The official Nintendo Museum appears to be emulating SNES games on a Windows PC, which is slightly embarrassing - eviltoast
  • lowleveldata@programming.dev
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    1 month ago

    It’s a weird assumption. Like I said, emulation for backward compatibility is common. Do they always just wait for some random strangers to implement an emulator for them?

    • Bezier@suppo.fi
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      1 month ago

      It’s a weird assumption. Like I said, emulation for backward compatibility is common.

      Nintendo has some serious emulation experts for building products, but this setup rigged by some museum staff could be anything.

      Do they always just wait for some random strangers to implement an emulator for them?

      Waiting? There is zero chance availability is an issue. There are many ready to go snes emulators for windows out there.

    • Biskii@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 month ago

      They have literally had their own emulators for so long. At least since the SNES Classic released. It is called Canoe