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When The Vectrex arrived in 1982, it felt like it had beamed in from the future. Unique then – and still today – as the only home console with a vector display, it served up pin-sharp glowing graphics ...

Ask any hardcore gamer who grew up in the 1980s to name what they believe to be the first portable gaming console. They’d probably answer with the Entex Electric Baseball game or those tiny, white ...

The Vectrex Mini, a tiny version of my favorite '80s console with an AMOLED screen, is getting a Kickstarter campaign this November. The adorable retro console remake has been living in my head ...

Never before have there been so many different options for playing the latest video games, whether it be on a powerful custom-built PC, a traditional gaming console, or via a cloud-based ...

Many gamers want to play the latest triple-A titles but lack a powerful computer, or do not have the budget to purchase video game consoles like the Xbox, or PlayStation. If you are part of that ...

It has continued to grow. In 2025, it takes up so much space that even the overarching "Family & Friends" area has now been renamed the "Retro & Family Area". In addition to old gaming machines, games ...

The Vectrex was a unique console from the early 1980s. Developed by a company you’ve probably never heard of—Smith Engineering—it was put into production by General Consumer Electronics, and later ...

And so the Sony PS5 Pro has arrived. Verily, it's far, far more powerful than the clunker that is now the plain old PS5, but it's also a lot more expensive at $700. And that, dear PC gaming friends, ...

A new study on the causal relationship between video gaming and mental well-being challenges commonly held views about the effects of gaming. A pioneering study titled "Causal effect of video gaming ...

It's easy to get jaded when reviewing gaming laptops—years of testing the fastest and most furious can do that to you. But we're not so far gone that we can't appreciate a good bargain. And that's ...