The Record Player That Skips the Vinyl and Plays Falling Water
A vintage turntable earns its warmth from ritual, the small act of placing a needle and watching a disc spin. The Retro Water Drop Ambient…
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Camp Snap’s 110D Looks Like 1973 and Still Skips the Screen on Purpose
Camera design spent the last two decades chasing thinner phones and bigger screens, so a company deciding to revive a boxy, finger-length shape from the…
9 Retro Audio Gadgets Bringing Cassettes and CDs Back From the Dead
Streaming gave us convenience and took away everything else. No album art worth holding, no ritual of pressing play, no object that tells you something…
Laptops Sealed Computers Shut, ARTISAN ALTO Snaps Them Back Open
Home computers used to snap open like toolboxes, cartridges sliding in for a new game or a new skill. That idea mostly disappeared once sealed…
Cyberpunk 2077 Just Got a Commodore Collab That’s Absurd and Logical
The original Commodore 64 launched in 1982. Cyberpunk 2077, the game, is set in 2077. The gap between those two years is roughly the entire…
The Cassette Revival Has Had a Player Problem, and FiiO Just Fixed It
Vinyl already had its big cultural moment, dragging turntables and record stores back into the mainstream. Cassette tapes, quietly and without much fanfare, have been…
8BitDo Made the N64’s 30th Anniversary Keyboard Every Millennial Wants
Nintendo’s “Funtastic” translucent plastic era tends to provoke a specific kind of nostalgia. The see-through consoles and controllers from the late 1990s made the hardware…
This Arduino-Powered Retro Handheld Is One Anyone Can Build at Home
DIY handheld gaming has always had a ceiling for newcomers. Most builds require custom-designed PCBs, hard-to-find specialized connectors, and at least a few evenings spent…
Someone Stuffed a Full Retro Console Inside an NES Controller for $17
Most original NES controllers haven’t seen active duty in decades. They survive in storage bins and attic boxes, physically intact and perfectly functional as controllers,…
5 Best Retro Gadget Gifts for Men Who Think New Tech Peaked Too Early
There is a kind of man who takes longer at the electronics counter, not because he cannot decide, but because he is looking for something…
Your 30-Year-Old N64 Cartridges Can Now Play at 4K for $229
Retro gaming has grown into a legitimate market, but the original hardware it celebrates isn’t getting any younger. The Nintendo 64, now nearly 30 years…
Kodak Just Dropped the $35 Y2K Camera Collectors Can’t Stop Chasing
Cutesy analog-inspired cameras that also serve as keychains are probably all over your feed, if it’s anything like mine. And just when you thought you…