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Mario Kart Wii recompiled for PC using AI, with 4K potential and uncapped frame rates — 'first static recompilation of a Wii game' supports over 200 tracks thanks to Retro Rewind compatibility (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-17 | by Mark Tyson | tags: mario kart wii, static recompilation, retro rewind

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Mario Kart Wiicompiled will soon bring Nintendo’s classic racing action to your PC (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-15 | tags: game, kart, mario

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99 Prime Day Deals That Aren’t For Suckers, Up to 50% Off (2026) (wired.com)

2026-06-25 | by Louryn Strampe | get Prime Day Deal Finder → | tags: prime day, edifier m60, amazon

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97 Prime Day Deals on Gear We Stand By, Up To 50% Off (2026) (wired.com)

2026-06-24 | by Louryn Strampe | get Prime Day Deal Finder → | tags: prime day, amazon, magsafe

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Netflix Believes the Future of Cloud Gaming Looks Like the… Nintendo Wii? (gizmodo.com)

2026-06-24 | get Nintendo Switch OLED → | tags: netflix, unhinged, nintendo wii

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My Family Loves Board Games—Here Are the 9 I'd Buy On Sale During Prime Day (wired.com)

2026-06-24 | by Simon Hill | get Catan Board Game → | tags: board games, prime day, amazon

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107 Prime Day Deals on Gear We Stand By, Up To 52% Off (2026) (wired.com)

2026-06-24 | by Louryn Strampe | get Prime Day Deal Finder → | tags: amazon prime, shark powerdetect, magsafe power bank

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The 17 Best Amazon Prime Day Deals Under $30 We've Found (2026) (wired.com)

2026-06-24 | by Molly Higgins | get Prime Day Deal Finder → | tags: amazon prime day, wiired, jisulife

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117 Prime Day Deals on Gear We’ve Tested and Would Spend Our Own Money On (wired.com)

2026-06-23 | by Louryn Strampe | get Prime Day Tech Deals → | tags: amazon, prime day, anker

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The Best Amazon Prime Day Deals Under $30 in 2026 (wired.com)

2026-06-23 | by Molly Higgins | get Amazon Prime Day Deal Finder → | tags: amazon prime, prime day, laneige

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The Best Amazon Prime Day Deals Under $100 in 2026 (wired.com)

2026-06-23 | by Matthew Korfhage | get Amazon Prime Day Deal Finder → | tags: amazon prime day, kindle, fitbit

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Nintendo Wii U games running from a 1980's Bernoulli disk [video] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-21 | tags: nintendo, wii u, bernoulli disk

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Windows NT for GameCube/Wii (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-19 | tags: windows nt, gamecube, wii

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Computer History Museum recalls ‘astonishing’ retro haul recovered from abandoned German warehouse — over 2,000 artifacts spanning the 1930s to 1980s required seven tractor-trailers after a WWII bomb scare (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-14 | by Mark Tyson | get Vintage Computer Museum Model → | tags: computer history museum, castrop-rauxel, wwii bomb

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WiiM expands its whole-home ecosystem with a new soundbar (theverge.com)

2026-06-03 | by John Higgins | get WiiM Smart Soundbar → | tags: wiim, soundbar, dolby atmos

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WiiM's first soundbar has a touchscreen display and Dolby Atmos (engadget.com)

2026-06-03 | by Billy Steele | get WiiM Pro Soundbar → | tags: wiim, dolby atmos, spotify connect

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Testing the WWI concrete ships and WWII concrete barges (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-29 | get Concrete Ship Model Kit → | tags: wwi concrete ships, wwii concrete barges, naval engineering

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Modern Blu-ray drives can now rip GameCube, Wii, and Xbox 360 games to PC (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-26 | by Aaron Klotz | get GameCube & Wii Emulator Kit → | tags: blu-ray drives, omnidrive, gamecube

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Modern Blu-ray drives can now rip GameCube, Wii, and Xbox 360 games to PC — third-party OmniDrive firmware unlocks game rips from physical media on select players (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-26 | by Aaron Klotz | get GameCube & Wii Ripper Kit → | tags: blu-ray drives, omnidrive, gamecube

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Your Blu-ray drive can now rip GameCube, Wii, and Xbox games – legally (techspot.com)

2026-05-22 | get GameCube and Wii Ripper → | tags: blu-ray, gamecube, wii

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You’ll soon be able to point and click your way around Google TV like you’re using a Wiimote (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-19 | get Google TV Remote Control → | tags: google tv, pointer remote, android authority

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Show HN: I made a tactical map-based WWII submarine simulator (public beta) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-18 | get WWII Submarine Simulator Game → | tags: submarine simulator, wwii, tactical map

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Keychain-size ‘GameCube’ uses genuine Nintendo silicon — system also includes a dock, design shared to GitHub (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-03 | by Mark Tyson | get GameCube Mini Console Kit → | tags: gamecube, nintendo, github

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How I leared what a decoupling capacitor is for, the hard way (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-25 | by Nickolai Belakovski | get Electronics Decoupling Capacitor Kit → | tags: magnetometer, qwiic, pcb

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GameCube and Wii emulation on Switch is no longer a huge headache (androidauthority.com)

2026-04-21 | get RetroArch Nintendo Switch Edition → | tags: gamecube, wii, nintendo switch

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WiiFin – Jellyfin Client for Nintendo Wii (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-13 | get Wii Remote Controller → | tags: jellyfin, nintendo wii, homebrew

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The Death of Character in Game Console Interfaces (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-12 | by Declan Chidlow | tags: xbox series s, nintendo wii, user interface

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Demons and pinball are a perfect match (theverge.com)

2026-04-11 | by Andrew Webster | get Pinball Machine with Demons → | tags: wii u, devil’s crush, playdate

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A maverick hacker got Mac OS X running on a Wii (engadget.com)

2026-04-09 | get Wii Linux Homebrew Kit → | tags: mac os x, wii, bryan keller

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I ported Mac OS X to the Nintendo Wii (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-08 | tags: mac os x, nintendo wii, powerpc