A new hack has just been released online that introduces the Star Fox 2 characters Miyu and Fay to the original Star Fox.

Miyu and Fay, in case you are unaware, are the two brand new recruits that joined the Star Fox team in the cancelled follow-up to Star Fox (which was eventually released via the Super NES Classic Edition in 2017). They resemble a lynx and a poodle respectively, and have since become popular characters among members of the fanbase despite having only ever appeared in a single game.

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The story of the SNES PlayStation is so well known now that it has become part of video game folklore. Back in the early '90s, Sony and Nintendo inked a deal that would see the former produce a CD-ROM drive for the SNES, as well as the right to produce its own all-in-one system, dubbed "Play Station" (note the space).

When it became clear to Nintendo that Sony expected to gain cash from each game sold as part of the deal, it unceremoniously dumped the Japanese tech giant at the alter, signing an agreement with Philips instead. Sony created several SNES PlayStation prototypes, but the system was never put into production. One of the prototypes sold for $360,000 a few years back.

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Here's some free advice for anyone conducting an interview with a member of the games industry: always ask if they witnessed or are aware of any unreleased games.

It doesn't matter who they are, or what the main topic of discussion is. Even if they're in a non-creative field, like an accountant or marketing. At the end, make a point of throwing this question out there and seeing what happens. Your author has been doing interviews for 20 years, and no one has ever claimed not to have seen one.

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A new ROM hack that represents "nearly three years" of work has just been released for Super Mario World, giving players a challenging new adventure to play through.

Simpatico is the result of a collaboration between the hackers BigRedBoy and RealBChin (with additional help from Stivi and Brakkie) and follows Mario's brother Luigi as he sets off on an adventure with his arch-rival Waluigi in tow.

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A new fan translation patch has just been released for the Ukiyotei-developed SNES game Skyblazer, which sets out to reincorporate a bunch of elements into the action sidescroller that were previously removed from the Western versions of the game.

Among these is the reintroduction of various names and story elements referencing Hindu mythology and Buddhist cosmology, which were stripped out of the English release back when it was initially launched in 1994.

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AYANEO's Remake line of products boasts an array of gaming systems in various form factors, but it also includes a cute little power bank shaped like a Super NES / Super Famicom. The Chinese firm has even copied the console's iconic font, but it goes without saying that this isn't an official collaboration with Nintendo, but rather a cheeky tribute which uses nostalgia to encourage a purchase.

This 12000mAh bank measures 98 × 81 × 24.4 mm and weighs 238 grams. It showcases a function switch, action button and 32 × 128-pixel monochrome OLED display, as well as two USB-C ports, both of which are capable of outputting 45W of power (only the left-side one can be used to charge the bank itself, however).

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AI is everywhere you look now, and it doesn't feel like it will be long before Skynet becomes a reality and we're all scurrying around in the rubble, John Connor-style, desperately trying to eke out an existence under the metal boot of our robotic oppressors.

But until then, let's enjoy this mildly diverting footage of a computer learning to play Super Mario Kart on a real SNES console.

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Donkey Kong Country turns 30 later this year. So, to celebrate this feat, a group of former Rare developers are getting together to swap stories about the game's development and its incredible legacy, at a panel at this year's EGX gaming event, taking place at ExCeL London.

The panel is scheduled for Saturday, October 26th, 2024 at 1:15 pm BST on the Live Stage and will feature the Donkey Kong Country designer Gregg Mayles, the composer David Wise, and the character artists Kev Bayliss and Steve Mayles.

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The former Red Company / Red Entertainment director and character designer Takafumi Ieiri, better known as Panyome!, has passed away at the age of 65, from aspiration pneumonia, according to his former co-worker, the illustrator Yoshiteru Tsujino.

In a post published on Twitter (as spotted by the research website GDRI), Tsujino paid tribute to Ieiri's long and varied career, highlighting his time illustrating for the Japanese anime magazine OUT, his work at TMS (Tokyo Movie Shinsha) and other animation companies on TV shows like RPG Densetsu Hepoi, and his contributions to both Red Company & Red Entertainment as both a character designer and director.

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Update : A Steam page is now live for City Connection's Rushing Beat X: Return of Brawl Brothers (as spotted by Gosokkyu), allowing you to finally wishlist the game.

The store page lists English language options (alongside Japanese, French, German, and Spanish), and also includes a vague "coming soon" message in place of a more specific release date.

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The New 8-Bit Heroes's director Joe Granato revealed that the popular NES development software NESmaker will soon be changing its name to Retro Game Forge and will also be adding support for SNES development.

NESMaker, in case you're unaware, is a software development tool that currently costs $36 to download and provides a suite of tools and editors for creating original NES games. It's been used to develop a large number of homebrew NES games in the past — many of which are available to play online via the virtual arcade The Retro Verse.

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Infidelity, the ROM hacker and porting specialist behind SNES conversions of Metroid, Super Mario Bros. 3, and Punch-Out!! has recently completed yet another classic project — this time transferring Super Mario Bros from the NES to the SNES.

The news was announced over the weekend and perhaps more excitingly also came with the reveal of an alternative version featuring a SNES-based custom level editor named Super Mario Bros. Maker, which will enable players to edit the game's levels.

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There was a pretty huge development in the world of SNES games recently, with the announcement that one of the people behind the console's Doom port,@RandalLinden, is involved with Limited Run's new conversation of the game, which will offer better performance, improved controls and force feedback rumble support – the latter coming via a special controller.

All of this is made possible by Linden's Super FX 3 chip, an unofficial evolution of the Super FX hardware created by British company Argonaut back in the '90s.

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If you've been reading Time Extension for a while, you may have realized by now that we're pretty fascinated by Nintendo's Japan-exclusive Satellaview service, which famously saw the popular video game company partner with the broadcaster St. GIGA to transmit games directly to people's living rooms via satellite in the mid-to-late 90s.

But what you might now know (as we've only just heard about it ourselves) is that a determined group of individuals are resurrecting the service, under the name Satellaview+, and that they are now looking for homebrew SNES games to join their upcoming lists of broadcasts.

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Japanese company Columbus Circle is launching a new SNES clone in Japan this month.

The IPS 16bit Pocket HD is compatible with Super Famicom and SNES carts, and comes with a 4.3-inch IPS LCD screen and wireless controllers. It can also be connected to your TV via HDMI.

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ROM hacker @rumbleminze has confirmed that they are porting Sunsoft's NES classic Blaster Master to the SNES.

"After taking a bit of a break, this weekend I started my next NES -> SNES conversion," says the developer. "Background tiles are all using greyscale since I haven't gotten to attributes yet. Getting to this point has been 56 builds, for anyone curious."

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A prototype copy of notable Dragon's Quest spin-off Torneko's Great Adventure: Mystery Dungeon is feared to have been "lost forever" after it was sold to a private collector.

Released on the Super Famicom, the game sees you assuming the role of the titular merchant from the fourth mainline Dragon Quest adventure. While it was a success in Japan, it never got a Western localisation – however, as noted by Games Radar, an old interview with Nintendo Age's eZine reveals that former Nintendo game counsellor Tom Kirstenson playtested an English-language version back in the '90s, which suggests a North American release almost took place.

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A new patch has just been released for Atelier Double and Shogakukan's 1994 fighting game Ranma 1/2: Chougi Ranbu Hen, which reportedly sets out to fix the Super Famicom game's "catastrophic" frame rate.

Ranma 1/2: Chougi Ranbu Hen is the third fighting game released for the Super Famicom based on the Ranma ½ anime and manga series about a cursed teenager named Ranma who is training in martial arts, and her father who has been transformed into a panda. It is also the only one for the system that wasn't given a Western release in some form, with Ranma ½: Chōnai Gekitōhen being localized by Irem as Street Combat, while Ranma ½: Bakuretsu Rantōhen was released in the US as Ranma ½: Hard Battle and in Europe as Ranma ½.

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Modder Proteus Resurrection is bringing Konami's Castlevania: Bloodlines to the SNES.

Originally released on the Genesis home console, Bloodlines (or Castlevania: The New Generation, as it was known in Europe) is the first entry in the long-running vampire-hunting franchise to arrive on a Sega system. Set in 1917, it follows the exploits of John Morris and Eric Lecarde as they attempt to prevent Dracula from taking over the world once more.

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Update : Woodfrog has announced the name of his new SNES game and has also released its first trailer, giving a closer look at what you can expect from the in-development title.

As revealed in the trailer published on Twitter, the project will be called Till & Hat and will be a side-scrolling platformer, starring a boy named and his magical hat.

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Soyo Oka – who worked with the legendary Kōji Kondō at Nintendo and contributed the music for SNES classics such as Pilotwings, Super Mario All-Stars and Super Mario Kart – has created a new song for the upcoming 2D platformer Abathor.

The track – which plays on the second stage of the game's third level – certainly has a strong SNES vibe to it, as you can hear below:

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When we were playing Donkey Kong Country in the early '90s, we never expected there would come a day when we would be able to play the game as Mario.

But now, thanks to a hacker named RainbowSprinklez, it's finally possible to play as the iconic moustachioed plumber (specifically the version of Mario from Super Mario World), to see how he would fare against King K. Rool and his army of Kremlings (thanks CM30 for the spot!).

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Sunsoft announced today that it has signed an agreement with Gravity Game Arise to produce a remake of the Super Nintendo game Hashire Hebereke for PC and Nintendo Switch.

Released in 1994 exclusively in Japan, the original Hashire Hebereke was an isometric on-foot racing game that saw players select from one of eight characters from the Hebereke series and compete in races to battle for first place.

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SNES controllers are pretty robust, but many of them are now operating decades beyond their intended lifespan, and will be suffering from unresponsive buttons due to membrane failure.

Thankfully, it looks like a proper fix is on the way - and we're not talking about the many shoddy aftermarket solutions that are currently available.

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When Nintendo announced back in 2019 that it was releasing a pair of remakes of the Famicom Detective Club games The Missing Heir and The Girl Who Stands Behind — and better yet that they were being published internationally — it initially came as a bit of a shock.

The series, which had originally debuted on the Famicom Disk System back in 1988, had up until that point never received an official English localization, with only a few diehard fans outside of Japan having had some experience with the mystery titles thanks to the 2004 fan translation of the 1998 SNES remake of The Girl Who Stands Behind. As a result, they weren't exactly a prime contender for undergoing the remake treatment, lacking the name recognition of, say, a Zelda, Mario, or Fire Emblem game.

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