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  • Dust Off Your Joysticks! Compute!’s Gazette Wants YOUR 8-Bit Game Idea! Remember the thrill of loading a cassette tape, the pixelated wonder of 8-bit graphics, and the simple, addictive gameplay that kept you glued to your screen? Compute!’s Gazette is turning back the clock, and we want YOU to join us! We’re launching an exciting…

  • SUMMARY – Yes it was a thing, but primarily in European countries. Not prevalent in the United States due to differing audio formats. I recently saw a flurry of memes on the regular socials stating that people in the 80s downloaded video games over the radio by recording the transmission onto audio cassette and then…

  • If you take a look around at many of the retro tech websites or publications today, you’ll find that many are focused on primarily one thing: Video Games. And for good reason, our machines of yesteryear were powerhouse game machines, offering the best gaming experience of their time. But what happens if you want to…