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Retro Rewind,' designed for the PC by indie studio Blood Pact, rents out spoofs of early '90s movies like 'Phantom Patrol,' a send-up of 'Ghostbusters.' ...

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A retrocomputing project shows Windows 98 running on a Compaq iPAQ IA-2 using clever boot tricks and BIOS workarounds.

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The launch of the MacBook Neo just upended the Apple laptop hierarchy. We've broken down everything that separates the budget Neo from the original "starter" MacBook, the 13-inch MacBook Air.

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Acemagic has launched the Retro X5 mini PC in China. The compact desktop looks like the classic Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) console. The company first showed it in early February 2026, and ...

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Acemagic has launched the Retro X3 mini PC, a compact desktop powered by the AMD Ryzen 7 H 255. It retains the Nintendo Famicom-inspired retro design of the earlier Retro X5 while adopting a more ...