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We talk with new CEO Wade Rosen about the company’s recent changes, and its shift back towards focusing on making games.

Yesterday, Retro Games Ltd. announced that its full licensed mini version of the popular late ‘80s computer, the Amiga A500, would be out on March

Image: JB Hi-Fi The one saving grace for the Atari VCS here is that it’s functionally a mini-PC. You can upgrade some of the memory modules and if you want to install Linux on the box, you’re free to do so. It’s still running relatively ancient hardware: it’s a dual-core R1606G AMD APU from 2019, built off the 14nm architecture and process behind the original Ryzen CPUs. So while the official trailer advertises the ability to play modern games, don’t expect to do so particularly well....

Playmaji Polymega More Gaming Goodness Modern video games are amazing. With lifelike graphics, realistic physics, extensive artificial intelligence, and online multiplayer options, todays video games are so much more sophisticated than older games. That doesnt change the fact that some of the greatest games ever made came out in the 1980s and 1990s, and that many of those titles still hold up. It also doesnt change the Gen X/Early Millennial nostalgia for sprites, cartridges, low-res polygons, ...