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november 2025
Creating a Direct ScummVM Launcher for Full Throttle on Nintendo Switch

I’ve been replaying Full Throttle, one of the classic ’90s point-and-click adventures. The game runs well through ScummVM on Nintendo Switch, but launching it through the Homebrew Menu each time becomes tedious:Album → Homebrew Menu → ScummVM → select game. I wanted a quicker, cleaner workflow — ideally a forwarder that appears directly on the Switch home screen [read more]

november 2025
Modifying “Reset Parental Controls” for Nintendo Switch (to remove the PIN)

Used Nintendo Switch systems often come with a parental-control PIN still enabled. There are homebrew utilities that reveal this PIN, but compatibility varies between firmware versions and older builds don’t always behave as expected. This post documents how I recompiled Reset Parental Controls, why the prebuilt binary didn’t work for me, and how I extended the [read more]