A strange phenomenon is detected in these SNES and the investigation of the “rejuvenated consoles” enigma is on
In a phenomenon that has baffled the gaming community, users around the world have reported that the so-called Super Nintendo ...
Retro acceleration: The SNES might be running faster as it ages
Tinkerers and speedrunners have recently discovered that the audio processors in many aging Super NES consoles are now ...
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Why Super Nintendo consoles are getting faster as they get older
The engineers squeezed as much performance as they could from the 16-bit processors of yore and then turned the job of ...
SNES consoles appear to run faster with age — APU frequency increased by up to 182 Hz after 35 years
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Why SNES hardware is running faster than expected—and why it’s a problem
After significant research and testing on dozens of actual SNES units, the TASBot team now thinks that a cheap ceramic resonator used in the system's Audio Processing Unit (APU) is to blame for ...
Super Nintendo consoles have been quietly overclocking themselves for 35 years, but it took until 2025 for the SNES fandom to notice
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Daredevil: Born Again star Vincent D'Onofrio swiftly shoots down reports of his involvement in Spider-Man 4
Alas, it seems it's not on the cards. Details are currently scant on the next Spidey headline flick, Holland is attached to play Peter Parker and Stranger Things regular Sadie Sink is reportedly ...
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Wednesday star Jenna Ortega and Escape Room's Taylor Russell in talks to lead reboot of beloved '90s thriller
Jenna Ortega and Taylor Russell are in talks to lead an upcoming reboot of iconic 1992 erotic thriller Single White Female, according to a report published by The Insneider on March 14. The ...
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ROM hack
To get the cart he found a bunch of Mother 3 cartridges to use as the donor. From there he backed up his Emerald and Fire Red cartridges, modified the ROMs with the modifications, and then sent ...