16-bit

16-bit Consoles 

The First 16-bit Console: A Short History of the Intellivision

August 29, 2019August 29, 2019 Zoe Kirk-Robinson 0 Comments Intellivision, Mattel

Back in the 1970s, a number of electronic gaming devices rose in popularity and paved the way for video game

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128-bit 16-bit Computers Consoles IBM PC Mega Drive Microsoft Nintendo PlayStation 2 Sega Sony Wii Xbox 

Massive Retro Game Haul! (August 2019)

August 24, 2019August 24, 2019 Zoe Kirk-Robinson 0 Comments collecting, game haul, magazines

Finding new games to add to the collection is one of the pleasures of the retro gaming hobby. It’s a

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16-bit Arcades Mega Drive Sega 

Mega-Tech: Sega’s Neo Geo?

August 22, 2019August 27, 2019 Zoe Kirk-Robinson 0 Comments Mega-Play, Mega-Tech, Neo-Geo, PlayChoice-10

Many people remember the multi-game arcade machine Neo Geo but few recall the system that appeared in arcades a year

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16-bit 8-bit Amiga Amstrad Amstrad CPC Commodore Computers Consoles Sinclair Texas Instruments TI-99 and TI-99/4A ZX Spectrum 

Amazing Demos That Push The Limits of Retro Computers

August 21, 2019August 21, 2019 Zoe Kirk-Robinson 0 Comments Amiga, Amstrad, demos, GX4000, list, Logon System, MSX, Spectrum, Texas Instruments

Demos are those short programs (well, they are usually short anyway) that do things the manufacturers of our favourite home

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16-bit 8-bit Amiga Amstrad Amstrad CPC Atari ST Commodore Commodore 64 Computers IBM PC Sinclair ZX Spectrum 

Monty Python’s Flying Circus

May 24, 2019May 24, 2019 Zoe Kirk-Robinson 0 Comments Reviews, TV tie-in

Sometimes a game comes along that just works on every format it’s released on. Monty Python’s Flying Circus is one

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16-bit 8-bit Amstrad CPC Apple Atari ST Commodore 64 Computers IBM PC 

A Short History of Electronic Magazines

May 7, 2019May 7, 2019 Zoe Kirk-Robinson 0 Comments disk zine, electronic magazine

Magazines, right? Who reads them? Well… you, we hope – otherwise our whole website, which is basically an electronic magazine,

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16-bit 8-bit Amiga Amstrad Amstrad CPC Atari Atari 2600 Commodore Commodore 64 

Meet the Strangest Joystick You Will Ever See

May 6, 2019May 5, 2019 Zoe Kirk-Robinson 0 Comments joystick, QuickJoy, Superboard, SV-125

Joysticks have some very obvious uses in gaming: they enable you to replicate a little of the arcade feel in

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16-bit Computers Texas Instruments TI-99 and TI-99/4A 

The First 16-bit Home Computer: A Brief History of the Texas Instruments TI-99/4 and TI-99/4A

March 4, 2019March 10, 2019 Zoe Kirk-Robinson 0 Comments Amiga 500, C64, Commodore, Commodore 64, comparison, Frogger, history, Speak & Spell, Texas Instruments, TI-99, TI-99/4A, Vic 20, Zaxxon, ZX Spectrum

In 1958, Texas Instruments changed the world when Jack Kilby created the integrated circuit. Before this invention, miniaturisation of components

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