Guides

Practical, funny and honest. What to buy, how to fix it and how to play on it.

• Retro PC starter kit: the gear worth buying
  Got a beige box from the 80s or 90s? The short list of tools, storage and accessories the retro community actually recommends, and what to skip.
• How to fix a dead vintage computer
  A dead vintage computer is usually a dead battery, a bad capacitor or a dirty slot. Our step-by-step guide, plus the tools repair benches trust.
• How to play old PC games today
  Want to play DOS and Windows 95 games today? Your options: emulators, real retro hardware and FPGA, and the controllers, sound and displays that help.
• The Bookshelf
  Books on computer and game history, from Sierra and Doom to consoles and virtual worlds.

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