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This retro gaming console will take you back to the days of saving princesses and blowing on cartridges

@boingboing.net · 16 days ago

TL;DR: Revisit the classics and stream modern hits with the Kinhank Super Console X2 Pro, featuring retro video games and free shipping for $99.99 (reg. $159). Remember when multiplayer gaming meant elbowing your sibling on the couch instead of yelling into a headset? — Read the rest The post This r...

The whole of Jet Set Willy's mansion in one 4k screen

@boingboing.net · 23 days ago

Jet Set Willy is a sprawling 8-bit classic requiring the player to tidy up his own vast mansion, infested with monsters after a party gone wrong. Pixel for pixel, every screen now fits on a modern 4K display, and Retro Games Look posted a video showing all of them animated just as in the game. — Rea...

"It's like a time machine:" 70,000 retro games in one $99 console

@boingboing.net · 1 month ago

TL;DR: The Kinhank Super Console X2 Pro Retro Gaming Emulator and Streaming Console and delivers 70,000+ retro games for $99.99 and ships free. Just plug it in, pick a classic, and play. Looking for the perfect gift for the gamer in your life who still talks about the "good old days"? — Read the res...

The Mac mini Excels as a Videogame Emulation System

@macstories.net · 1 month ago

Over at Retro Game Corps, Russ Crandall put the new M4 Mac mini through its paces to see how it handled videogame emulation. As Crandall’s video demonstrates, even the base model version of Apple’s tiny Mac did very well: Crandall walks viewers through the basics of setting up Emulation Station Desk...

Building a Downtime Home Screen Featuring Louie Mantia’s Retro Gaming Icons

@macstories.net · 1 month ago

Louie Mantia has been making beautiful icons for many years, both as one of the owners of icon design studio Parakeet and as personal side projects. Recently, two of Mantia’s personal projects caught my eye because they combine my love of classic games with the technology I use every day. The first ...

Teen Sets a Mind-Melting NES Tetris Record, Achieves ‘Rebirth’

@gizmodo.com · 2 months ago

The live-streamed saga featured several nail-biters, including a color-palette glitch that made the rapidly falling blocks even harder to see

Teen achieves first NES Tetris “rebirth,“ proves endless play is possible

@arstechnica.com · 2 months ago

Dogplayingtetris blasts past 3,300-line rollover in two-hour, 29M-point endurance test.

Nintendo Japan plans to stop repairing its Classic Edition consoles

@theverge.com · 2 months ago

It’s hard to believe Nintendo’s Classic Edition consoles are already this old. | Image: Nintendo Japan Somehow, Nintendo’s NES Classic Edition console is already almost eight years old, while the Super Nintendo Classic Edition is about to turn seven. That’s apparently old enough for Nintendo to anno...

8BitDo now sells the NES-themed keycaps from its retro keyboard

@theverge.com · 3 months ago

8BitDo’s Retro Keycaps include options for both ANSI and ISO layouts. | Image: 8BitDo 8BitDo is now selling a set of keycaps featuring the same Nintendo Entertainment System-inspired design as those used on the Retro Mechanical Keyboard it debuted last July. While the keyboard is now available in fo...