The Centre for Computing History are holding their 2025 Retro Computer Festival this weekend (15th and 16th November 2025) - and this time it's the "Gaming Edition"
You'll be able to see micros and consoles from the 70s, 80s and 90s running the very best of vintage and modern games, as well as...
acorn electron
bbc micro
cdtv
centre for computing history
commodore 64
dragon
jaguar
johnny blanchard
kevin edwards
mattel aquarius
mega drive / genesis
nuon
pc engine
pippin
pixel addict
sharp mz-700
sharp mz-80a
tatung einstein
zx spectrum
zx spectrum next
If you want to take a look at the source code for the version of Microsoft BASIC that came with Wales’ most famous computer then you’re in luck.
This GitHub repository contains the source code for the Dragon 64 versions of the Microsoft 16K BASIC Interpreter for the Motorola 6809 (aka BASIC-69...
As you might guess from the spelling of colour in the title, I’m from the UK. And in the UK in the eighties only the rich kids had microcomputers with disk drives.
The rest of us made-do with cassette tapes.
And if you collected computer cassette tapes then there is no way you wouldn’t have had...