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Game Preservationists Post OG Unreal and Unreal Tournament to Internet Archive for Free

Game Preservationists Post OG Unreal and Unreal Tournament to Internet Archive for Free

The game preservationists at OldUnreal have posted the original versions of Unreal and Unreal Tournament…

Half-Life 2 20th Anniversary

Valve Celebrates 20th Anniversary of Half-Life 2

Valve has issued a 20th anniversary update for *Half-Life 2*, and the game is now…

Quakecon 2024

Lots of DOOM News as Quakecon Gets Underway

With QuakeCon 2024 underway in Texas, Bethesda has some new DOOM updates to share and…

WordStar 7 for MS-DOS

WordStar 7 for MS-DOS is Now Available for Free in Complete Archive

Before Microsoft Word, there was WordPerfect. And before WordPerfect, there was WordStar. And now, WordStar…

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WordPerfect Co-Founder Bruce Bastian Has Passed Away

WordPerfect co-founder Bruce Bastian passed away recently from complications associated with pulmonary fibrosis. He was…

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Atari Buys Intellivision Brand

Atari announced that it has acquired the Intellivision brand and certain Intellivision game titles from…

Favorite new apps of 2023
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My Favorite New Apps of 2023 (Premium)

I went into this article knowing full well that 2023 was a year of change…

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Atari Acquires Digital Eclipse

Atari announced that it is acquiring retro gaming firm Digital Eclipse for $4 million in…

Atari Age

Atari Buys Retro Online Community

Atari announced this week that it will acquire the Atari Age online community as part…

Dennis Austin

PowerPoint Co-Creator Has Passed

Dennis Austin, the co-creator and key software developer of Microsoft PowerPoint, has passed away at…

Commodore PET 2001
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Tech Nostalgia: Vertical Integration (Updated) (Premium)

In 1975, Commodore co-founder Jack Tramiel acquired MOS Technology, the maker of the 8-bit 6502…

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Tech Nostalgia: 8-Bit (Premium)

Atari realized early on that it needed a sequel to the VCS. Sadly, management screwed…

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Review: John Romero’s Definitive History of Wolfenstein 3-D, DOOM, and Quake

I recently finished reading John Romero's autobiography, Doom Guy: Life in First Person, and want…

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Interactive Classic Video Game Documentaries are Coming to Xbox

Digital Eclipse will release a series of interactive classic video game documentaries on the Xbox…

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Tech Nostalgia: Intelligent Television (Premium)

When Atari announced its VCS video game machine in 1977, established game makers rushed to…

Bill Gates in the Commodore booth at Winter CES 1979
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Tech Nostalgia: Bill Gates, Jack Tramiel, and BASIC (Premium)

The personal technology industry is rife with mythical stories about famous personalities and companies. But…

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