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an Atari 2600 data simulation from user @zzznah (Alex Mordvintsev)
This simulation of how an old 8-bit processor fetches data from ROM is a thing of beauty

By James Bentley Published

News Look at the pretty colours.

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The best King's Field-likes on PC

By Kerry Brunskill Published

Classic comeback From software, with love.

Classic comeback
A life sized retro speaker
Artist scales retro speaker up to ridiculous proportions: 'Is this a really stupid project? Yes'

By James Bentley Published

News It's about time someone brought back the look.

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An image of John Carmack in front of three monitors
'We had 16 megahertz CPUs, 640k of RAM, floppy disks': John Carmack reflects on the hardware that made Wolfenstein 3D

By James Bentley Published

News That's to celebrate id's 35th anniversary.

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A selection of objects in the Computer History Museum taken from its website, including an antique GameBoy and various controllers.
You can now view the Computer History Museum's collection from the comfort of your own home, and it's full of retro blasts from the past

By Andy Edser Published

News For those who can't make the trip to California.

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Ecco the Dolphin key art from the original Sega game
With only 2,300 hours to go until a full Ecco the Dolphin reveal, new details emerge about the forthcoming reboot

By Shaun Prescott Published

news The iconic New Age mammal is coming back.

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Compile DiscStation magazine
Relax after a holiday feast by joining us for a nostalgic tour of old Japanese game mags that blurred the lines between analogue and digital

By Kerry Brunskill Published

Pasokon Retro Compile's DiscStation series went far beyond the basic demo disc.

Pasokon Retro
Taito's Time Gal anime art cover
I played dozens of retro games this year, and these are the ones I still whole-heartedly recommend going into 2026

By Kerry Brunskill Published

Reboot Dust off your DOS, reinstall those ROMs, and party like it's 1999.

Reboot
The ZX Spectrum lego model with extra monitor and figure
The ZX Spectrum is one of the most iconic PCs of all time, and it could be making a fun LEGO-based comeback

By Monica J. White Published

If the project gets enough backers, that is. C'mon, show your support, Speccy people.

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A Nintendo Switch 2 being slotted into a creator-made retro dock with CRT monitor
You can slot a Switch 2 into this CRT-equipped retro console like a games cartridge, which sounds like the most satisfying use of a Nintendo product ever

By Andy Edser Published

News Probably won't need to blow on it first, though.

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