Cartridge-based consoles have often been celebrated for their robust and reliable media. You put a simple ROM chip in a tough plastic housing, make sure the contacts are fit for purpose, and you ...

At the end of December 2025 / start of January 2026 a set of BootROM keys for the PlayStation 5 were published online. If these ‘Master Keys’ are valid, they reveal secrets embedded in the PS5 silicon ...

PS5 jailbreak claims have surfaced after reports of a ROM keys leak, prompting new questions about console security.

A computer’s basic input/output system (BIOS) is a program that’s stored in nonvolatile memory such as read-only memory (ROM) or flash memory, making it firmware. The BIOS (sometimes called ROM BIOS) ...

In early April, Apple made a surprise decision to allow retro game emulators in the App Store. With them, you can now play old classic games from early game consoles and arcades, but the legalities ...