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Day: 20 June 2026
New ArcStation PS1 mod replaces the PlayStation CD drive with SD card
The original PlayStation has reached the point where it is no longer just a games console.…
The story of GORILLA.BAS, the MS-DOS artillery game that taught BASIC
Before coding bootcamps, browser sandboxes and cheerful online tutorials with badges, there was a blue screen,…
Game Sprockets: Apple’s overlooked answer to DirectX for Mac gaming
The Macintosh had colour, sound, a friendly interface and a loyal user base that believed software…
Commodore CDXL explained: the Amiga’s strange but clever pre-MPEG video format
Before streaming, before DVD, before the web turned every laptop into a tiny television station, full-motion…
Zarch: the British ARM showcase that made the Acorn Archimedes look years ahead
Picture a British school computer showroom in 1987. Not a place of neon futurism, not a…
Atari Mindlink and telepathy: the weird history of Atari’s “mind-control” game
Before motion controls, VR headsets and neural interfaces became part of the gaming conversation, Atari tried…
The black PlayStation dev kit that predicted the Indie games boom
In 1997, owning a PlayStation usually meant playing Ridge Racer, Tekken 2 or Tomb Raider until…
June 20, 1994: Jay Miner, Commodore’s Amiga visionary, dies in California
On 20 June 1994, Jay Miner died in Mountain View, California. In the wider world, the…
Command & Conquer fan port brings Westwood’s RTS classic to Atari ST
Command & Conquer on the Atari ST sounds like the sort of sentence that should be…
White Creek preview: a new retro survival horror game for Sega Dreamcast fans
There are game announcements that make perfect sense in 2026. Another live service shooter. Another cosy…