Hack NES to run SNES games with Raspberry Pi By Lucy Hattersley. Posted almost 6 years ago. Share on: Facebook LinkedIn Pinterest Reddit Twitter WhatsApp Emulation is the process of running older software on newer, incompatible hardware, but Tom Murphy VII, a computer scientist from Pittsburgh, PA, wanted to turn that process on its head by ‘reverse-emulating’ a SNES. Discover how to hack a NES ca