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...
Category: Nintendo
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...
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...
Atari’s first three consoles were all 8-bit machines, but each made incremental upgrades over the previous one. The Atari 2600 was revolutionary with its ability to accept game cartridges and...
Cartridges aren’t used in consoles anymore because discs are a lot cheaper and simpler to manufacture. However, cartridges do have their benefits- especially when it comes to security. Nintendo...
Your old Motorola or Sony Ericson flip phone from the 2000s is probably comparable to the SNES in terms of processing power, if not faster. A console that was considered the peak of 16-bit gaming...