Modder turns NES into a Windows-like desktop with original hardware

Throaty Mumbo turns his NES into a Windows-like desktop using an FPGA cartridge emulating an old Intel CPU, complete with a CD drive and internet capabilities, all without tearing the NES apart.

YouTuber escapes the modern AI tech market by recreating his 1996 PC

Exhaustion with tech market prompt Youtuber to remake their first PC — 1996 build fueled by nostalgia and AI weariness

Rare archival footage tours the CompUSA NYC store in November 2000

Fascinating footage captured inside a busy CompUSA retail store in Y2K lets you relive the PC era when translucent acrylic Presarios and iMacs roamed the Earth.

Retro Atari VCS platform will end with the closure of its software store in February 2027
Retro Atari VCS platform will end with the closure of its software store in February 2027

The modern Atari VCS is being officially retired with the firm’s decision to shut down the Linux-based AMD APU-powered machine’s software store early next year.

Game decompilation hub freezes leaderboard after AI turns progress into a hollow numbers game amid explosion of ‘AI slop’
Game decompilation hub freezes leaderboard after AI turns progress into a hollow numbers game amid explosion of ‘AI slop’

decomp.dev has closed its public index of game decompilation projects, saying AI-driven forks and ports broke the community.

Modder finishes nine-year Xbox 360 voltage glitch mod with a $4 microcontroller, cracks the console open

Modder glitch-hacks his Xbox 360 with the help of a $4 microcontroller — operation shows the power of the Rasperry Pi Pico

Programmer ports Super Mario 64 to Microsoft’s Zune HD media player

A fan port of Nintendo’s Super Mario 64 runs natively on Microsoft’s 2009 Zune HD media player, with touch controls and saves.

The Atari 800XL returns with a ‘faithful’ but modern Retro Games Ltd redesign
The Atari 800XL returns with a ‘faithful’ but modern Retro Games Ltd redesign

Pre-orders for the Atari-licensed THE 800XL began today. This is a modernized yet claimed to be faithful recreation of the classic 8-bit home computer, popular in the early 1980s.

Researcher ports Doom to $8,000 Hasselblad X2D

Radium Wang experiments with camera firmware and shares some of their findings on GitHub. You might want to be careful when trying this, though, as you probably don’t want to brick your expensive camera.

Madlad applies DLSS 5 to the original Duke Nukem and Pong

Madlad applies DLSS 5 to the original Duke Nukem and Pong — 50 games tested with outcomes ranging from trippy to genuinely interesting