Hardware desk. If it has a cartridge slot, an FPGA board or a weird controller, Hank has opened it up and put it back together — usually better. Writes the gear reviews and hardware spotlights.
Which Wii model to buy, which controllers you actually need, and how to get a great picture on a modern TV — the complete qualitative guide to Wii in 2026, with no invented prices.
Original woodgrain hardware, Atari’s modern 2600+ and 7800+, Flashback plug-and-plays or a Harmony cartridge — which way into the 2600 is right for you in 2026?
Six games in one cabinet, memory cards shared with the home system and a fourteen-year reign. How SNK’s operator-friendly board outlived the arcade itself.
Original breadbin, THEC64, C64 Ultimate and FPGA, or free emulation — every route into the C64 in 2026 explained, including the power-supply check that can save your machine.
Model 1 belts, Model 2 lids, the CDX, the X’Eye, capacitors, lasers and the MegaSD route — everything a buyer needs to know about the Sega CD family, with no invented prices.
It is launch day for the most ambitious thing Blaze Entertainment has ever put in a plastic shell. The Evercade Nexus is…
Arcade silicon, four joystick ports and Star Raiders: the complete story of the Atari 400 and 800, the computers that played like consoles.
Two Segas, two 32-bit futures, fourteen months, $19.99: the complete story of the 32X, the mushroom that split a company.
The AES library at a tenth of the price, paid for in loading screens: the complete story of the Neo Geo CD and its monkey.
Its own screen, lines of pure light, and a forty-year second life built on permission: the complete story of the Vectrex.