Just over a week after its release, modders have successfully manged to break whatever protection the SNES Classic Mini had. Hacking the SNES Classic Mini, much like it did for the NES Classic Mini, ...

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’d be familiar with Nintendo’s hugely popular Classic Mini consoles. Starting with the NES, and now followed with the SNES, the consoles ship in a cute, ...

Nintendo’s SNES Mini had been out for all of four days before hackers and tinkerers cracked the code and began adding their own games. And it’s a head-scratcher, really. Not that hackers managed to ...

Nintendo SNES Classic owners should be glad to learn that more games aren’t out of your reach. Cluster, the Russian coder who originally cracked the NES Classic Edition, has now figured out how to ...

It appears that Nintendo really doesn't mind modders cracking open its little retro consoles and using them for more than they were originally intended. Back when the NES Classic Edition was released, ...

Can you add games to the SNES Classic Mini? Yes, unofficially. As with the original NES Classic Mini, there's a tool for loading additional games onto the console. So if you’re not happy with the 21 ...

Update: As the comments have pointed out, a newer, easier version of Hackchi2 has already been released. Thanks for the heads up! Original story: The SNES Classic hack attempts began the moment the ...

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Nintendo knows how to sell a perfectly self contained bundles of fun. From Game & Watch to Game Boy to DS to Switch, the Japanese firm has pretty much nailed self-contained joy. Throw in nostalgia, ...

Before Nintendo unveiled the Switch, its new hybrid game console, to the world, it rereleased an old one. The NES Classic Edition was an adorably small box of nostalgia packed with some of the best ...