Game Boy (1989): Gunpei Yokoi and the Monochromatic Empire
How cheap batteries, a sharp monochrome LCD, and Tetris conquered the portable gaming universe.
How cheap batteries, a sharp monochrome LCD, and Tetris conquered the portable gaming universe.
How Sega dared to challenge Nintendo with arcade speed, Motorola 68000 power, and Sonic the Hedgehog.
From Ralph Baer's brown box to Nolan Bushnell's coin-op machine: how electronic table tennis started home gaming.
Microprocessor architecture, swappable ROM cartridges, and joystick controls that brought arcades into millions of living rooms.
Von Software-Pixelierung bis zur bilinear gefilterten GLQuake, dem Triumph des SST-1-Chipsets und dem tragischen Untergang der 3D-Beschleuniger-Pioniere.
VHS-große Module, pure Arcade-MVS-Hardware im Wohnzimmer, 330 Megabit an Sprite-Skalierungs-Pracht und das ultimative, elitäre Retro-Sammlerstück.