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  • The Amiga 1200 Revival: How This Classic Computer Inspired a New Generation of Indie Game Developers
    Oct 22, 2025 · retrotech

    The Amiga 1200 Revival: How This Classic Computer Inspired a New Generation of Indie Game Developers

    How the Amiga 1200’s unique hardware, aesthetic constraints and vibrant community sparked a renaissance among indie developers - from soundtracks and pixel art to modern homebrew releases and cross-platform toolchains.

    • Amiga 1200
    • retro computing
    • indie games
    • demo scene
    • pixel art
    • Paula audio
    • AGA
    • WinUAE
    • AmigaOS
    • homebrew
  • The Rise and Fall of the Philips CD-i: Why Emulators Might Be the Future
    Oct 22, 2025 · retrogaming

    The Rise and Fall of the Philips CD-i: Why Emulators Might Be the Future

    A deep retrospective on the Philips CD-i: how an ambitious multimedia console became a cautionary tale, and how emulators are now the most realistic path to preserving and re-experiencing its controversial library.

    • Philips CD-i
    • retro gaming
    • emulation
    • video game preservation
    • Zelda CD-i
    • Hotel Mario
    • MAME
    • multimedia consoles
  • The Nokia 3310: A Love Letter to the Indestructible
    Oct 21, 2025 · culture

    The Nokia 3310: A Love Letter to the Indestructible

    A nostalgic look at the Nokia 3310’s legendary toughness - why it felt indestructible, what made it so resilient, how it shaped mobile culture, and what today's phones can learn from it.

    • Nokia 3310
    • indestructible phone
    • mobile nostalgia
    • Snake game
    • feature phones
    • durability
    • retro tech
    • HMD Global
    • 2017 Nokia 3310
    • phone repairability
  • The Rise of 35mm Point-and-Shoot: A Love Letter to Analog Nostalgia
    Oct 21, 2025 · culture

    The Rise of 35mm Point-and-Shoot: A Love Letter to Analog Nostalgia

    Why are young people embracing tiny, plastic-bodied 35mm point-and-shoot cameras in a 4K smartphone era? This long-form exploration looks at the aesthetic, cultural, and practical reasons behind the film revival, with candid interviews from influencers and enthusiasts who share how these small cameras reshaped their creative lives.

    • 35mm
    • point-and-shoot
    • analog photography
    • film cameras
    • film revival
    • youth
    • nostalgia
    • Lomography
    • Kodak
    • Ilford
  • The Watara Supervision: An Underrated Gem from the 90s
    Oct 21, 2025 · retrogaming

    The Watara Supervision: An Underrated Gem from the 90s

    A deep dive into the Watara Supervision - a budget 1990s handheld that dared to challenge the Game Boy with a distinctive design, a quirky library of licensed and unlicensed titles, and a small-but-passionate following today.

    • Watara Supervision
    • handheld gaming
    • retro gaming
    • 1990s
    • Watara
    • Game Boy competitor
    • unlicensed games
    • handheld history
    • collectors
    • retro handhelds
  • The Rise and Fall of Internet Explorer: A Love Letter to a Browser We Knew Well
    Oct 21, 2025 · retrotech

    The Rise and Fall of Internet Explorer: A Love Letter to a Browser We Knew Well

    A nostalgic, in-depth look at Internet Explorer’s journey from Windows-bundled dominance to cultural punchline - and the lasting lessons it left the web. We trace key moments, technical choices, and the human experience of browsing the early internet.

    • Internet Explorer
    • web history
    • browser war
    • Microsoft
    • IE6
    • Trident
    • ActiveX
    • browser decline
    • web standards
    • Edge
    • nostalgia
  • Revisiting Lotus 1-2-3: The Spreadsheet That Changed Everything
    Oct 19, 2025 · retrotech

    Revisiting Lotus 1-2-3: The Spreadsheet That Changed Everything

    Lotus 1-2-3 arrived in 1983 and transformed spreadsheets from a niche productivity tool into a business-essential application. This article traces its technical innovations, market consequences, and lasting influence on modern spreadsheet software and broader computing.

    • Lotus 1-2-3
    • spreadsheet history
    • VisiCalc
    • Excel
    • Mitch Kapor
    • macros
    • end-user computing
    • IBM PC
    • software innovation
  • NeXT Computer: The Visionary's Tool That Shaped the Future of Technology
    Oct 18, 2025 · retrotech

    NeXT Computer: The Visionary's Tool That Shaped the Future of Technology

    How the NeXT Computer - a bold, developer-first machine conceived by Steve Jobs - introduced software ideas and tools (NeXTSTEP, Objective‑C, Interface Builder, Display PostScript) that directly seeded the World Wide Web, macOS, iOS and modern software development.

    • NeXT Computer
    • NeXTSTEP
    • Steve Jobs
    • Tim Berners-Lee
    • Objective-C
    • History of Computing
    • WebObjects
    • macOS
    • Cocoa
    • World Wide Web

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