Nothing says “1980s gaming” like a black joystick with a single red fire button. But if you prefer better ergonomics, you can connect modern gamepads to your retrocomputers thanks to a variety of ...

When a man wearing an Atari T-shirt tells you he’s buying Commodore it sounds like the plot for an improbable 1980s movie in which Nolan Bushnell and Jack Tramiel do battle before a neon synthwave ...

Unlike consoles, PC precursors largely have to put a bit more effort into running games than simply blowing on a cartridge ...

I returned to this theme repeatedly in 2025 because it’s so important. Reliability matters and I love when it just works.

The VU Holden Commodore Ute was a unique Australian vehicle combining car and pickup truck elements with V8 power and sports ...

Commodore, the name that helped usher in the PC revolution, is back. With a phone. For those of you too young to remember, Commodore was a hot company in the mid-1980s. It was a leader in personal ...

The Commodore 64 Ultimate is the best piece of retro-revival hardware IGN's Seth Macy has ever reviewed or experienced. You ...

While not having had nearly the same kind of impact on the ‘80s as the Nintendo Entertainment System, the Commodore 64 was nonetheless the 8-bit entry point to gaming for millions of players, myself ...

The Commodore 64 is back in black, sort of. Retro Games and Plaion Replai released a limited edition redesign of the best-selling computer, called THEC64 - Black Edition. Like its name suggests, the ...

If you've ever played with an original 8-bit computer—a Commodore, an Atari 400/800, or anything else of that vintage—you already know that getting clean video output can be a terrific struggle. These ...

The Commodore 64 Ultimate Starlight Edition takes one of the most legendary home computers of all time and gives it a fresh spin for today. It’s still the C64 at heart, but this edition adds plenty of ...