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The Amiga 1200 arrived with a whisper of promise and a chorus of missteps: better graphics, lukewarm marketing, poor timing, and a parent company in f… more
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A hands-on comparison of the best TurboGrafx-16 (PC Engine) emulators - what they do well, where they fail, and which on… more
A comparative look at how two search outfits-Infoseek, the hopeful 1990s portal, and Google, the academic upstart-chose… more
The Amstrad CPC arrived as a practical, packaged alternative to the Spectrum and Commodore 64 - beloved by owners, sneered at by some historians. This article reopens the debate: w… more
retrogaming The NES wore a wholesome badge. But the 8‑bit living room was a frontline in an emergent culture war… more
retrogaming How a blue blur, a small Japanese team, and a handful of design audacities turned platformers inside… more
retrotech AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) did more than deliver messages - it taught a generation how to be presen… more
