The NES, Atari 2600, the Apple II, the Commodore 64 and the TurboGrafx-16 are just some of the many game consoles and home computers built around the 6502 CPU. And while the 6502 has been pretty ...

[Luis Cruz] built a gaming console with motion control ... is currently cleaning up for mass consumption. Ah, the 8-bit sound in that game takes us back to the glory days of Atari and Intellivision.

and the 8-bit and 16-bit retro games of yesteryear are perfect for that. Especially with all the new retro handhelds and reproduction consoles currently hitting the market. Retro gaming as a hobby ...

The true definition of the descriptor “8-bit” refers to the processors that powered consoles like the NES and Atari 7800 and has nothing to do with the graphics of the games they ran.

BitMods has released the VMU Pro, a Dreamcast memory card with enhanced storage, battery life, and integrated 8-bit emulators ...

the Game Boy created a baseline for every handheld console that would follow it. Video games have changed a lot since the 8-bit, black-and-white pixels of the Game Boy were in style, but Nintendo ...

an 8-bit space shooter that was only available to purchase on an NES cartridge. Homebrew games are essentially unlicensed titles designed with the limitations of a particular console in mind.

In this generation, consoles were essentially smaller ... pulled the entire gaming industry back from collapse. Games evolved into the 8-bit era, which is a style many creators still emulate ...

With its first home console the NES, Nintendo practically reinvented the term "home gaming" after Atari's catastrophic mismanagement caused the video game crash in 1983. Nintendo's 8-bit system ...

Raymond Baxter experiences the Magnavox Odyssey on Tomorrow's World in 1973. In 1972, the humble television set was transformed from a passive device into an interactive one, with the launch of ...