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 ...

The slimline new Super Nintendo is likely to be in as much demand as the NES Classic Mini, but don’t despair for scalpers – here’s how you can play the console’s amazing library right now. Written by ...

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, ...

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, ...

Last week we reported on Russian hacker Alexey 'Cluster' Avdyukhin's intention to modify his popular hacking tool hakchi2 to add support for the SNES Classic Mini. He's stayed true to his word that ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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Nintendo dropped a bombshell announcement this week, unveiling the SNES Mini, or to give it its full name, Nintendo Classic Mini: Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Just like the NES Mini before it, ...