Through the looking glass: Nintendo's ill-fated Virtual Boy tried to bring VR gaming to the masses decades before the tech was ready, resulting in a fabulous flop. Now, as the console turns 30, a ...

Here at Ars, we're big fans of classic console emulators that go beyond providing perfect re-creations to those that actually improve on original hardware with new features we could only dream of as ...

With the announcement (and subsequent delay) of the Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo's handheld consoles are back in the limelight. In 2025, finding someone toting around a Switch on a plane or on public ...

The best Game Boy Color games shine a light on the many memorable experiences that landed on the classic and much loved handheld. As the first Game Boy to feature a color screen, we got to see some ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. That was the case, however, until Folium. Folium is the first emulator to hit Apple's App Store that supports playing 3DS games. Plus, it plays DS and ...