Scene news — Émulation
Homebrew, modding and emulation news: firmware updates, new exploits, tool and emulator releases, and forum news. Every story lists its sources and can be commented on.
- EmulationVenture: Meta Quest games on PC VR headsets
- EmulationMetroid Prime 2 Echoes native on PC and Android
- EmulationFake PS5 emulators on GitHub: beware of malware
- EmulationZelda Tears of the Kingdom recompiled natively for PC
- EmulationEden and Switch 2: Splatoon Raiders, Bananza, Pokopia
- EmulationNFS Most Wanted running natively on Android and PS Vita
47 stories
- Sunday 11 October 2026
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ARMSX3 1.1 and ARMSX2 2.8.3: PS3 and PS2 make progress on Android
ARMSX3, the Android PS3 emulator derived from RPCS3, moves to 1.1.1 and arrives on Google Play; ARMSX2 2.8.3 speeds up PS2 emulation on Mali chips.
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VBoy Color: Virtual Boy games in colour, on PC and Meta Quest
Nintendo’s Virtual Boy only displayed red on black: the VBoy Color emulator colourises its games, on PC and on Meta Quest headsets, while keeping the 3D.
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Azahar 2127.0: the 3DS emulator finally gets fast on iPhone, without JIT
Azahar 2127.0 Alpha 1 replaces the 3DS emulator’s interpreter: iPhones, as far back as the iPhone XS, run games at full speed without JIT.
- Saturday 10 October 2026
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Emulation
DroidDeck: the Steam Deck interface and your Steam games on Android, without root
DroidDeck installs the real Steam client in Big Picture mode on Android, without root: your Windows games run through Proton and FEX, on Snapdragon chips.
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ScummVM 2026.4.0: Amerzone, Dracula: Resurrection and Rebel Assault join the list
ScummVM 2026.4.0 adds dozens of adventure games, including French classics: Benoît Sokal's Amerzone, Dracula: Resurrection and Louvre.
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MediEvil on PC: the 1998 PS1 classic recompiled as a native widescreen port
MediEvil (PS1, 1998) returns on PC: it has been recompiled as a native port, with widescreen support and improved visuals, and can be completed from start to finish.
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The Darkness on PC: the 2007 Xbox 360 game recompiled as a native port
Never released on PC, The Darkness (Xbox 360, 2007) is coming to it through recompilation: The-Darkness-Recomp runs it natively, in 4K and on ultrawide screens.
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Azahar 2126.2: security flaw fixed, update your 3DS emulator
Azahar 2126.2 fixes a serious flaw: a booby-trapped CIA file or 3DS homebrew could break out of the emulator and run code on your PC. Update now.
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PS5 emulator on PC: where SharpEmu and KytyPS5 stand (and beware of scams)
Demon’s Souls and Astro Bot boot on PC: the PS5 emulators SharpEmu and KytyPS5 are making progress, but no game is playable from start to finish yet.
- Wednesday 7 October 2026
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Emulation
Dolphin: a wave of AI-found vulnerabilities, and a hacked build machine
The progress report for Dolphin 2609, published on 24 September 2026, devotes two sections to security rather than new features.
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PCSX2: the PS2 emulator now moves forward with daily builds
If you search for “the latest version of PCSX2”, you will land on a number that will have changed by the next day. This is not a glitch: it has become the project's normal way of working, and it is…
- Tuesday 6 October 2026
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Banjo-Tooie on PC: an AI-written port angers the Banjo Recompiled developers
A PC port of Banjo-Tooie, largely written by AI, appeared in early October, and the creators of Zelda and Banjo Recompiled are strongly denouncing it. What happened?











