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shadPS4 wrote AI contribution rules in August. By October, AI-assisted fixes were merging into mainline, including the one that restored the missing world in Uncharted. Meanwhile mGBA and SDL still close AI patches on sight.

mGBA closes AI-generated pull requests on sight. SDL banned them in April. QEMU says it cannot accept the legal risk. Meanwhile the Melee decompilation used AI to cross the finish line, and shadPS4 has started merging AI-assisted fixes under a disclosure policy.

ModRetro followed the Chromatic with an FPGA Nintendo 64. The M64 plays your real carts region free, pushes 4K over HDMI, and costs $20 less than the Analogue 3D. The catch is that the controller and HDMI cable are extra.

There are four ways to play your PS5 on a handheld, and only one of them needs a PlayStation Portal. Here is what each route costs, what it can do, and which one fits you.

The Game Bub plays your real Game Boy, Color, and Advance cartridges through a fully open source FPGA. It adds link cable multiplayer, rumble, and motion sensors, and the entire design is public. It is a niche enthusiast device, and a remarkable one.

Two FPGA handhelds for your real Game Boy cartridges, priced almost the same. The Game Bub is fully open source and hackable. The Analogue Pocket is polished with a stunning screen. Here is how to choose.