Video Games
YouTuber Creates Homebrew Nintendo Switch Version of ‘Diablo’
Last year, a coder managed to reverse-engineer the original Diablo source code, opening up not only options for modders, but also the potential to port the game to systems which were never intended to play the game. Of course, you know that there would be those fans who would try the latter.
That’s what’s happened with YouTuber Modern Vintage Gamer, who managed to get a version of Blizzard’s classic CRPG on his homebrewed Nintendo Switch! As a bonus, he made a video about it. The video also goes through the aforementioned history of reverse-engineering the Diablo source code, which oddly involved the Japanese version of the PS1 port of Diablo. It’s obviously not for everyone, but it’s certainly fascinating to check out.
While we’re not advocating using homebrew techniques on your Switch (since you could potentially brick your console, or Nintendo could ban it from going online), if you’re morbidly curious, you can find the reverse-engineered source code to create your own Switch version here.
Bloober Team appears to have something in the works related to Cronos: The New Dawn. At least, that would appear to be the case, thanks to an accidental reveal ahead of this weekend’s IGN Live event as part of Summer Game Fest.
In the list of title reveals during the event, something referred to as “Cronos: Lazarus” appeared in the list, but was quickly scrubbed. However, not before the internet picked up on it. Adding more fuel to the reveal were two screenshots posted to X by insider Intercelluar, which appear to show the official art. It’s not clear yet, but this is more than likely a new DLC for Cronos: The New Dawn, given that Bloober Team is already busy with multiple other titles, including the Silent Hill remake, and the recently-announced Layers of Fear 3.
If you haven’t checked out Cronos: The New Dawn (and you never read Aaron’s review of the game), the game is set in the haunting ruins of New Dawn, a world inspired by Nowa Huta, a real historical district in Kraków, Poland. Cronos: The New Dawn unfolds across two timelines: a post-apocalyptic future decaying in despair, and the gritty, industrial 1980s reality. This powerful duality blends retro realism, dystopian sci-fi, and a retro-futuristic atmosphere to create a deeply immersive world filled with tension, mystery, and terror.
Players step into the hunting suit of The Traveler — an enigmatic agent of the Collective, sent into zones scarred by the Change, a cataclysmic event that shattered time, memory, and flesh. What remains is a world suspended between past and future — haunted, hostile, and unravelling. Survival is anything but certain.
Thanks to RelyOnHorror for the heads up!