retro
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Turn Your Old Gameboy Into The Ultimate Retro Controller With This Custom Cartridge
As playing retro games on modern consoles has become more popular, so has the accessories market dedicated to reviving classic controllers that promise to make the retro gaming experience feel more authentic. But why buy the same hardware again when there are clever ways to repurpose your old controllers? This cartridge even turns the original…
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The Weird History Of The Super NES CD-ROM, Nintendo’s Most Notorious Vaporware
Nintendo never released a CD-ROM gaming system. But for a while in the early 1990s, it flirted with the idea. That protracted will-they-won’t-they romance produced pages of breathless gossip columns in video game magazines, a mountain of vaporware, some terrible Zelda games, and one priceless prototype.
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VR Shoes Were Thankfully Not The Best Hardware We Saw At E3
There were rumours of a PlayStation 5 and news on the next generation of Xbox, but this E3 was ultimately pretty light on the cool hardware. We knew that was the case given the sheer amount of VR accessories most of us can’t or won’t use any time soon.
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This Tiny Clone Perfectly Recreates The Commodore 64 Gaming Experience
Before the Super Nintendo, and even before the original NES arrived, I cut my gaming teeth on the Commodore 64. It was sold as one of the first personal computers, but to many kids of the ’80s, it was instead their first gaming console. I have many fond memories of the C64, but thanks to…