That’s certainly the case with [Franklinstein]’s Super Nintendo (SNES) Cartridge Hard Drive. It might only be an enclosure for a solid-state hard drive with a USB interface, but the attention ...

An NES cartridge in its most basic form is a surprisingly simple device, it contains two ROMs hosting all the code and assets of its game, and a Nintendo code chip that provided what was a state ...

Currently already fully funded in a mere 48 hours NESmaker is aiming to become to all-in-one solution to NES game development ... support direct upload to flash cartridge which will enable you ...

Broke Studio’s Wi-Fi-enabled Super Tilt Bro. cartridge combines retro gaming and online co-op without the irksome dial-up internet. Broke Studio’s Wi-Fi-enabled Super Tilt Bro. cartridge ...

The NES’s unique zero-insertion-force (ZIF) cartridge loading mechanism (seen here in its up and down positions) dictated many elements of the console’s design, including its size and shape.

Modern consoles let you compete against gamers all around the world, but a new cartridge is bringing that same online functionality to the NES, 40 years later. While most kids who grew up with the ...

Work3 Studio is creating a new NES game titled Banana Bash!, with a planned NES cartridge release. Banana Bash! has classic arcade puzzle gameplay with similarities to Pac-Man. The game's ...

But that fall, an 8-bit phoenix rose from these cartridge ashes: the Nintendo Entertainment System (or NES). Soon, the NES would be in one of every three households in America. In an effort to ...

a chip on the cartridge's circuit board that checked in with a corresponding chip on the console's. While not foolproof, in the early days of the NES the 10NES hardware helped to combat the flood ...

Charlie Hall is Polygon’s tabletop editor. In 12-plus years as a journalist & photographer, he has covered simulation, strategy, and spacefaring games, as well as public policy. New York-based ...

It’ll also include a gold commemorative NES cartridge, though it's sadly nonfunctional. Come on Nintendo! Make that thing functional so I can sell it for $175,000 in 30 years. The digital ...