Here at Hackaday HQ we’re no strangers to vintage game emulation ... We’ve covered [rossumur]’s hacks before, but the ESP_8-bit is a milestone in comprehensive capability.

[Jonathan Cauldwell] has come up with just such a tool that lets you do just that, for a variety of 8-bit platforms. [Jonathan]’s project is called the Multi Platform Arcade Game Designer ...

The chiptune music scene grew out of the original hardware, and to recreate those sounds and deliver authentic chiptune in your DAW you need some understanding of the original hardware and its ...

it's possible to switch to "classic mode" graphics and sounds closer to the 8-bit original. Head Over Heels: Deluxe is developed by Rusty Pixels and Ogre Games Ltd and releases on Steam this ...

In addition to New Wave music, mainstream turbocharged cars, and deconstructed linen jackets worn over pastel t-shirts, the 1980s gave us 8-bit video games. A necessity to support the primitive ...

A new 8-bit game is drawing inspiration from Martin McDonagh’s film the Banshees of Inisherin, which follows the belligerent Colm and the disintegration of his friendship with Pádraic, who isn’t ...

The story followed Link on his quest to save Princess Zelda from the evil Ganon. The game was played from a top-down perspective, and was the first of its kind to implement a save system ...

a company that specializes in re-releasing mostly Japan-exclusive 8- and 16-bit games on modern consoles, was recently accused of using existing fan translations in their ports without credit.