Browsing: Gaming History

touchHLE is a clever high-level emulator bringing early iOS games back from the dead, marking a big win for mobile game preservation.

JarPlay brings J2ME emulation to iOS, letting users run lost early-2000s mobile games via .jar files, marking another small but real win for game preservation.

Gameplay footage of a near-complete 1993 Japanese NES RPG thought lost has surfaced, alongside plans for a book of unreleased materials with dev approval.

The Video Game History Foundation recovered 144 Sega Channel ROMs from 1994-1998, including lost exclusives and prototypes, preserving the service’s history.