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The programmer of legendary emulator ZSNES just resurfaced after 24 years to give his first-ever interview and spill the secrets of its magical netplay, snowy UI and unbelievable speed on 1997 PCs

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How ZSNES Changed SNES Emulation Forever | Interview with the Creator – YouTube Watch On In 1997, two young hobbyists released two pieces of software that more or less prompted a new wave of interest in “retro” games—which were, at that point, really just a few years old. The first punch was Nesticle, a Nintendo Entertainment System emulator that quite suddenly made it free and easy to play Nintendo’s ’80s and early ’90s games on a PC. The second punch, delivered near the end of the year, was ZSNES, which did the same for much newer Super Nintendo games. And…

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News

Battlefield 6’s New Map Is Very Bad

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On October 28, Battlefield 6‘s latest update added Blackwell Fields, a new map, to the online FPS. This should be an exciting time for fans. However, Blackwell Fields is a very small, mostly empty map that isn’t much fun to play. And the community isn’t happy about it. Earlier this month, I got a chance to go hands-on with Blackwell Fields before it was added to the game as part of today’s larger season one update, which also added a new battle royale mode and battle pass system. And after playing a few matches on it back then, I was worried.…

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Playstation

Redsec, the new free-to-play Battle Royale launches today – PlayStation.Blog

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Redsec is Battlefield’s first-ever free-to-play Battle Royale game, and it’s launching today. But it’s not just Battle Royale – this experience includes Gauntlet, a round-based elimination mode that samples from the franchise’s rich Multiplayer history, as well as Redsec’s Portal Community Creations, an ever-evolving sandbox from our community developers. However, your first steps into Redsec will more than likely come in the form of the Battle Royale Initiation playlist: Battle Royale initiation In BR Duos, eliminate hostels, track intel, and dodge the chemical ring on a condensed map. Battle Royale Initiation is built for new players as a low-stakes learning…

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Nintendo

Bandai Namco Is Looking To Revamp ‘Shadow Labyrinth’ In An Upcoming Update

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Shadow Labyrinth is a pretty good game; we should know, we gave it a 7/10 in our review. But many folks have, understandably, criticised it for its often punishing difficulty and stingy checkpoint system. So, to address this, Bandai Namco has announced update 1.1.0, an upcoming patch that looks to “redesign the play experience and evolve Shadow Labyrinth into a game that more people can enjoy”. It will focus primarily on three key areas: difficulty, movement when controlling PUCK, and the checkpoint system. Here’s what the full announcement entails: First and foremost, we would like to express our heartfelt gratitude…

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Civilization 7 will get ‘one of the most requested features’ since launch: The option to play as one civ from start to finish

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Firaxis tried something new with Civilization 7’s Ages system, and although the studio’s willingness to experiment with its decades-old grand strategy series is commendable, the evolution hasn’t been a hit.As a result, Firaxis has been working on options that remake Civ 7 into something more like its still-popular older siblings, and just announced that “one of the most requested features” is in the works: the option to play as one civ from start to finish.Civ 7’s Ages system divides games into three distinct historical phases, and a lot happens in the transitions between them: Wars end, important variables are reset,…

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