I’ve been messing around with PCs, video game consoles, and tech since before I could speak. Don’t get me wrong, I kickstarted my relationship with technology by jamming a Hot Wheels double-decker bus into my parent’s VCR, but we all have to start somewhere. I even somehow managed to become a walking, talking buyer’s guide at my teenage supermarket job, which helped me accept my career fate. So, rather than try to realise my musician dreams, or see out my University degree, I started running my own retro pop culture site and writing about video games and tech for the likes of TechRadar, The Daily Star, and the BBC before eventually ending up with a job covering graphics card shenanigans at PCGamesN. Now, I’m your friendly neighbourhood Hardware Editor at GamesRadar, and it’s my job to make sure you can kick butt in all your favourite games using the best gaming hardware, whether you’re a sucker for handhelds like the Steam Deck and Nintendo Switch or a hardcore gaming PC enthusiast.
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News According to GamesRadar+ readers, the SNES is currently the greatest retro console of all time, but it holds the crown with a minority vote share.

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News The Amiga Corporation has struck deals with both Commodore International and Hyperion that could pave the way for an Amiga Ultimate FPGA remake.

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News Nvidia has allegedly cancelled an RTX 5090 order due to Asus price hikes, as the GPU pricing should have already been changed.

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Buying Guide We're rounding up all the best gaming PCs on the market from budget builds to higher-end rigs ready for the next generation of gaming.

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News It turns out that if you upscale your PS2 memory card grid using a GBS-C upscaler, your Final Fantasy 12 save will look like it belongs to an earlier RPG.

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News Retroid has commented on Qualcomm's planned price increases, as retro handhelds with the company's chipsets like the Nova could end up more expensive.

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News The GBS-C is an upscaler that will help reduce jittery PS2 visuals on modern screens using motion-adaptive deinterlacing, and

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Features Here's a deep dive into why scanlines are used to enhance retro games today and the various effects used by consoles and emulators to mimic CRT TVs.

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News After just one week, Mario 64 for the 3DO has improved, and the plumber now looks less like the cursed sprite that's been haunting my dreams.

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News Anbneric is taking yet another stab at making a GBA SP, and the RG SP trims down its last version and removes its controversial embedded thumbsticks.

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News Katavatis is a "Metroidbrania" that's bringing 3D platforming to the Playdate using a custom renderer, and it can even do Mirror's Edge parkour segments.

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News Reports suggest Steam Deck sales have fallen by 82% since Valve increased the OLED model's MSRP, but the price hike might not be solely to blame.

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News The Game Boy Pocket celebrates its 30th anniversary today, and the sequel to Ninty's original handheld brick is still making an impact on the scene today.

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News The Ayaneo Next 2 IndieGoGo is live, but if you're looking for the top-spec gaming handheld, you'll have to fork out over $4,000.

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News You can now play DOOM on an FX3 SNES cart using dual analogue sticks, and it'll even work in Mesen if you'd rather emulate.

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News Project BrickEmuPy aims to preserve classic LCD games by dumping and emulating the ROMs, and it's potentially the first to dump Nintendo's Mini Classic series.

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News Turns out you can easily turn an RTX 4060 gaming laptop motherboard into a Steam Deck alternative that's half the price of Valve's cube.

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News Lenovo has shared another teaser for its C700 handheld that reveals a 7.82-inch 120Hz screen and TMR thumbsticks, but it's still a cloud-streaming handheld.

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News Polymega Vol. 20 pays tribute to Truxton, its sequel, and some of the best shoot-em-ups by iconic arcade publisher Toaplan.

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Features Microsoft might have delisted Fable 3 on PC, but if you have the physical disc, the RPG shines when freed from the original Xbox 360.

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News Ayaneo has unveiled its GBA remake, and the Konkr Pocket Advance looks to be an authentic homage to the 2001 handheld with a larger screen.

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News Super Mario 64 shouldn't work on a then-expensive 3DO console from 1993, but a developer has created a cursed version of the N64 classic for the '90s console.

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News Retroid has shared footage of its Pocket Nova retro handheld handling PS2, Saturn, Dreamcast, and GameCube games alongside 3DS using an attachable screen.

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News You can now transform a Virtual Boy controller into a gamepad for Switch 2 thanks to mod kits that add wireless connectivity while preserving OG compatibility.

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Features Sony might be discontinuing physical PS5 discs, but the PlayStation Portal provides a taste of the streaming-focused console world ahead of us.
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