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Mayhem in Monsterland
The last great miracle of the Commodore 64: a fast, colourful and technically astonishing platform game releas…
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Hideo Kojima: from the MSX to Death Stranding, the story of an author beyond format
From his early years at Konami to Metal Gear, from Snatcher and Policenauts to the break with the traditional industry, and finally to the freedom of Kojima Productions: a journey through the work of one of gaming’s most recognizable auteurs.
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The end of Commodore: how a giant lost the future it had already invented
Commodore’s decline was not a sudden collapse, but a slow loss of direction, made of missed opportunities and choices that were never truly decisive — while the Amiga continued to be loved.
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Electronic fireworks: the art of the Demoscene
The Amiga demoscene: when code became art and pushed computers beyond every limit.
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Commodore PET, VIC-20, Commodore 16 and 128: the lesser-known siblings that made history
The less celebrated Commodore machines that helped build the foundations of home computing.
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The Amiga AAA chipset and the Hombre project
Two unreleased architectures that still represent the Amiga future Commodore never managed to deliver.
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The Addams Family: the pinball machine in the haze of Bar Acquario
A school memory of buses, smoke, records, credits and endless challenges around a pinball machine that seemed to call the whole bar to attention.
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Superfrog: the Amiga mascot we wanted to love
Clean, smooth and celebrated as one of Team17’s great Amiga symbols, Superfrog was supposed to be the machine’s answer to console platformers. Behind the polished surface, however, there is a good game carrying expectations far bigger than its actual qualities.
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Amiga: the computer that was already in the future — and that the world did not understand at first
Amiga arrived with graphics, audio and multitasking that were far beyond what most people expected at the time: a machine projected into the future, but placed in the hands of a company that never fully understood what it had.
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Commodore 64: the computer that changed the way we played and learned
With the Commodore 64, the computer truly entered the home: a games machine, a tool for discovery and a symbol of an entire generation.
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Commodore: from typewriters to the home computer revolution
Before the Commodore 64 became a legend, Commodore had already changed its own destiny: from typewriters and calculators to the first personal computers.
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THEA1200: the modern return of the Amiga 1200
Retro Games Ltd brings back the spirit of the Amiga 1200 in a full-size machine with a working keyboard, HDMI, USB, Workbench and preloaded games.
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NEOGEO AES+: SNK’s Arcade Legend Returns with Cartridges and HDMI
NEOGEO AES+ brings SNK’s arcade dream back home with cartridge support, HDMI output, a full-size design and an official arcade stick.
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Commodore 1541 and 1571: were they really that slow?
A technical and historical look at the Commodore 1541 and 1571, between serial bus limits, high expectations, …
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Aladdin
Disney magic meets Virgin Games’ talent in one of the most spectacular and recognizable platformers of the 16-…