by Jason Russell | Nov 7, 2022 | 1980s, 1990s, Console/Handheld, Magazine, Opinions, Retro Development, The Story Of...
Psst – we’ll let you in on a little secret. Everyone knows you can emulate ROMs on something like a Raspberry Pie or even using your PC but this knowledge hasn’t slowed the demand for retro mini systems down any. The reason? Well there are a few that come to...
by Jason Russell | Apr 20, 2022 | Console/Handheld, Gaming, Home Consoles, Magazine, Retro Development, Reviews
The Amiga Story As hard as it is to imagine now, when the Amiga line of computers came on the scene in 1985, the Commodore 64 was only three years old. And, contrary to common misconception, the two Commodore personal computer platforms coexisted all the way until...
by Jason Russell | Oct 2, 2018 | Columns, Console/Handheld
Sony Joins The Retro Classic Trend. While the world collectively watched Nintendo in anticipation of their impending announcement of an N64 Classic Edition mini to follow their vastly successful NES and SNES Classic Editions, it looks like Sony snuck in to steal some...
by Jason Russell | Feb 19, 2018 | 1980s, Columns, Console/Handheld
If ever there were a plug and play mini retro system that I couldn’t quite be sure about, THEC64 Mini would have to be the one. On the surface it looks like there’s a lot for a retro gaming enthusiast to appreciate but dig a little deeper and some of the early...
by Jason Russell | Feb 11, 2018 | Columns, Console/Handheld, Reviews
A Tale of Immediate Regret Were you spying through my kitchen window this past Friday night, you’d be forgiven for suspecting the 8-bit graphics and sounds flooding the room were being generated by hardware manufactured while Reagan was still in office. However, upon...
