1980s
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Polish engineer creates postage stamp-sized 1980s Atari computer
In 1979, Atari released the Atari 400 and 800, groundbreaking home computers that included custom graphics and sound chips, four…
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Photographer’s Stark Images of Circus Life in the 1980s
Three circus elephants pull a semi-truck across a field in Cedar City, Missouri. | Photo by Edwin Martin, 1985. The…
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How a 1980s Atari creator with cystic fibrosis crafted a story of salmon survival
Williams’ success with APX led him to create several games for Synapse Software, including the beloved Alley Cat and the…
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Netflix Used AI Tech to Upscale 1980s Sitcom With Nightmarish Results
Nightmarish distorted faces (left) and illegible text (right) feature in Netflix’s remastered version of ‘A Different World’ Netflix used AI…
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Kaizen: A Factory Story makes a game of perfecting 1980s Japanese manufacturing
Zach Barth, the namesake of game studio Zachtronics, tends to make a certain kind of game. Besides crafting the free…
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