Arcade Games

28 Oct 2022
The 80s and 90s had ton of great Arcade boards. Most of the recommended and popular games can be emulated and played today. But the less known ones are often…
debate

Discovering Sonkun’s crt-guest-advanced-ntsc Slot Mask presets

4 Oct 20229 Nov 2023
RetroArch gifted us a feature we emulation enthusiasts love to use: The general support for Shaders to change the look of emulated games. I want to spotlight a non standard…
debate

State of my RetroArch Cores setup

18 Jun 202210 Jul 2022
RetroArch supports so many systems on so many platforms, with a wide variety of options and features. It is amazing! Here is a little showcase of what I am using.…
debate

CRT Shader Showcase for RetroArch

8 Mar 202210 Jul 2022
In the early days of Emulation, simulating CRT characteristics was achieved by filters that manipulated the produced game image before showing on the screen. However, the result was not very…
debate

RetroArch Shader Comparison for SNES at 1440p

17 Jul 202110 Jul 2022
I recently started playing around with the shader in RetroArch on PC and I’m blown away. In this post I want to show off a few comparison shots using SNES…
curation

What to do after Chrono Trigger?

11 Feb 202026 May 2020
I am glad you ask. Let me put you in a specific situation: You just finished the game and want more of it. Or, you finished it years ago and…

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SNES Mods and Romhacks Collection 2025
CRT Shader Showcase for RetroArch
Showcase for RetroArch Shaders 2024
NES Mods and Romhacks Collection
RetroArch Shader Comparison for SNES at 1440p
SNES Fan Translations Collection
Genesis Mods and Romhacks Collection
State of my RetroArch Cores setup

External Websites

  • Video Games Chronicle
  • Dark Side of Gaming
  • Linux Gaming Central
  • Steam Deck HQ
  • Boiling Steam
  • Indie Retro News
  • Read Only Memory
  • Retro Game Corps
  • RetroStage
  • Retro Tech and Gaming Blog
  • Indie Retro News
  • itch.io
  • Lutris
  • GOG
  • Steam
  • SteamDB
  • ProtonDB
  • ShareDeck
  • AreWeAntiCheatYet
  • DoesItPlay?
  • GamesGraph
  • PlayTracker
  • HowLongToBeat
  • PCGamingWiki
  • Open Source Game Clones
  • GBAtemp
  • RetroGameTalk
  • RetroArch
  • RetroPie
  • How To Retro
  • Retro Achievements
  • GameBanana
  • ROMhacking.net
  • Romhack.ing
  • SMW Central
  • Rom Patcher JS
  • ROM Tools
  • Emulation General Wiki
  • Fandom Games
  • /v/’s Recommended Games Wiki
  • Blockfort
  • OpenCritic
  • The Good Old Days
  • The Good Old Days (German)
  • Moby Games
  • Giant Bomb
  • GameFAQs
  • StrategyWiki
  • GameHacking
  • Video Game History Foundation Library
  • The Cutting Room Floor
  • The Hidden Palace
  • Games Database
  • Gaming History
  • ArcadeItalia.NET
  • MAMEWorld
  • MARP
  • Video Game Music Archive
  • OverClocked ReMix
  • 30fps.net

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