Retro Computing

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• The Best Retro Gaming Consoles

  If you want to play classic video games, but don't want to deal with low-resolution graphics and awkward analog video connections, check out these cool modern systems that let you play old titles.

  2 months, 2 weeks By Will Greenwald

  
• The Best Retro Handhelds

  Feeling nostalgic? These top portable game systems let you play classic games in the palm of your hand.

  11 months, 1 week By Will Greenwald

  
• The 10 Worst Movie Tie-In Games Ever

  From the silver screen to the digital world, these terrible games bombed like none other.

  1 year, 9 months By K. Thor Jensen

  
• Celebrating the Golden Age of DOS Games

  The IBM PC was an also-ran in computer gaming until the late 1980s, when MS-DOS suddenly and forcefully found its footing. A new book from Jamie Lendino covers a vital and defining period in PC gaming history.

  2 years, 4 months By Jamie Lendino

  
• 25 Years Ago, Diablo Invented the Loot Game

  Blizzard North's action RPG made us fall in love with clicking again. Here's how it happened.

  2 years, 6 months By K. Thor Jensen

  
• Amiga A500 Mini Launches March 25 With 25 Bundled Games

  You'll be able to load your own Amiga A500, A600, and A1200 games to play using a USB stick.

  2 years, 7 months By Matthew Humphries

  
• Here's What Bill Gates Told PCMag About the IBM PC in 1982

  This interview appeared in the first issue of PC Magazine in early 1982. Our then-Publisher David Bunnell spoke with a young Bill Gates about Microsoft's contributions to the first IBM PC.

  2 years, 11 months By Pcmag Staff

  
• 40 Years Later: Read PCMag's First Impressions of the IBM PC

  Here's where it all began: This is an excerpt of a review of the original IBM PC, which appeared in the first issue of PC Magazine in February-March of 1982.

  2 years, 11 months By Pcmag Staff

  
• The IBM PC's Killer Apps: Where Are They Now?

  Nothing gold can stay. On the IBM PC's 40th anniversary, we look at the software that made the PC platform popular—and see whether they've survived to the present.

  2 years, 11 months By Sascha Segan

  
• Why the IBM PC Used an Intel 8088

  Intel was inside the first personal computer, but how and why it got picked is sometimes a matter of contention.

  2 years, 11 months By Michael J. Miller

  
• Why the IBM PC Had an Open Architecture

  Being able to swap the parts in and out of a personal computer became the norm because of a series of decisions IBM made to get the first PC launched quickly.

  2 years, 11 months By Michael J. Miller

  
• Project Chess: The Story Behind the Original IBM PC

  Anyone who uses a desktop or laptop computer owes it all to the first IBM PC, which set a standard for the industry 40 years ago. This is its story.

  2 years, 11 months By Michael J. Miller

  
• The Golden Age of IBM PCs

  As the IBM PC turns 40, let's revisit innovative IBM machines from the first decade of the PC, 1981-1990

  2 years, 11 months By Benj Edwards

  
• 25 Years Ago, Super Mario 64 Rocketed Nintendo Into the Third Dimension

  In 1996, Nintendo took a mighty leap to do for platformers what the original Mario game had done in 1985.

  3 years By K. Thor Jensen

  
• The Best Retro Gaming Handhelds

  Feeling nostalgic? These are our favorite portable game systems that let you play old-school games in the palm of your hand.

  3 years, 4 months By Will Greenwald