Random: Nintendo museum might be emulating SNES games on Windows PC

In case you missed it, Nintendo recently opened a museum in Japan and it’s filled with all kinds of displays featuring the company’s classic titles. For anyone wondering how exactly Nintendo displays these retro games in their museum, apparently could be making use of emulation on Windows PC.

As noted by PC Gamer, an “X” user known as “ChrisMack32” shared a video of a Super Nintendo controller disconnecting (via USB) during a game of Super Mario World at the museum, and it can be heard Windows USB disconnection plays background sound effect.

Unsurprisingly, this video has generated mixed reactions online. As the source mentioned, Nintendo has “often prosecuted developers of emulators and ROM websites,” and the Japanese firm has also previously argued that emulation “stifles innovation.”

Some initial responses have speculated that Nintendo might be using an emulator of its own and another interesting embraces social media, the company is believed to be “more than likely” to use open source emulators to power its retro displays at the new museum. Of course, all we have to go out here is the sound effect, but the emulation on the computer means that you should not worry about keeping the original hardware.

A officially Experience a game like Super Mario World today, Nintendo requires users to subscribe to the Switch Online service, which gives players access to hundreds of the company’s retro titles from the SNES, NES, N64 and handheld eras.