The Best Handheld Gaming Consoles
Out of the 12 best-selling gaming consoles of all time, 5 are handheld systems, and that's not including the Nintendo Switch. Handhelds have made a huge comeback and here are our favorite systems.
The VoodooX 3Dfx project tries to revive the legend of early 3D graphics cards for PC
Compaq, Gone But Not Forgotten: The Best-Selling PC of the 1980s and 1990s
#TBT The year was 1982 and computers had finally made the jump from machines that took up a full room to something that could fit on a desk. But they were still far from portable, so three entrepreneurs decided to change that.
8BitDo pivots to PC nostalgia with C64-style mechanical keyboard and external joystick
Intellivision: Gone But Not Forgotten
In the late 1970s, Mattel developed a gaming system called Intellivision to compete against the equally legendary Atari 2600. Both systems would leave a lasting impression on the history of console gaming.
The Raspberry Pi Pico-powered Throttle Blaster brings classic games to life on modern systems
Two of the world's first desktop PCs discovered during routine home cleaning
In a nutshell: Even in this connected era where anything of value already seems to be on eBay, amazing discoveries are being made. In London, a routine house cleaning by a waste company uncovered two of the world's first desktop PCs, released back in the early 1970s, of which only three are known to still exist today.
Modder releases Unix-like operating system for the NES
The oldest release of MS-DOS precursor 86-DOS is now available for download
Unusual silicon-on-sapphire chip unearthed in ancient HP floppy disk drive
Sega is developing new versions of fan-favorites including Crazy Taxi and Streets of Rage
The RetroTINK 4K upscales old-school devices to 4K resolution
Microsoft had a "Cart of Death" to intentionally crash and debug early Windows USB infrastructure
The crash cart: In a hospital a crash cart could save your life, but Microsoft had a different type of crash cart back in the day that usually spelled the death of a testing PC. In-house developers called it the "Cart of Death" – a repurposed mail cart carrying daisy-chained USB hubs and tons of connected USB devices to test plug-and-play support on Windows PCs.
DOS_Deck runs PC retro games in a browser and Steam Deck
A PC Gaming Music Journey: From Doom to Terraria, System Shock, and More Memorable Soundtracks
#TBT A journey through memorable video game music, this second article is dedicated exclusively to PC video game soundtracks. We have our hands full given the wealth of excellent material available.