The use of modern microcontrollers as add-on peripherals for 1980s home computers has delivered significant benefits and capabilities unimaginable in the days when those machines were new. A great ...

My first computer was a ZX Spectrum, with all of 48 kilobytes of RAM, and as long as it lasted I obsessively typed in BASIC programs to see what I could get it to do. It was powerful (at least to a ...

A classic UK video game from the 80s is about to become the most belated sequel ever, thanks to one of the original ...

Instead, Pico-8 is a fantasy console – a virtual platform dreamt up by Joseph ‘zep’ White. It started out as a sandbox for a game before mutating into an entire ecosystem. A ...

Batman has starred in video games for 40 years, and his early years were much weirder than a Gotham made of Lego bricks. We ...

Blaze Entertainment and Retro Games Ltd will release THEC64 Handheld and The Spectrum Handheld in October 2026. These clamshell devices reimagine the iconic 1980s Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum as ...

Credit: Roblox Corporation I'm 44 years old, and my first-ever PC was my dad's hand-me-down ZX Spectrum. I'm not sure of the ...

Driving sims were overtaken by open world fantasy adventures, but new upgrades show how much joy there is in the genre ...

Fender has unveiled a new Telecaster guitar as a special edition that features unique Pac-Man designs. The Fender Fender Player II Telecaster is a £949 guitar with C neck profile, 9.5-inch fingerboard ...

RetroFest UK, described as "the UK’s largest retro computer festival," will take place at Swindon’s STEAM Museum on Saturday, ...

The largest festival of its kind in the UK is coming to Swindon later this month. A celebration of classic computers is ...

Before Arkham Asylum, Batman games followed the template of everything from Mortal Kombat to Monkey Island. After Arkham ...