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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 ...
Why SNES hardware is running faster than expected—and why it’s a problem
To some observers, this is evidence that SNES APUs originally produced in the '90s have been speeding up slightly as they age ...
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Speedrunners Just Discovered a Strange Problem With Old SNES Consoles: They’re Sounding Faster
There are also tool-assisted speedruns, and this is where things get trickier. TASBot relies on frame-perfect inputs, meaning ...
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 ...
SNES consoles appear to run faster with age — APU frequency increased by up to 182 Hz after 35 years
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SNES emulator
Emulating SNES games hits us right in the nostalgic feels, but playing SNES games on an 1920×1080 monitor is a painful reminder of the limitations of SNES hardware. [DerKoun] felt the same ...
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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Super Nintendo consoles have been quietly overclocking themselves for 35 years, but it took until 2025 for the SNES fandom to notice
It's been 35 years since the SNES first launched as the Super Famicom in Japan, complete with a sound chip designed by the father of PlayStation himself, Ken Kutaragi. Over the past few weeks ...
Switch 2 GameCube Controller Rumours Resurface Following New Nintendo Filing
The GameCube generation ended years ago, but the controller for this system is still a popular choice for many Nintendo ...
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The 66 best Minecraft mods March 2025
What are the best Minecraft mods in 2025? Every game of vanilla Minecraft can vary quite dramatically, and the best Minecraft mods go one step further to provide an entirely new experience.