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  • From GeoCities to Angelfire: The Battle of the Nostalgic Web Hosts
    Dec 4, 2025 · retrotech

    From GeoCities to Angelfire: The Battle of the Nostalgic Web Hosts

    A brisk, nostalgic look at how GeoCities and Angelfire shaped the early personal web. This comparative analysis traces origins, features, culture, decline, and lasting influence - and explains why messy, pixelated homepages mattered more than we thought.

    • GeoCities
    • Angelfire
    • web nostalgia
    • web hosting
    • Web 1.0
    • Neocities
    • Archive Team
    • internet history
    • personal websites
  • Top 5 PlayStation Emulators of 2023: A Comprehensive Guide
    Dec 3, 2025 · retrogaming

    Top 5 PlayStation Emulators of 2023: A Comprehensive Guide

    A hands-on, no-nonsense review of the five best PlayStation emulators in 2023 - their strengths, weaknesses, and which one you should actually use depending on your machine and patience level.

    • PlayStation emulators
    • DuckStation
    • ePSXe
    • RetroArch
    • PCSX2
    • Mednafen
    • PS1 emulation
    • PS2 emulation
    • gaming
    • emulation guide 2023
  • The Controversial Legacy of the 3DO: Was It Ahead of Its Time or Oversold?
    Dec 3, 2025 · retrogaming

    The Controversial Legacy of the 3DO: Was It Ahead of Its Time or Oversold?

    The 3DO arrived in 1993 as a promise: a multimedia, 32-bit future for gaming. It left behind a trail of high prices, fumbled marketing, and a baffled customer base. This essay untangles whether the 3DO was visionary or simply a spectacular lesson in how not to launch a platform.

    • 3DO
    • Trip Hawkins
    • 3DO legacy
    • 3DO failure
    • retro gaming
    • console history
    • 1990s gaming
    • console marketing
  • Emulating the Unemulated: Rare TurboGrafx-16 Games You Must Try
    Dec 3, 2025 · retrogaming

    Emulating the Unemulated: Rare TurboGrafx-16 Games You Must Try

    A road map to the forgotten corners of the TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine library: why these games matter, which hidden gems to try, and how emulation lets you experience them today - legally, precisely, and with better save states than the original hardware.

    • TurboGrafx-16
    • PC Engine
    • emulation
    • HuCard
    • CD-ROM²
    • rare games
    • Gate of Thunder
    • Star Parodier
    • Ys
    • Dungeon Explorer
    • Tengai Makyo
    • RetroArch
    • Mednafen
    • preservation
  • From Crashes to Creativity: Learning to Navigate Early Adobe Illustrator in Today’s Creative Landscape
    Dec 2, 2025 · retrotech

    From Crashes to Creativity: Learning to Navigate Early Adobe Illustrator in Today’s Creative Landscape

    How the bugs, memory limits and oddball features of early Adobe Illustrator can be turned from nuisances into deliberate creative tools-practical workflows, emulator techniques, and conceptual moves for modern designers.

    • early Adobe Illustrator
    • vintage vector
    • design constraints
    • creative limitations
    • glitch art
    • retro UI
    • Illustrator workflow
    • image trace
    • halftone
    • David Carson
  • Dec 2, 2025 · retrogaming

    Top 5 NES Emulators in 2023: A Comprehensive Comparison

    A hands-on comparison of the five NES emulators that matter in 2023 - Mesen, Nestopia UE, FCEUX, RetroArch, and BizHawk - covering accuracy, performance, features, platform support, and who each one is actually for.

    • NES emulator
    • Mesen
    • FCEUX
    • Nestopia UE
    • RetroArch
    • BizHawk
    • emulation
    • retro gaming
    • 2023
  • Emulating the Watara Supervision: A Guide for Retro Enthusiasts
    Dec 2, 2025 · retrogaming

    Emulating the Watara Supervision: A Guide for Retro Enthusiasts

    A practical, no-nonsense walkthrough for playing Watara Supervision games today: which emulators to pick, how to configure them for authenticity and low latency, and troubleshooting tips to make those tiny cartridges sing.

    • Watara Supervision emulator
    • Supervision emulation
    • MAME
    • RetroArch
    • retro gaming
    • emulation setup
    • CRT shader
    • run-ahead
    • ROM management
  • From Floppy Disks to Cloud Computing: The Evolution of Data Storage from the Original Macintosh to Today
    Dec 1, 2025 · retrotech

    From Floppy Disks to Cloud Computing: The Evolution of Data Storage from the Original Macintosh to Today

    A walk from the Macintosh's 400 KB floppy days to today's petabyte clouds: how technology, user experience, capacity and trust reshaped where we keep our digital lives.

    • data storage
    • Macintosh
    • floppy disk
    • cloud computing
    • SSD
    • hard drive
    • Kryder's law
    • storage history

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