60 stories tagged with #retro, in publish-time order across the WeSearch catalog. Tag pages update as new stories ingest.
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A Wild Register Appears: Hunting the 30-Year-Old World of Xeen MT-32 Crash
Eagle Computer: The rise and fall of an early PC clone
There was more to it than the loss of its CEO and legal pressure from IBM…
The ModRetro M64 looks like the perfect modern way to play your classic Nintendo 64 games
The ModRetro M64 has just been announced, offering a modern way to play all of your favorite classic Nintendo 64 games when it launches in July.…
Toy Story is the next series to get Digital Eclipse's acclaimed retro collection treatment, and a remaster of Toy Story 3 is also on the way
Atari and Digital Eclipse's next collection includes Toy Story Racer and Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, with A Bug's Life thrown in.…
I just found the Sony Xperia Play tribute I've been dreaming of — this retro gaming handheld takes me back to 2012
Ayaneo's Pocket Play feels like the Xperia Play reborn for 2026.…
May Retrospective - No Revenue! -
April and May Revenue I am currently challenging myself to release one product per...…
Masterpiece or Madness? - Half Life 2 & Episodes Retrospective & History
Masterpiece or Madness? - Half Life 2 & Episodes Retrospective & History
Forget hunting for working CRTs, this is how I nailed the retro look for my emulation catalog
Retro games look sterile on modern monitors, but RetroArch's can fix that in seconds…
I turned my dusty PS3 into a retro console, and my nephew forgot about his PS5 entirely
Nostalgia runs on old hardware…
Sellers circumvent Lenovo’s retro handheld ban with cheap wholesale storefronts — $41 gray-market G02 units pop up on Alibaba following initial storefront purge, systems were pulled from sale amid copyright drama and regional restrictions
The Lenovo G02 wasn't ready for the world.…
Cheap Yellow Display with Boosted PSRAM Turned Snazzy Emulator Station
The ‘Cheap Yellow Display’, or CYD, is becoming a staple in these circles, and with good reason: just like the name says, it’s cheap, it has a display, and of course an ESP32 micr……
I built RetroMac: an app that turns your modern macOS screen into a glowing CRT monitor, classic Macintosh, or VHS tape
ESP-Osito Eschews Retrocomputing for Modern Code on Modern, Equivalent Hardware
If you’re of a certain vintage, you have probably looked at some of the microcomputers on the market these days and thought “that would have been a decent workstation back in the d…
A Modern Web Browser For Classic Mac OS
When using older computers there comes a point at which modern software drops support, as for example is happening with builds for Windows XP. Every now and then though, along come…
Anbernic claims quiet memory size downgrade in its retro handheld devices is 'an unexpected error' without addressing criticisms over speed decreases
It claims it will "assist with a replacement as a priority" for anyone affected.…
When is an Apple Laptop Not a Macbook? When it’s an Apple II
Do you remember, some years ago, when that brand-new 8086-based laptop hit the shelves? Great for PC lovers, but not so fun for those on the fruitier side of the street. Well, the …
Ambernic's retro gaming handhelds are quietly losing RAM capacity and being downgraded to older LPDDR3 memory — firm reportedly aggressively trimming memory specs as supply dries up amid global shortage
The great handheld RAM downgrade…
IBM ThinkPad T43 enthusiast installs 'almost' every version of Windows on the single-core laptop without using virtual machine — 26 years of Windows running bare metal, from 1996 Windows NT 4.0 to Windows 10 22H2 working on legendary hardware
This IBM-made 2005 vintage Pentium M-toting laptop is prized among retro tech enthusiasts.…
South Brisbane favourite to transform into retro Chinese restaurant
For one weekend only. Don’t miss out.…
An Atic Atac Minimap For The ZX Spectrum
The use of modern microcontrollers as add-on peripherals for 1980s home computers has delivered significant benefits and capabilities unimaginable in the days when those machines w…
Nintendo Expands Switch Online's N64 Library With Another Game Next Week
DK is back!…
Even Nike's Retro Soccer Sneaker Is Getting Mule-ified
Kids of Immigrants' retro Nike Total 90 sneaker mule flips convention on its head — & its heel.…
Nintendo’s Most Unique Exclusive This Year Is A Love Letter To Retro Anime
Orbitals is a co-op puzzle platformer made for those of who grew up watching anime on Adult Swim…
Pizza Hut is expanding its retro dine-in revival to 155 U.S. locations
Which tv couples in retrospect shouldn’t have gotten involved in the first place?
Three Arduinos Team Up To Make 80s-Style Computer
Back in the 80s, buying a home computer could easily mean an inflation-adjusted cost of thousands of dollars (or your equivalent currency unit of choice), and all for an 8-bit mach…
Mina the Hollower review: Shovel Knight follow-up is a retro tour de force
More than a nostalgia act…
Veteran programmer finishes retro game sequel and publishes it after 37 years — Colin Porch started Head Over Heels home computer title in 1989, but it was shelved due to console pivot
‘New’ isometric arcade adventure now available for Atari ST and Commodore Amiga platforms, priced at $12.99.…
I Built a Retro Gaming Console Using ESP32 and OLED Display 🎮
🎮 Building a DIY Gaming Console Using ESP32 Retro games never get old. As makers and...…
‘Carpet up the wall’: How this Sydney retro hotel conversion will embrace the ’70s
A former bank headquarters encapsulated the early 1970s, and its spirit is being retained in a conversion into a new lifestyle hotel.…
Tiny C64 PSU Rejects Tradition, Embraces USB
The Commodore 64 has, by modern standards, the interesting power requirement of needing both 5 VDC and 9 VAC. Traditionally, one would use an iron-core transformer to step-down the…
Show HN: I used AI to built static recompilers for 5 retro game systems
💡This article discusses heavy use of AI, but the article itself was not written using AI. The words in this article are my own. I wished to communicate my intents and story myself…
My NAS became a retro gaming machine, and my consoles haven't been touched since
One box, every console, zero clutter.…
Make room for even more retro games with this Android compression tool for emulators
Instead of loading big ISO files on your phone, CHDroid lets you compress them into smaller CHD files for emulators.…
Christopher Nolan Set For Complete Retro at TIFF Lightbox to Kick Off Ahead of ‘The Odyssey’ Launch
Christopher Nolan is set for a complete retro at TIFF Lightbox that will kick off ahead of the 'The Odyssey' theatrical launch.…
TIFF Sets Christopher Nolan Retrospective Ahead Of ‘The Odyssey’
'Christopher Nolan: Grand Designs' will run at TIFF Lightbox from July 8 to August 20.…
Camp Snap’s upgraded screen-free retro compact camera hits the right notes, and I love how affordable it is
An upgrade of the Camp Snap, the CS-Pro has more pixels, a better flash and improved handling, and it's still highly affordable…
Zero Lines Maze: What the 8-Bit Guy's One-Liner Can Still Teach Us
What can we learn from 8bitguy's version of the famous C64 BASIC random maze ...?…
Retroid Pocket 5 owners report that their handhelds are cracking
The Retroid Pocket 5 is one of the better Android handhelds on the market, but users have reported a rather disappointing hardware issue.…
Modern Blu-ray drives can now rip GameCube, Wii, and Xbox 360 games to PC — third-party OmniDrive firmware unlocks game rips from physical media on select players
Specialized firmware enables certain Blu-ray players to read the formatting of retro console games.…
Peek Into IBM’s System/360 With Vintage Training Film
Computing goes hand-in-hand with how to structure and access data, and this internal training film from IBM regarding file organization and data processing with System/360 is from …
z386: An Open-Source 80386 Built Around Original Microcode
There are many ways you can implement an Intel i386 CPU on an FPGA, with the use of original microcode probably being one of the most interesting approaches. This is what [nand2mar…
3D Printing Space Cadet Pinball Into the Real World
Unless you’ve managed to avoid touching a Windows computer until after the Windows XP era, it’s pretty good odds you’ve played Space Cadet Pinball. Some of you may have even paid ……
Just How Bad Was the Intel iAPX432?
Processor design over the last few decades has moved toward RISC processors that aim to implement a few simple operations very efficiently. For a while, though, the trend was towar…
The placenta goes viral: Retroviruses control gene expression in pregnancy [pdf]
The co-option of endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) is increasingly recognized as a recurrent theme in placental biology, which has far-reaching implications for our understanding of m…
TIL the gene that builds the mammalian placenta came from a virus. A retrovirus infected our ancestors over 100 million years ago, integrated into their DNA, and the gene encoding its cell-fusion protein got repurposed to bond mother and fetus.
Retronation Cloud Retrogaming
retronation - retrogaming in the cloud. Jouez à vos classiques rétro dans le navigateur avec jeux, sauvegardes et émulation côté serveur.…
Good Night and Good Luck: A CBS News Radio Retrospective
Before signing off on Friday, May 22, 2026, CBS News Radio looked back at its 99-year history with a retrospective, "Good Night and Good Luck."…
Your retro gaming setup is only as good as your CRT, and most people get this wrong
These four elements are the most important part of buying a CRT.…
Nostalgia Meets Cybersecurity: Spotting Modern Scams in a Retro OS Simulator - Forward or Fraud
This is a submission for the Gemma 4 Challenge: Build with Gemma 4 What I Built "Forward...…
Meet the Raven: an Atari Clone Computer Based on the Motorola 68060
Some people who have a hankering to run GEM/TOS applications might just fire up an emulator, or maybe coax an old Motorola 68k-based Atari ST system back to life. Then there are pe…
Someone turned a GBA into a Switch controller, and it uses the OG Link Cable as the cord
It's amazing what a Raspberry Pi Pico can do in the right hands.…
This DIY retro-style mini-TV looks like it's from the Simpsons, and plays classic NES games and movies — and yes please, I want one
This excellent little electronics project gives you a 2.8-inch retro TV that's good for gaming and videos.…
The Art of Dithering and Retro Shading for the Web
A detailed walkthrough of the inner workings of dithering and other shading techniques to give a retro look and feel to your WebGL and React Three Fiber work.…
A $65 handheld emulator beats anything Nintendo currently sells for retro gaming
It's difficult for the gaming giant to compete with handhelds filled with ROMs.…
Retro enthusiast injects Snake game into vintage S3 graphics card VBIOS — enjoy some serpentum fun while your old PC boots
They also modified the VBIOS to add a dynamic clock frequency reporting splash screen.…
[Showoff Saturday] Retro desktop environment for for my social network Cyberspace
STAT+: Longevity startup Retro Biosciences says latest fundraising values it at $1.8 billion
Retro Biosciences, the longevity startup backed by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, has raised more money at a $1.8 billion valuation, it announced Friday.…