To the 8-Bit Guy, the Pi is just a Linux computer. Other retrocomputing projects of a similar scope to this dream computer also fail: The Mega65, a project to resurrect the Commodore 65, will be ...

[Ben Eater] posted some videos of an 8-bit computer with no CPU chip that he built completely on a breadboard a few years ago. After being asked for schematics, he finally admitted that he didn ...

Kyle Hovey has decided to build his own 8-bit CPU from scratch, out of breadboard, NVRAM chips, surface-mount transistors, and lots and lots of wire -- and he's blogged his experience, so you can ...

The Atari 400 and 800 were the first machines that truly bridged the divide between video game players and home computer enthusiasts. Breakout: How Atari 8-Bit Computers Defined a Generation is ...

Polish engineer Piotr "Osa" Ostapowicz recently unveiled "Atarino," which may be the world's smallest 8-bit Atari computer re-creation, according to retro computing site Atariteca.

How Will La-Mulana 2 Advance 8-Bit Design? Designer Takumi Naramura talks about Kickstarter, international appeal, and the science of evolving retro-style action games.

Hi everyone! Have you heard of the brand new 8-bit computer built from (mostly) off-the-shelf parts called Commander X16 made by a team of people under The 8-Bit Guy (David Murray)? If so what are ...

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In a nutshell: Atari's 8-bit computers first launched in 1979, selling for between $549 and $999 and taking up the space of a full desktop machine. Now, more than four decades later, a Polish ...

The early 8-bit microprocessors sparked the personal-computer (PC) revolution and allowed embedded systems to be compact and inexpensive compared to the minicomputers and mainframes of that era.

This is the lowest price yet for the recreation of the 1979 8-bit home computer that emulates all games from Atari 400 through the Atari 800XL as well as the Atari 5200.

A DIYer has decided to document his experience building an 8-bit computer to provide a helpful guide for anyone else looking to do the same.