retro gaming
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Adafruit Just Made It Really Easy To Build Your Own GameBoy
There have been countless Raspberry Pi builds over the years that have sought to cram the little boards into a handheld device. Yet nearly every single one required not just a basic grasp of coding, but also an understanding of soldering and sometimes a touch of electrical engineering. Adafruit’s new PyGamer looks like a perfect…
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Deals: Game Like It’s 1999 With This Retro Phone Case
Concerning today’s video games, we’re spoiled by their vast, open worlds, cutting-edge graphics, and impressive AR/VR capabilities. However, there’s still something to be said about the unbridled nostalgiac joy that comes with firing up an old game of Tetris or Tank. The Wanle Gamers Console For iPhone lets you tap into this feeling while keeping…
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Those Unlicensed Christian Nintendo Games Are Back… On Kickstarter
Inside the NES was a specially-designed chip, and games licensed through Nintendo contained the appropriate key to keep hack publishers from making low-quality games for the console. Wisdom Tree were one of the first companies to circumvent this security measure, and they used their unprecedented edge for one purpose: to create janky Bible-themed games. Now…
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Meet MarI/O, The Computer Program That Kicks Butt At Super Mario World
Computers are besting us at everything these days, including our beloved childhood video games. MarI/O, built by programmer Seth Bling, may be 25 years late to Super Mario World, but the bot caught itself up to speed rather fast, thanks to artificial neural networks that evolve in hours rather than millions of years.