Vintage computers and games, and the people preserving and reviving them.
Following a February cancellation and an October livestream announcement, the Vintage Computer Federation's Montreal event returns on November 7–8 with corrected scheduling and logistics.
The Golden Gate Bridge is starting its final, multi-million dollar phase of seismic strengthening, requiring overnight lane closures starting October 5, 2026.
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Over 30,000 attendees filled the Oregon Convention Center for the Portland Retro Gaming Expo, where Atari launched its 50th anniversary celebration for the 2600 with new homebrew games and appearances by its original creators.
Atari announced a modernized recreation of its 1983 8-bit home computer, featuring a mechanical keyboard, 25 built-in games, and HDMI output, set to begin shipping in April 2027.
The Computer History Museum's 'Extended Reality: Visions of the Future' opens October 1, 2026 with more than 100 headsets, smart glasses, and wearables spanning from Sutherland to Vision Pro.
A homebuilt 16-bit relay computer entered Hackaday’s 2026 Retrocomputing Challenge with a 19-command instruction set, an eight-minute calculation of three digits of pi, and a 32×32 LED-matrix display.
Retro Remake has opened orders for Batch 5 of its SuperStation One FPGA console, with units ready for dispatch and the black color variant being discontinued.
Olimex has released the Neo6502kbd, an open-source retro computer built directly into a keyboard, featuring a real 6502 processor.
The new Cynefin Digidol project, led by Dr Megan Venn-Wycherley and delivered by Technocamps in Welsh and English, draws on the university's History of Computing Collection from September to December 2026.
The 21st Vintage Computer Festival Midwest wrapped up a free weekend of exhibits, vendors, and classic systems in Schaumburg, Illinois.
The Commodore C64 Ultimate has hit 30,000 unit sales, boosted by a Cyberpunk 2077-themed Commodore 77 variant announced at Gamescom.
The National Communication Museum in Melbourne will debut a new exhibition in September 2026 showcasing the history of personal computing, anchored by a rare, room-sized 1980s supercomputer.
The White House website launched five retro-style browser games promoting Trump administration policies — a Tetris clone called Build the Wall, a Flappy Bird knockoff featuring a bald eagle, and three others, all announced with social media posts styled after console launch reveals.
Official licensing brings Retro Games' THEA1200 into the sanctioned Amiga ecosystem ahead of its December launch.
A two-month-long contest from Hackaday and DigiKey divides retro hardware and software projects into four distinct tracks, using deliberately loose rules to spark community debate about what actually qualifies as vintage.
A look at the Motorola MC14500B, a 1-bit CPU highlighted at Hackaday Europe 2026, which found its niche replacing costly relay racks in early industrial automation.
More than 3,500 people attended the 2026 Vintage Computer Festival, a record turnout that featured a panel with Apple's original co-founders amid a broader resurgence of interest in hands-on, tangible computing history.
The 2026 Vintage Computer Festival West drew thousands of enthusiasts to the Computer History Museum for a weekend of hands-on retro computing, featuring 73 exhibits and confirmed as 'a great success' by organizers.
A new $169 flash cartridge upgrades the 64's processing foundation and adds native 64DD support with in-game disk swapping.
A growing community of collectors is restoring classic machines from the 1970s-1990s as a deliberate counter-response to modern computing's locked-down, AI-driven direction.
Debt collection agencies have lost billions because they cannot easily buy or sell debt. The recent sale of Fintech loans has exposed how this market works, where 60% of a $14,000 medical loan sells for less than $4,000 when it reaches the secondary market. That steep discount is what gives lenders an incentive to write off bad debt quickly.