When we were first introduced to the X68000 ACE, we saw that the board was very corroded from battery damage. Later on, I whacked the battery out of it and did my best to clean up the corrosion withou...

No, it’s really not a religious thing.

The Computer Chronicles discusses computer games

A short introduction to the display signals on the WonderSwan and WonderSwan Color with driver examples implemented on the RP2350 (Pi Pico 2)

I’ve loved HyperCard for a really long time now. As a kid, I made simple games in it. As what could arguably be called “an adult,” I now want to play with HyperCard itself to see what weird stuff I ca...

Did you see this one coming?

ALT: Robin Hood Fox Asking for Alms

Development chronicle of a homebrew Tetris-like puzzle game for the BBC Bridge Companion home game console, including reverse-engineering the BIOS and learning how to program in Z80 assembly language ...

YouTube video by BigBadBench

Design, implementation, and testing of a composite-video adapter for the BBC Bridge Companion home game console. Replaces the original RF modulator for sharper video quality and more compatibility wit...

The repair of a BBC Bridge Companion home game console with a damaged cartridge slot. A homebrew cartridge for the system is designed by disassembling and reverse-engineering the original game cartrid...

YouTube video by F_T_B

The 新建 (Xinjian) XJ 8811 -- a beautiful Atari clone console from a Chinese state-owned factory.

Overview and history of the BBC Bridge Companion home game console, and a brief overview of a composite video mod, repairs, the design of a game cartridge PCB, and the development of a new puzzle game...

I promised an update once I received the samples for the injection molded case, so now I’m happy to share what they look like!

What do you think about gaming in the late 90’s – early 2000’s? The PlayStation? The Nintendo 64? Maybe later SuperFX SNES games like Yoshi’s Island? Well, t...

When Suruga-ya gave me a really good deal – with free shipping to Canada – on a CRT monitor, I had to take it. Only once it arrived did I realize this monitor was a lot weirder than I thought it was, ...

Mario Artist: Talent Studio Released for the ill-fated magneto-optical drive addon for the Nintendo 64, Talent Studio was part of the Mario Artist range of titles which also included Paint Studio and Polygon Studio. Talent Studio was intended to be used with the Capture cartridge which allowed the player to capture sound and video from external sources.

YouTube video by Mark Fixes Stuff

We’ve seen a few test PCBs now; games that were only sold alongside Japanese arcade cabinets to satisfy a law requiring a minimum amount of functionality. Se...

Analysis and repair of an Apple IIgs computer

The first boss in Bomberman ’94’s single player mode is a naughty little monkey remotely controlling a giant and very angry banana. The next one’s a walking temple with rocket-pow…

I’m bringing out the truth about TMSS! Admit it! Sega never made a game console that can’t play that region’s release of Phantasy Star II, and it’s time to s...

The weird history of Super Mario, told in one hundred and one stories.

Fix of a 1980s NEC JB-1260MA monitor that won’t show anything on screen.