Tuesday, 29 June 2021

Near, creator of groundbreaking Nintendo emulator, dead at 27

Near, the creator of groundbreaking bsnes and higan game emulators, took their own life Sunday. Near, who also posted as Byuu, was just 27 years old.

Bsnes, along with MAME and other 2000s-era apps, made emulation more accessible to gamers and other nontechnical users. — Read the rest