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Atmosphere officially released for the Nintendo Switch

Today we finally get the full-fledged custom firmware, Atmosphere for the Nintendo Switch. If any of you have been using Atmosphere before it was basically a beta test I would say. To see what was needed to be worked on before the official release. I know we were supposed to …

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ChoiDujourNX: Installing Nintendo Switch firmware updates without burning eFuses!

Every time you update your Nintendo Switch you burn yet another eFuse and most of us know that these eFUSEs and every important to keep. They do this to prevent downgrading or updating the firmware of a device. “The Nintendo Switch and Xbox 360’s bootloaders, for instance, will check the amount of burned fuses before attempting to …

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Review: AceNS the multiple payload dongle for the Nintendo Switch

The AceNS is another dongle for the Nintendo Switch. That can launch payloads to load CFW like ReiNX, atmosphere, and even SX OS. The more of these that are on the market the more affordable they become for everyone. Plus they always try to make it better than its competitors …

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RetroArch officially released for the Nintendo Switch

Thanks to the hard work of the RetroNX devs (natinusala and m4xw), we now have an official RetroArch release for Switch! No more Lakka need as Retro NX was very stable all on its own but did have that old RetroArch feel to it.If you don’t know RetroArch is an …

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PSVita update 3.69 is out & what does it block!!

The PSVita has just got another firmware update to 3.69 once again this is just another useless update for PSVita/PSTV owners. So does this update block anything that worked the previous FW? The answer to that is yes and no, this update does not block custom themes, PSTV Whitelist hack, VHBL, or the pboot bubbles, all …

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PlayerNX the homebrew video player for the Nintendo Switch

It was a no-brainer that we would see a homebrew video player for the Switch since Nintendo does not allow it to play videos. The only service that plays video on the Switch is Hulu but you always need an internet connection for that. That’s where the homebrew community comes in, to make …

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How to customize the Nintendo Switch Homebrew Menu

The Nintendo Switch Homebrew Menu is nice but lacks the ability to change the color theme to something you like. Well, the wait is over you can finally change the colors scheme of the homebrew Menu to any color you like. You can’t change the background picture or how the …

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Switch: ReiNX v1.6 & new toolkit released!!

The Nintendo Switch has a few custom firmware to pick from but one of them has become very popular amongst sceners and that’s ReiNX. Developer Reisyukaku has just released another update for ReiNX putting in partial 6.0 support plus a new ReiNX toolkit. The toolkit is ran either through the homebrew menu …

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Pre orders for the Neo-Geo mini are starting!!!

The Neo-Geo was a very popular game system that not all of us could get our hands on back in the day. The only way some of us got to play these SNK titles like KING OF THE MONSTERS was in the arcade or maybe at the store’s demo unit if we …

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Switch Emulator Yuzu is playing games better than it could…

The Switch has been out for little more than a year now and it already has its own emulator. The Switch emulator Yuzu has only been around for 9 months and it’s already showing big progress. The Nintendo Switch’s OS is called Horizon and its heavying based on the Nintendo …

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Install Homebrew & Emulators right on the Nintendo Switch home Menu

It seems like there always something new popping up for the Nintendo Switch homebrew scene to share and play with. This time it’s the ability to run Homebrew and Emulators right off the home menu of the Switch. Some of these don’t work that well and either crash or lock up …

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Using Lakka on the Nintendo Switch has never been easier…

Just as the title says it couldn’t be easier to run Lakka on the Nintendo Switch. This is all thanks to the recent update henkate just got that supports all current CFW bootloaders, Linux chainloading, and payload tools. If you’re not familiar with Lakka it’s the lightweight Linux distro of RetroArch the …

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