Phil Harnage shares some memories of the Super Mario Bros. Super Show!

While the Super Mario Brothers had certainly appeared in animated projects prior to the launch of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, for many people growing up in the West, the latter proved to be the first time they ever saw the game's cast of characters represented outside of the games.

Debuting to audiences in 1989, the show (which was a mix of live-action skits and animation) was the brainchild of the (then) chairman and CEO of DIC, Andy Heyward, with the animated segments being developed for the screen by the father and son writing partnership of Bruce Shelly and Reed Shelly, alongside Bob Forward and Phil Harnage.

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"Enhances detail and clarity".

Analogue has released 3DOS v1.5.0 for its FPGA-based N64 system, the Analogue 3D.

The headline news about this update is the introduction of "Internal Graphical Upscaling" which, according to Analogue, "enhances detail and clarity while remaining faithful to the original hardware rendering process."

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"Enhances detail and clarity".

Analogue has released 3DOS v1.5.0 for its FPGA-based N64 system, the Analogue 3D.

The headline news about this update is the introduction of "Internal Graphical Upscaling" which, according to Analogue, "enhances detail and clarity while remaining faithful to the original hardware rendering process."

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You'll need to use a nightly version of MesenCE, though.

Following yesterday's news that the original 1993 Star Fox has been updated to make use of the new Super FX 3 chip – created by Randy Linden for Limited Run's 2026 update of DOOM on the SNES – we're now hearing that the game's 16-bit sequel has also been updated.

Linden himself was responsible for the porting process, which adds FX3 and battery backup to the game.

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Is that a Game Boy in your pocket?

The Game Boy Pocket turns 30 today. It launched in Japan on July 21th, 1996. It would arrive in the US on September 2nd, 1996.

The first revision of Nintendo's insanely successful Game Boy handheld, the Game Boy Pocket, launched months after Pocket Monster fever had gripped Japan and featured a host of improvements over the original 1989 model.

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Save the day!

While FPGA gaming offers an amazing level of accuracy when compared to software emulation, there are things that the latter offers that give it an advantage – one of which is the ability to save your progress at any time.

Save states on FPGA platforms aren't impossible, but they're a lot harder to pull off. Slowly but surely, developers are finding ways to make it happen. We've already seen FPGA cores for consoles such as the NES benefit from them, and save state support was added to the MiSTer FPGA core in 2024.

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"The game is now able to hit the maximum 20fps far more often than before".

The original SNES Star Fox has been upgraded to make use of Randy Linden's new Super FX 3 chipset, which was designed to power Limited Run's recent update of the SNES DOOM port.

Released in 1993, Star Fox was the first SNES game to use the Argonaut-designed Super FX chip, which allowed the console to pull off the kind of 3D wizardry that was unheard of on consoles at the time.

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What do you make of the upgrade?

The welcome trend of NES titles getting native ports to the SNES continues, and it's the turn of Konami's gothic epic Castlevania.

Originally released under the name Akumajō Dracula on the Famicom Disk System in September 1986 (it would come to the NES as Castlevania in 1987), this 2D platformer established the series' reputation for fast action, insane challenge and amazing music – and now you can play it natively on your SNES, thanks to the efforts of Rumbleminze.

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"There was no other path but this one.".

Today, it's very easy to fall into the trap of believing the Nintendo Famicom's success in Japan was a foregone conclusion or that Nintendo was 100% convinced about its chances of success, but that apparently wasn't the case.

With Famitsu recently celebrating the console's 43rd anniversary, Hirokazu "Hip" Tanaka (better known today as Chip Tanaka) has shared some interesting recollections about the uncertainty inside Nintendo in the run-up to Famicom's release in 1983 — something he'd be keenly aware of, having been involved with the development of the internal sound chip for the Nintendo Famicom (h/t: @JJtheTexan).

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Dock 'n' Go.

I have always had a huge fondness for the Game Boy. I can say that it lead to my lifelong love of gaming when I first clapped eyes on my classmate Ben’s brand new DMG-01 in 1990. Battery powered, gaming on the go, interchangeable cartridges... it couldn't get better, could it? Sure, I played my Commodore 64 on my black-and-white telly, but monochrome on the go – that was some hot stuff!

My love of the Game Boy and its successors never dimmed (unlike its screen in the dark) and I bought a Game Boy Advance (GBA) when I was 18 in what was probably the only sensible thing I put on my credit card at the time. Lauded as a portable Super Nintendo, a 2D powerhouse and more, I continued enjoying the GBA long after I upgraded to the DS Lite, thanks to its backwards compatibility.

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The 'Super Yanoman Collection' arrives this December in Japan.

Three Super Famicom titles are set to be rereleased on PC, PS5, PS4, and Nintendo Switch on Thursday, December 10th, 2026, in Japan, as part of a new collection from the Japanese developer/publisher Edia (h/t: Gematsu).

The Super Yanoman Collection was announced earlier today and will feature three titles published by the Japanese publisher Yanoman during the 16-Bit era.

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That's according to a new leak.

We typically leave most of Nintendo's LEGO announcements to our sister site, Nintendo Life, but this news was simply too much in our wheelhouse for us to ignore.

As shown on the Legoleak subreddit (CarterBricks04/via u/Gupytex), it looks like LEGO & Nintendo are gearing up to announce a new set based on the 1981 arcade classic Donkey Kong, giving players the chance to make their own LEGO recreation of the iconic single-screen platformer (thanks, VGC, for the spot!).

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Game originally hit store shelves in 1994.

Boutique publisher 33 Games has revealed to Time Extension that it is working on a "super premium" re-release of Stone Protectors on Sega Mega Drive / Genesis and SNES.

A side-scrolling fighter developed by Eurocom, Stone Protectors is based on the short-lived toy line and cartoon series of the same name, which launched back in 1993. The game would come the following year.

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"It was too much for the specs we had available, and I think it was hard to play".

One of my favourite things as a lover of retro games is coming across lesser-known versions of popular games, particularly obscure ports and reimaginings that may have never been released in the West.

So, as you can imagine, when I came across Super Mario Bros. Special a few years ago (essentially a remix of the original Super Mario Bros. for Japanese computers), I found myself growing absolutely fascinated by this bizarre version of Nintendo's smash hit platformer, wanting to find out everything I could about this unusual, official version of the popular game that I'm betting most people don't even know existed.

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Company is asking for feedback ahead of full production.

The emulation handheld sector has given us plenty of 'tributes' to classic handhelds, including clones of the GBA, DS, PS Vita and GBA SP – and now we've got a device which pays homage to the Nintendo 2DS.

As spotted by Notebook Check, MagicX has teased a new device via its Discord server which looks a lot like Nintendo's budget-friendly 3DS spin-off.

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"This is my tentative first Super Play design".

Former Rare artist Wil Overton recently reimagined the front cover of Super Play's first issue, and he's now back with an exclusive T-shirt design which will certainly appeal to UK-based SNES fans.

In case you didn't know, Overton created a bespoke cover image for every one of Super Play's 48 issues, and eventually became part of the writing team on the magazine. He would then move on to its successor, N64 Magazine, before shifting into the industry with a role at Rare.

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And it only took 37 years!

I've said it before, and I'll say it again – despite the passage of time and arrival of superior hardware, the original DMG-01 Game Boy is one of my favourite handhelds, and I still keep mine to hand whenever I fancy a quick game of Tetris or Super Mario Land.

Just as many people have an unbreakable connection with their first portable console – be it the Game Gear, Game Boy Colour, Game Boy Advance or Nintendo DS – I find cradling Gunpei Yokoi's monochrome marvel in my hands to be an overwhelmingly nostalgic and ultimately comforting experience.

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Impressive knowledge on display.

Nintendo has just revisited Star Fox 64 (again) on Switch 2 and delivered a game that reminds us why Fox McCloud and his crack team of mercenaries are so beloved in the world of video games – and it hides an Easter Egg that proves the team behind the game are diehard fans.

As highlighted by Destruction Games on social media, the Arwing fighters flown by McCloud and his team have a note on the side which reads SUPER FX TECHNOLOGY, a reference to the Argonaut Software-made Super FX chip which shipped in each copy of the original Star Fox on the SNES.

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"Put your hands together if you wanna clap".

As revealed earlier today in a YouTube video from 2dos, Donkey Kong 64 will soon be getting an unofficial PC port from the developers of the Donkey Kong 64 Randomiser.

The Recompiled port is based on the "N64: Recompiled" project by Wiseguy and is the work of Rainchus, Ballaam, Killklli and Umed, according to the video description.

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'n Boer maak ’n plan.

My brother (left) and I playing Famiclone. You can see the yellow multicart on top of the TV

I was born in South Africa, am 1/8th Afrikaans (my ancestors were Boers), and I like to talk about its bizarre and unique gaming ecosystem a lot, since it shaped everything I've ever written.

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"I've got two words for you, loo-ser!".

With Star Fox 64 having just got yet another remake, I've found myself thinking a lot lately about my experiences of playing the game in the late '90s, and the way in which it cast its magic over not just me, but my older brothers, and my Scottish pen pal.

Just to give you some context, I’ve always been a pretty big Star Fox fan, ever since the moment I was old enough to hold a controller. Although I was born just one year prior to the game’s original release, thanks to having three older brothers, some of my earliest memories were of playing their copy of the original PAL release of Star Wing on the SNES, constructing crude Arwing replicas out of Lego bricks, and trying to copy my older brother’s drawings of the Star Fox team (based on the puppets on the front of the game’s box).

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"I felt the sensation of running around freely... was the thing that I wanted to create".

In an interview with Famitsu Magazine, Final Fantasy developer and Kingdom Hearts director Tetsuya Nomura has shared details about how Super Mario 64 (which recently celebrated its 30th anniversary) inspired his approach to 3D gaming (h/t: Genki/GamesRadar).

While 3D titles certainly existed prior to the launch of Super Mario 64 on the N64, the release of the Italian plumber's first N64 adventure clearly had a profound impact on many game developers at the time.

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