Near was a giant in the preservation of the SNES through their dedicated work on emulation and scanning. I have known Near for many years, and they played a major role in making this website the widely used resource that it is now. I thought I would write down some thoughts on their passing. I will definitely miss Near.

This prototype is part of the same lot of prototypes I released before via the Video Game History Foundation, but it ended up being the same as a 1990s scene release. I decided to look at it anyways, and found it was an early localization prototype, with a very rough translation. It is pretty interesting.

This is the 11th and last of a bunch of prototypes I am releasing via the Video Game History Foundation (though I have one more article to do, more later). This is the third chip of four necessary chips of a prototype of ESPN Sunday Night NFL. This is too bad, because the prototype was likely early.

This is the tenth of a bunch of prototypes I am releasing via the Video Game History Foundation. This prototype is near final, and I could only find one minor change.

This is the ninth of a bunch of prototypes I am releasing via the Video Game History Foundation. This prototype is near final, and I did not find anything noticeably difference in my quick play of it. Make sure to try it with bsnes!

This is the eighth of a bunch of prototypes I am releasing via the Video Game History Foundation. This prototype is near final, but has some changes in the in-game advertisements