Emulating SNES games hits us right in the nostalgic feels, but playing SNES games on an 1920×1080 monitor is a painful reminder of the limitations of SNES hardware. [DerKoun] felt the same ...

F-Zero was a Super Nintendo launch title that really showcased the new 16-bit technology. Mode 7 was on full display in the game, as players zoomed around at 400 km/h and higher with boost power. The ...

Putting aside legal considerations, gaming console emulators do a wonderful job of making old games accessible and playable on modern computers. Unfortunately, the game themselves weren't designed ...

Independent UK developer Mode 7 has told GameSpot today that it has been granted official Nintendo developer status. Mode 7 is a small development studio founded in 2003 by Ian Hardingham, and later ...

My favorite thing about emulating modern 3D games is the ability to run them at vastly higher resolutions—The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, for example, is stunning at 4K. Higher resolution ...

Mode 7 is definitely one of the coolest features of many SNES games. Remember hopping into your first go-kart in Super Mario Kart and seeing your favourite characters drive around "fully-3D" courses?

I’ll admit that I never really knew what “Mode 7 graphics” meant when I used the term as a kid. Through context clues, I pieced together that it referenced games that had a faux-3D look. But I didn’t ...