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Full Xbox 360 recompilation for PC debuts with Sonic Unleashed Recompiled
By Christopher Harper published
Sonic Unleashed is the first Xbox 360 game to receive a native port via Recompilation on PC, and the tools used have been open sourced.

Minimal Linux OS runs in a 6MB PDF document in Chrome — LinuxPDF leverages RISC-V emulator
By Mark Tyson published
A version of the Linux operating system can now be toyed with inside a PDF opened by a Chromium-based browser.

Sony PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 now natively supports Arm64 architecture — including Raspberry Pi 5
By Christopher Harper published
Sony PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 gets full native Arm support, demonstrated with both Apple silicon and Raspberry Pi 5.

Nintendo 3DS runs Windows 95 via DOSBox — but takes hours to boot
By Christopher Harper published
A New Nintendo 3DS can be made to run Windows 95, YouTuber proves.

Enthusiast demos ancient MS-DOS and games running 'from the metal' on modern PC system
By Christopher Harper published
YouTuber tests some DOS games without emulation on a recent Intel Celeron, and discusses what's needed to do it on your own modern Intel or AMD CPU.

Windows 11 runs on the iPhone 15 Pro in 'terribly slow' demo
By Christopher Harper published
A Twitter user has shown a slim Windows 11 build, Tiny11 Core, emulated on an iPhone.

Nearly all Nintendo 64 games can now be recompiled into native PC ports to add proper ray tracing, ultrawide, high FPS, and more
By Christopher Harper published
N64 Recompiled by Mr. Wiseguy allows for the easy creation of native N64 ports and insertion of RT through Dario's RT64 renderer.

New Emulator Lets Some x86-64 Games Run on RISC-V Dev Board
By Anton Shilov published
StarFive's VisionFive 2 board can now run select x86-64 games with Box64 0.2.4 emulator.
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