Hardware
We explore how Nintendo dominated the 16-bit console war not through sheer CPU speed, but through a masterful integration of custom audio-visual processors, revolutionary controller ergonomics, and an ingenious strategy of in-cartridge hardware expansion.
Hardware
Hardware
Strict technical breakdown of consoles and PC gaming gear. We evaluate frame pacing, thermal performance, UX, and the true legacy behind the machines running your favorite games.
Hardware
We explore the Nintendo GameCube's surprisingly muscular architecture, its quirky, toy-like design, and the brutal market realities it faced against the DVD-playing juggernauts of its era.
Hardware
We explore how Nintendo traded teraflops for accessibility, turning a glorified remote control into a global cultural phenomenon that brought gaming to living rooms, retirement homes, and the masses.
Hardware
We explore the towering ambition, the infamously complex dual-CPU architecture, and the legendary, arcade-perfect library.
Hardware
An exhaustive historical and technical autopsy of the Sega Genesis. We explore how Sega weaponized a legendary Motorola processor and an aggressive FM synthesizer
Hardware
We dismantle the Nintendo 64 to understand its revolutionary graphics architecture, analyze the stubborn—and costly—decision to stick with ROM cartridges, and celebrate the nostalgic magic of a console that pioneered 3D movement and defined the golden era of split-screen local multiplayer.
