Consoles

The Atari Lynx is 36! A retrospective

Introduction In September 1989, Atari released the Lynx, the first cartridge-based handheld console with a colour screen. Thirty-six years later, in 2025 — help!…

Consoles

The SEGA Game Gear is 35! A retrospective

Celebrating 35 Years of the Sega Game Gear Introduction In October 1990, Sega released its first handheld console, the Game Gear. I wrote this…

Retro Games

Lego Game Boy, a love letter to pixel perfection

There are few sounds in the world as instantly nostalgic as the click of a Game Boy power switch. That soft hum as the…

Retro Games

The art of storytelling in pixels: the sound novels of the Super Famicom

Before visual novels became a cultural phenomenon, before anime-inspired dating sims filled shelves and app stores, there were the Sound Novels: a uniquely Japanese…