This site has everything, from assembling Atari 8-bit computers based on the 6502 chip, to programming them in BASIC and assembly, to running official and homebrew games on the hardware itself.

Kyle Hovey has decided to build his own 8-bit CPU from scratch, out of breadboard, NVRAM chips, surface-mount transistors, and lots and lots of wire -- and he's blogged his experience, so you can ...

Hi everyone! Have you heard of the brand new 8-bit computer built from (mostly) off-the-shelf parts called Commander X16 made by a team of people under The 8-Bit Guy (David Murray)? If so what are ...

The Atari 400 and 800 were the first machines that truly bridged the divide between video game players and home computer enthusiasts. Breakout: How Atari 8-Bit Computers Defined a Generation is ...

What is impressive, however, is when someone builds their own 8-bit computer using a plethora of wires and what is known in the do-it-yourself hardware programming community as a breadboard.

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It'd cover all computing types that are current but not widely popular (beos), and legacy systems such as the comodore, and would feel much like other hardware but with a historical direction.

Club 8-bit’s collection included more than 500 pieces of computer history, with items dating from as far back as the 1950s.

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Even with the limitations of the 8-bit computer, Spelunky64 does an admirable job recreating the mechanics of the much more recent indie, right down to the procedural levels, vast array of items ...