The NES Classic Edition news update: 90 new games can be played by hacking the system; short supply leads to SNES Classic Edition as alternative

Aside from the hit NES Classic Edition being out of stock from retailers, another news emerged that hackers have found a way to include more games into the console.

Owners of NES Classic Edition know that the console can only carry 30 games inside. However, hackers somehow found a way to penetrate into the system so that they can modify the code and include more games into it. As a result, 90 games can be played in the hit console.

Apparently, NES Classic Edition can be easily hacked as it is just an emulator managed by Linux computer, which puts NES titles into the console's system. The hacker only identified as madmonkey shared how the NES Classic Edition was infiltrated.

The hack is as simple as connecting the console to the computer, starting it in FEL mode and presto, additional games can already be added. For those asking, FEL mode is a recovery option for Linux system, which NES Classic Edition uses. Using the FEL mode opens the gate for the owners to get into the system's software, add new titles, save and overwrite the original program with the new version.

This will result in 90 games being playable on the console instead of the usual 30. However, there is no information on whether the built-in 30 games will be retained. It is highly possible that the games would be removed when performing the hack.

In other news, the continuous lack of NES Classic Edition units may lead to the company to compensate by offering the SNES Classic Edition. Reports claim that Nintendo plans to make up for the shortage of supply by making the SNES Classic Edition available as an alternative.

Tech Spot reported that the company may have learned valuable lessons when they release the classic console and so they are releasing more units of the SNES Classic Edition. The prices of the consoles are reportedly the same.