The Commodore 1541 disk drive is unlike anything you’ll ever see in modern computer hardware. At launch, the 1541 cost almost as much as the Commodore 64 it was attached to ($400, or about $1040 at ...

I grew up when retro gaming wasn’t retro. It was just … well, gaming. My first computer was a first-release Commodore 64, which sounded like it was thinking very hard all the time. Games took ages to ...

For those who crave the nostalgia of classic gaming on the go, RetroPie handheld consoles offer an unparalleled experience, leveraging the power of Raspberry Pi to emulate a wide range of retro games.

Playing old PC games with an emulator on a PC seems wrong to me. While I understand playing Commodore 64 games in an emulator like VICE, booting an operating system and then running DOSBox on a ...

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This RetroPie really happened: Watch (above) as our own Adam Patrick Murray and Alaina Yee build a RetroPie system after they weren’t able to buy an SNES Classic. Go ahead, laugh at (and learn from) ...