Everything in the digital world is measured in bits and bytes. Following are the common components in a computer that are measured in bits. See bit and binary values. The "word" size is the number of ...

Back in the hazy days of the early home computers, many of us would rejoice at running our first BASIC applications, some of us even built our own 8-bit system from a handful of ICs and felt elated ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The 16-Bit Bar + Arcade in downtown Columbus will permanently close its doors this weekend. After 12 years of operation, the original location at South 4th and East Cherry streets ...

After I got my Dual Athlon rig, I booted up UT for the first time in a while... and it was AMAZING. The game play just was sooo smooth. Thought I know not a dual proc capable game, each of my new ...

Columbus Circle has revealed 16-bit Compact HD, a game console that lets people play Super Famicom and SNES games in a 720p resolution. The company has also opened pre-orders for the console, which ...

Nathan is a lifelong gamer, harkening back to a misspent youth blasting Kirby Superstar and Super Mario All-Stars on his bedroom floor. Some of us are that old. This began a long-term love affair with ...

Big thanks to the particular networked nature of the whole internet, it can sometimes be quite difficult to find out exactly where a particular meme would start. For most of the time, a certain meme ...

The 16-bit generation is a sentimental favorite for a lot of us, especially those from my generation, and yet it's one of the strange ironies of video game history that a veritable tide of new ...

Pat Long is a freelance writer who has been gaming since Christmas morning 1995 when he first flipped on his sister's new Game Gear and heard the word "SEGA" ring harmoniously from its speakers. He ...

In the fourth console generation, we started getting 16-bit games, released on globally renowned systems like the Super Nintendo and the Sega Genesis, known as the Mega Drive worldwide. There were ...