Now try to do the same for a few popular games of the 8-bit generation. Nintendo’s Super Mario Bros or The Legend of Zelda. The Last Ninja or R-Type on the Commodore 64. Much easier right?

By the time Commodore 128 launched, it was the last 8-bit PC in an era of 16-bit PCs, thanks to the existence of Intel 8086. Fortunately, the existence of 16-bit PCs didn't completely nullify the ...

The engineer behind the project is Piotr "Osa" Ostapowicz, who began working on Atarino more than 10 years ago. What started ...

One of the better retro historians out there on YouTube is the 8-Bit Guy, and after years of wanting to do something like this, it’s finally happening. The 8-Bit Guy is building his dream ...

Shovel Knight' might look like it could run on NES, but it's much more complex than anything 8-bit developers were capable of in the 1980s and 1990s. Yacht Club Games Recent indie games like ...

We’ve covered [rossumur]’s hacks before, but the ESP_8-bit is a milestone in comprehensive capability. This time, he’s topped himself. There isn’t much the ESP 8-bit won’t do.

The 8-bit video game aesthetic has evolved into a dynamic form of visual and musical art. Beginning with early Atari and Nintendo video games, the 8-bit aesthetic has been a part of our culture ...

That got us thinking: What other 8-bit versions of classic songs can be found on YouTube? After combing through a staggering number of bleeps and bloops, here are eight of the best 8-bit covers on ...

Beloved 8-bit isometric puzzle-platformer Head Over Heels is back and (not for the first time) getting the remake treatment, bringing "colourful modern visuals" and "refined gameplay" when it ...