Before Tony Hawk became permanently linked with punk-rock soundtracks, warehouse levels, and teenagers discovering Goldfinger through…
Day: 25 May 2026
How Xerox invented the GUI and watched Apple and Microsoft win
There are few stories in computing as brilliant, maddening, and strangely funny as the tale of…
Swamp Rally is a charming new GBA homebrew game worth watching
The Game Boy Advance may be old enough to legally feel nostalgic, but developers are still…
Amiga utility GoVD adds virtual desktops to Workbench
There is a particular kind of mess that only a well-used desktop can produce. A drawer…
Inside Raven, the open hardware Atari clone powered by a Motorola 68060
Retro computers usually come back in polite, modern disguises. They return as emulators, FPGA boards, mini…
Dungeon Settlers wants you to build a home, then send everyone into hell
There are two types of players in management games. The first builds a cosy little settlement,…
How Éric Chahi created Another World, the Amiga classic that changed gaming
In 1991, many Amiga games wanted to impress players with colour, speed, music and arcade spectacle.…
Warcraft II retrospective: Blizzard’s RTS classic and its lasting legacy
There are games that age like wine, and games that age like milk left beside a…
PalmPilot history: the success, software, impact and end of a tech icon
Before the iPhone made everyone a part-time photographer, map reader, banker, gamer and professional notification-clearer, there…
The adventure of Node preview: Bad Pun Studio’s Zelda-inspired Amiga quest
A new Amiga adventure is crawling out of the Crystal Mine with monsters in its pockets,…
Impossible Mission 3 C64 review a classic spy game returns with style, tension and robots
Some sequels arrive with fireworks, orchestras and marketing campaigns large enough to be seen from space.…
Elden Ring on Nintendo 64? This fan-made N64 demake is real and playable
There are some game ideas that sound less like a development pitch and more like something…
Ranko Rodic shows AGA progress on AmiCube FPGA Amiga system
The new released YouTube movie by Ranko Rodic “AGA on AmiCube is finally running!” is not…
Windows 3.0 vs MacOS, AmigaOS and TOS: the 1990 desktop battle that changed computing
In May 1990, Microsoft released Windows 3.0, a product that was not quite an operating system,…
How Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee turned a terrified factory worker into a gaming icon
Some games give you a hero with a sword, a gun, or a destiny. Oddworld: Abe’s…