8BitDo announces IBM M-inspired retro mechanical keyboard, matching keypad sold separately
Shipping in July
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
In a nutshell: Even in this connected era where anything of value already seems to be on eBay, amazing discoveries are being made. In London, a routine house cleaning by a waste company uncovered two of the world's first desktop PCs, released back in the early 1970s, of which only three are known to still exist today.
Modder releases Unix-like operating system for the NES
Source code now available on GitHub
The oldest release of MS-DOS precursor 86-DOS is now available for download
The forefather of the PC DOS prompt can be tested in ancient computer kit simulators
Unusual silicon-on-sapphire chip unearthed in ancient HP floppy disk drive
A "technology of the future" that ultimately lost to silicon
Sega is developing new versions of fan-favorites including Crazy Taxi and Streets of Rage
Remaking classics for modern audiences
The RetroTINK 4K upscales old-school devices to 4K resolution
Ships December 9 for $750, already out of stock
Microsoft had a "Cart of Death" to intentionally crash and debug early Windows USB infrastructure
The crash cart: In a hospital a crash cart could save your life, but Microsoft had a different type of crash cart back in the day that usually spelled the death of a testing PC. In-house developers called it the "Cart of Death" – a repurposed mail cart carrying daisy-chained USB hubs and tons of connected USB devices to test plug-and-play support on Windows PCs.
DOS_Deck runs PC retro games in a browser and Steam Deck
Experience classic games with the modern convenience of the web