FreeDOS, now 30 years old, will soon run Windows 3.x
The command prompt of yore is still alive and kicking despite hardware incompatibilities
Pocket 386 retro laptop with 40 MHz CPU, 8 MB RAM arrives for under $200
40 MHz in your pocket
Who manufactured the original Nintendo NES 8-bit processor?
Was it Panasonic, Texas Instruments, Ricoh or Xerox?
Hobbyist revives the beloved Winamp player into a polished physical marvel
The big picture: Teenagers and young adults of the late 1990s will remember Winamp as the de facto music player on their Windows PCs. If tinkering with electronics and fabrication is your jam, give Linamp a look. It brings Winamp to the physical plane, allowing you to touch this piece of history. It is a testament to one's passion and creativity, taking something old and giving it a new lease on life.
The Rise and Fall of Sega: A Legendary Gaming Journey
Before the PlayStation and Xbox, Sega was Nintendo's main rival in the console market, pioneering 3D graphics and online features. The rise and downfall of Sega is filled with drama and fond memories.
Palmer Luckey's FPGA Game Boy clone lands just in time for the holidays
Something to look forward to: A race between FPGA-based retro handhelds is looming. The Analogue Pocket has been the standard for years, but former Oculus designer Palmer Lucky plans to release a similar device later this year to commemorate the original Game Boy. Meanwhile, hardware modder Taki Udon is currently developing options that could lower the barrier to entry for the emerging FPGA emulation market.
This Saturn handheld borrows heavily from Sega's Project Venus prototype
There are still plenty of mini retro consoles to be made
Iconic 90s messenger ICQ logs off for good after nearly 30 years
"I Seek You" no more
Atari buys Intellivision, bringing an end to the original console war
Uniting competing brands
The big picture: Despite being just shadows of their former selves, the Atari and Intellivision brands are still on the market almost 50 years after their original introduction. Atari has now acquired its historical competitor, bringing hundreds of classic games under one common roof.
Dangerous nostalgia: Taking Windows XP online will result in auto-installed viruses in a matter of minutes
Using Windows XP in 2024? You should read this before going online
Windows XP can run on an Intel CPU from 1989 thanks to dedicated modder
It's significant because the two never co-existed
The History of Handheld Gaming PCs: From Humble Beginnings to the Future of PC Gaming
The dream of the handheld gaming PC is alive thanks to the Steam Deck and its ilk, but that road has been dotted with broken promises, unrealistic expectations, and some cool yet impractical machines.
From nostalgia to necessity: why floppy disks refuse to fade away
Still spinning in the age of cloud storage
RETRO-TASTIC It's been close to fifteen years since the last new floppy disk was manufactured by Sony. That's a long time by any standard, and it's especially lengthy in the ever-advancing tech world. But despite the finite number of disks decreasing every year, there are those who still hold on to floppies, whether for nostalgia-fuelled pleasure or necessity.
Programmer creates AI-powered image generator for Commodore 64
It works, but is very slow
Rare Super Famicom prototype zooms to $40k bid at auction
It's probably even higher by the time you read this
Bang & Olufsen brings back iconic 6-disc CD changer from the 90s
Cheaper than a Bitcoin, but just barely
The Best Handheld Gaming Consoles
Out of the 12 best-selling gaming consoles of all time, 5 are handheld systems, and that's not including the Nintendo Switch. Handhelds have made a huge comeback and here are our favorite systems.
The VoodooX 3Dfx project tries to revive the legend of early 3D graphics cards for PC
The card is now assembled, and games are running through digital output interfaces
Compaq, Gone But Not Forgotten: The Best-Selling PC of the 1980s and 1990s
#TBT The year was 1982 and computers had finally made the jump from machines that took up a full room to something that could fit on a desk. But they were still far from portable, so three entrepreneurs decided to change that.
8BitDo pivots to PC nostalgia with C64-style mechanical keyboard and external joystick
Imagine if the company honored other classic PC keyboards the way it does retro controllers
Intellivision: Gone But Not Forgotten
In the late 1970s, Mattel developed a gaming system called Intellivision to compete against the equally legendary Atari 2600. Both systems would leave a lasting impression on the history of console gaming.
The Raspberry Pi Pico-powered Throttle Blaster brings classic games to life on modern systems
It works by sending a stop signal to the processor at a high frequency, causing it to slow down
Two of the world's first desktop PCs discovered during routine home cleaning
Only three of the Intel 8008-powered Q1 PCs are known to still exist