Old game consoles are quite fascinating from a technological as well as historical perspective. Back in the 8 and 16-bit era, developers used to write games in assembly language so cartridges could...

When people think of popular retro handheld consoles, the Nintendo Game Boy and Sega Game Gear are considered prominent examples. However, few are aware that in 1999 a new contender made its entry...

Memory cards work very differently from SRAM chips in old 8 and 16-bit game cartridges. These use flash memory, which is a type of non-volatile storage that doesn’t require a sustained supply of...

SNES game cartridges are some of the most resilient electronic devices ever made, and I’m quite sure they can survive a nuclear apocalypse. But just playing the game isn’t enough, cartridges also...

Modern television sets have much better fidelity compared to old CRTs, or at least that’s what you’d think until you plugged in your old PS2. Realizing immediately upon doing so that somehow the...

As if the regular Game Boy wasn’t small enough, Nintendo released a super-compact version of it in 2005. Called the Game Boy Micro, it’s a shrunk-down version of GBA with no backward...