Independent developers are resurrecting Atari Lynx classics - through emulation, faithful ports, FPGA cores and creative remakes - driven by nostalgia, preservation and surprising commercial opportunity.
A look at the TurboGrafx-16 / PC Engine releases that raised eyebrows - from blood-slick horror to occult pinball to Japan-only adult CD-ROMs - and how those controversies helped shape attitudes toward violence, sexuality, and localization in games.
NeXT wasn't just a niche computer company; it was an experiment in taste, developer experience, and long-term platform thinking. Its mix of craft, conviction, and hubris left a codebase that built the web and an ethos that still matters to startups today.
How a battery-hungry pocket Sega console taught a generation of makers to think small, color boldly, and design games that fit in a single glance. An essay on the Game Gear’s aesthetic and mechanical fingerprints in today’s indie scene, with developer vignettes and practical design advice.
Amazon today is a tech behemoth. But there was a time when it felt experimental, scrappy and oddly human. This piece celebrates the forgotten, quaint, and sometimes brilliant features Amazon launched-and quietly retired-during its formative years.
A curated, in-depth look at the ten best Game Boy and Game Boy Color emulators today - what they do well, where they stumble, and which one to pick depending on whether you want accuracy, convenience, mod tools, or pure nostalgia.
The Sega Game Gear was a brilliant, flawed handheld - underappreciated at the time, beloved by a stubborn minority now. This essay lays out how remakes and remasters, powered by modern hardware, AI upscaling, and smart accessibility design, could restore its best games for a new generation without betraying their soul.
How do you make a brand-new game for a 40-year-old platform without resorting to nostalgia karaoke? This guide walks developers through blending MSX-era constraints with modern mechanics and storytelling-practical workflows, technical budgets, UX trade-offs, and concrete design recipes that actually ship.