Nostalgia articles

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  Tim Cook's yearbook photos show Apple CEO as 'studious' high school freshman

  By Amar Toor on March 30, 2013 10:08 am + 76 comments

  Today, Apple CEO Tim Cook is one of the most powerful figures in Silicon Valley. In high school, he Continue reading…

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  Sony exploits Trinitron and Walkman legacy to promote Xperia Z

  By Sam Byford on February 26, 2013 04:08 am + 107 comments

  There's no shortage of people pining for the old days of Sony, but the company would have you Continue reading…

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  How do you remake 'Pong' without software?

  By Aaron Souppouris on December 16, 2012 01:30 pm + 29 comments

  In a post to r/gaming, Reddit user BluesImage has detailed how he recreated Pong using only logic Continue reading…

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  Are game manuals crucial to the experience, or just outdated pieces of paper?

  By Kimber Streams on November 14, 2012 02:23 pm + 48 comments

  Darryl Campbell of The Bygone Bureau has written a love letter to the lore found in old video game Continue reading…

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  Testing the myth behind blowing into NES cartridges

  By Justin Rubio on September 27, 2012 04:30 pm + 89 comments

  Any gamer born in the 80s or earlier knows the routine all too well: if your Nintendo Entertainment Continue reading…

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  Watch this: 'Looper' reimagined as a retro video game

  By Andrew Webster on August 27, 2012 10:15 am + 9 comments

  Many of us are excited for the time-travelling assassin movie Looper, but for Deepak Chetty that Continue reading…

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  Warp back to 1988 with the very first issue of Nintendo Power

  By Andrew Webster on August 16, 2012 02:02 pm + 27 comments

  We all love the web here at The Verge, but there's something to be said for the nostalgia of classic Continue reading…

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  Step back into a 1980s arcade with these classic ads

  By Andrew Webster on July 14, 2012 01:32 pm + 15 comments

  Classic video game ads have their own unique charms, and that's true not only for console and PC Continue reading…

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  Vintage video game ads bring you back to your childhood

  By Andrew Webster on June 3, 2012 01:31 am + 51 comments

  Advertising can be a nuisance, but it also has the power to take you back in time — as this m Continue reading…

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  It looks like you're reading a webpage - would you like help with that?

  By Aaron Souppouris on June 2, 2012 07:23 am + 27 comments

  Web developer Smore has created a JavaScript version of the infamous Microsoft Agent, aka Clippy and Continue reading…