Retrocomputing Archives

Analogue Pocket. The definitive way to play handheld videogames

April 13, 2022 cialu Technology

No emulation, real fun. Meet Analogue Pocket, a multi-video-game-system portable handheld with a digital audio workstation built-in synthesizer and sequencer. Out of the box, without emulation, the Pocket is compatible with the Game Boy, Game Boy Color & Game Boy Advance game cartridge library; and it also works with cartridge adapters for other handheld systems, like Game Gear, Neo Geo[…]

Historical museum of retro gaming destroyed by war

March 28, 2022 cialu Internet, Technology

The Russian attack on Mariupol resulted in the destruction of almost all buildings in the city, including museums and every other place dedicated to preserving memory. Among these buildings, there is also the famous it8bit Club, the largest Ukrainian private museum dedicated to the history of computers, which was completely destroyed following the bombing of the city. War is a[…]

Play Game Boy games on Linux with retro-console emulation

March 1, 2021 cialu Linux, OpenSource

Are there geeks or nerds who haven’t owned a Game Boy from the original series? Maybe only the younger ones, who don’t even remember it. No problem, thanks to modern technologies, the open-source world, and many really smart programmers, it is now possible to play Game Boy on your modern Linux workstation. The Consoles The original Game Boy is an[…]

Retrocoding fun. No installations, no dependencies, no downloads

December 30, 2020 cialu Coding, Internet, Technology

Learning to code in the 1980s meant learning BASIC. No installations, no dependencies, no downloads. Just you, some type-in listings, and an 8-bit computer. It’s coding like it’s 1985. BASIC is a fun, easy to learn language that was standard on 80s home computers and inspired a generation to program. BASIC means Beginners’ All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code and identifies a[…]