I guess you can say my history as a gamer is bound to Ninja Gaiden, not with rage but with the warm, fuzzy memories of childhood. From my younger days with the Nintendo Entertainment System all the ...

The Atari 400 is a home computer that first launched in 1979 with a 1.79 MHz 8-bit processor, 8 KB of RAM, four joystick ports, a cartridge slot, and an unusual membrane keyboard. More than four ...

Back in 2015, developer Kevin Bates launched a credit-card-sized open-source 8-bit gaming system on Kickstarter called the Arduboy for folks with keen eyesight to play, create and share free games.

While the world has been racing for higher and higher bit counts for CPUs, there are always those that buck the trend. Consider the venerable Motorola MC14500B, a 1-bit CPU, no kidding. [Usagi ...

The Govee Pixel Gaming Light is a quirky display piece that will add fun retro flair to any gamer’s desktop. Having fully embraced that I’m in the middle of a mid-life crisis that manifests explicitly ...

For 8-bit games, simplicity goes a long way. Contemporary games are often marveled at for their verisimilitude. Technology has advanced so much, graphics are often taken for granted. Everything looks ...