retro
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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…
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Watching Netflix On A 1995 Internet Connection Would Have Required More Patience Than Any Human Has Ever Had
The next time Netflix takes more than a couple of agonizing seconds to start streaming a movie, use that time to appreciate just how good you’ve got it.
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This Upgraded Super Nintendo Clone Rekindled My Love Of 16-Bit Gaming
A few years ago we reviewed a souped-up NES clone called the Analogue Nt with a prohibitively expensive aluminium housing. It was a beautiful piece of hardware, but ultimately it only served to remind my coworker Adam Clark Estes of just how basic and boring 8-bit NES games are. Nostalgia really needs a ‘your results…
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Watch The Complicated Smart Home Of The 1980s In Action
Have you ever fantasized about having a house completely and totally managed from the comfort of your desk chair? Or are you just too lazy to bother flipping switches, but inexplicably willing to devote hours and hours to figuring out a computer program that does it for you? Today’s smart home tech makes all of…