James Ratcliff joined Game Rant in 2022 as a Gaming News Writer. In 2023, James was offered a chance to become an occasional feature writer for different games and then a Senior Author in 2025. He is ...

Ideally, you’d expect any Super NES console—if properly maintained—to operate identically to any other Super NES unit ever made (in the same region, at least). Given the same base ROM file and the ...

Every Super Nintendo console should run at the same speed. They were all built in factories with the same components so they should all operate at the steady clip mandated by Nintendo all those years ...

This might be a little outdated, what with the uncrackable XBox 360 out there, but it reminds us of the time we tried to hack our PS2 using the old “knife in the DVD slot” trick and broke it. This ...

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Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...

Innovation has become a key formula for Nintendo when it comes to creating their consoles. From the Super Nintendo to the Wii, the much less successful WiiU console, and the Switch, the developer and ...

This guide is meant to provide you with a handy at-a-glance reference for all the finishers and Fatalities in the SNES ...

WTF?! Old hardware typically slows down over time as newer software becomes less optimized and components degrade with age. However, speedrunners and researchers have discovered the opposite effect on ...