The Pimoroni Presto is a compact, low-power display powered by a Raspberry Pi chip —perfect for turning your desk into a little piece of living music art. I’ve been running mine as a “Now Playing” Spotify display using the brilliant PrestoDeck code by @fatihak on GitHub.
Unboxing the RayCue WB-8 — a tiny slice of 1984 in alarm clock form. Inspired by the original Macintosh, this little retro wonder blends nostalgia and practicality: a mini screen, classic beige styling, and startup sounds that take you straight back to the dawn of personal computing. Perfect companion for your desk or bedside if you miss that old “hello” charm.
The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) or Famicom, with its state-of-the-art graphics and vast library of classic games, significantly impacted the world of videogaming. Nintendo’s console made a splash upon release, setting new standards with timeless titles like Donkey Kong, Super Mario Bros., Mega Man, The Legend of Zelda, Final Fantasy, and Fire Emblem. Over two decades, it sold over 60 million units, making Nintendo a global phenomenon, and introduced countless youngsters to new worlds, characters, and stories. For many, this console marked a pivotal moment, inspiring them to become artists, game designers, and programmers. It also helped popularize manga and anime among Western gamers and introduced Western cultural icons to Japanese homes, forever changing the entertainment landscape.
During Atari’s early tenure as the video game industry’s leading light, it oversaw seismic change in what was still a very young, still-evolving sector.
Not only was Atari’s VCS/2600 system the first piece of gaming equipment to truly dominate the living room, it also played host to some of the most iconic titles of all time, including Asteroids, Space Invaders, Pac-Man Defender, Joust, Pitfall!, River Raid and many, many more. Atari 2600/7800: a visual compendium aims to showcase the very best pixel art, cover art and product design on each system. Spread over 528 pages, it features over 200 classic games, with articles on the leading third-party developers, interviews with key figures in the industry and features on subjects such as cover art, prototypes and homebrew releases.
Written by award-winning journalist and game historian Richard Moss, The Secret History of Mac Gaming draws on a combination of archive material and around 80 interviews with key figures from the era to tell the story of those communities and the game developers who survived and thrived in an ecosystem that was serially ignored by the outside world.
This newly-expanded edition adds around 70 pages of extra content, including a foreword by The 7th Guest co-creator and id Software and Apple alum Graeme Devine, plus an annotated timeline, over 60 extra images, an icon gallery, and more than 6,000 extra words added to the chapter narratives ― on top of the 115,000 words from the 1st edition ― covering a variety of additional game and developer stories.
ATARI is one of the most recognized names in the world. Since its formation in 1972, the company pioneered hundreds of iconic titles including Asteroids, Centipede and Missile Command. In addition to hundreds of games created for arcades, home video systems, and computers, original artwork was specially commissioned to enhance the Atari experience, further enticing children and adults to embrace and enjoy the new era of electronic entertainment. ART OF ATARI is the first official collection of such artwork. Sourced from museums and private collections worldwide, this book spans over 40 years of the company’s unique illustrations used in packaging, advertisements, catalogs, and more!
ART OF ATARI includes behind-the-scenes details on how dozens of games featured within were conceived of, illustrated, approved (or rejected), and brought to life. Whether you’re a fan, collector, enthusiast, or new to the world of video games, this book offers the most complete collection of ATARI artwork ever produced!