Dark Lands for PlayStation Vita brings dark fantasy combat to Sony’s classic handheld

There are games that disappear quietly, not because they failed, but because the platforms they lived…

The forgotten professional side of the Commodore Amiga: SAS/C Development

There is a familiar version of the Amiga story. It is the one filled with bouncing…

Russia’s 16-Bit console boom had a secret weapon: The Pro 16 Bit

The Pro 16 Bit is not the kind of console that usually appears in the clean,…

Don Matrelli’s Legacy brings new life to classic DOS racer Grand Prix Circuit

Some retro releases arrive with big promises and very little understanding of the machine they are…

Argentina’s Family Game empire: how Famiclones outsold the real NES

In Argentina, the 8-bit console most people remember was not always called a Nintendo. It was…

Why China dominates retro handheld gaming: inside Anbernic, Miyoo and Powkiddy

Pick up a modern retro handheld and the first impression is usually emotional rather than technical.…

How Sony almost bought the Amiga and changed computer history forever

In the summer of 1984, the Amiga was not yet the Commodore Amiga that many computer…

The microprocessor price war started in a hotel room: the wild Story of the MOS 6502

The story sounds almost too neat for the history of computing: a new microprocessor, priced at…

Sega tried to launch VR in the 1990s. It went exactly how you think

Before virtual reality became a living-room product, a fitness gadget, a workplace experiment and, occasionally, a…

The AARD code story: Microsoft’s quiet attack on DR-DOS compatibility

In the early 1990s, the PC was still a machine you negotiated with. You did not…

Orange Pi 6 preview: release status, specs and retro gaming performance potential

The Orange Pi 6 is not here yet. That is the first thing to make clear.…

Java-OS4 brings Java 8 to AmigaOS 4 in a surprise boost for PowerPC users

There are software releases that change the wider computer industry, and then there are releases that…

A new USB-C adapter could bring classic Game Boy multiplayer into the online era

The Game Boy never really disappeared. It was pushed into drawers, boxed into collections and replaced…

Someone made Doom run on Sega Genesis, and the hardware is probably crying

Doom has been ported to almost everything, from serious workstations to devices that look as if…

How Nintendo turned the Famicom into a banking, stock trading and betting terminal

Before online gaming became a world of usernames, patches, digital shops and strangers shouting into microphones,…

Intel’s weird i860 RISC chip: how it worked, why it failed, and why it matters

In 1989, Intel did something that still feels slightly odd today. The company most people associated…

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