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After well over 100 responses, the hypothesis is starting to seem pretty definitive.

A SNES in 2025 is going to run faster than it did when it was originally manufactured.

Super Mario World, our number one best retro games

By 2007, emulator developers had clocked the real-world DSP rate at 32,040Hz.

Butwhyare these chips faster now?

That’s the detail that hasn’t been fully nailed down.

The Super Mario Bros NES box

Computer parts are obviously made up of physical materials, and those materials degrade and change over time.

For now, it’s probably safest to attribute all this to the simple entropy of the universe.

Think of it this way: thebest SNES gamesare now all that tiny bit better.

Donkey Kong

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity

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Mario

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Isabelle

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Oblivion Remastered

Hollow Knight: Silksong

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Mister Terrific in Superman

Geek Girl

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The cast of Thunderbolts standing in an elevator during the trailer for the upcoming Marvel Phase 5 movie.

Logan Kim as Hershel and Lauren Cohan as Maggie in The Walking Dead: Dead City season 2