SNK revives the mighty Neo Geo in modern form — new AES+ system plays classic games without emulation

The Neo Geo AES+ is real, it’s coming this November

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Commodore fans split over C64 Ultimate FPGA firmware lockdown — firm says it wants to protect its hardware and reduce support fallout

The retro community seems sharply divided over a decision by Commodore regarding locking down firmware access in its C64 Ultimate computer.
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Tech enthusiast gets Doom to run on a 40-year-old printer controller — ancient Agfa Compugraphic 9000PS came with a Motorola 68020 onboard for fast processing

A TechTuber with a fondness for older hardware has managed to get Doom to run on a 40-year-old print controller.

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Limited edition Atari wristwatches dip under $500 in 20% off sale — classic console inspired rainbow designs available in five colorways

Watchmaker Nubeo has put its Torrent Automatic Atari Rainbow Limited Edition timepieces on sale, all at 20% off.

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NES-inspired synthesizer doubles as a working game console — luggable polyphonic synth plays chip tunes and NES cartridges, too

A maker with a love for synthesizers and retro gaming has showcased their latest project, the NES-SY2.0.

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Dev showcases ‘seamless, massive world with zero loading screens on N64 hardware’ — 30-year-old Nintendo retro console coaxed into draw distances matching the scale of Skyrim

A developer has demonstrated an open-world engine in a Nintendo 64 game, which offers a ‘seamless, massive world with zero loading screens’ on original hardware.
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Enthusiast ‘lands’ on the moon using hardware from the 1980s — ZX Spectrum home computer with 3.5 MHz CPU and 48KB of memory power Kerbal space flight

YouTuber Scott Manley demonstrated using a ZX Spectrum home computer launched in 1982 to land a spacecraft on the Kerbal Space Program spaceflight simulator.
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End of an era for decades-old PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Nintendo Wii U as GameStop officially declares them retro — change means faulty or ‘aesthetically unfortunate’ consoles that can still power on are now accepted for trade-in

GameStop has declared that the Sony PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Nintendo Wii U are now officially retro consoles, with the change now allowing trade-in of any console that still powers on, even if they are faulty or “aest…

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Remember the Nokia Twist and Motorola Flipout? This handheld brings their weirdest trick back

Anbernic built its name on retro clones, but a new leak shows the company trying something original. A video reveals a square Android handheld with a screen that swivels to expose hidden controls, borrowing the Flipout’s mechanical trick for emulation….

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385TB video game archive saved by fans — Myrient has been ‘100% backed up’ and validated, torrents being generated

A member of the Save Myrient community has announced that the colossal video games archive has been “100% backed up!”
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