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Computing power is apparently optional for a home console. This primitive box relied entirely on an archaic network of diodes and transistors, proving that…
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Innovation is often just highly motivated corporate jealousy. When Nintendo released the Rumble Pak in 1997, allowing players to actually 'feel' the game,…
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Even the greatest grandmaster in history thought standard chess was getting incredibly boring. Worried that the game would eventually suffer from 'draw death'…
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While most regions just kept generic royalty on their face cards, the French decided to get incredibly specific. Their queens are officially designated as…
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Early models of Sony's grey box had notoriously terrible lasers that would warp out of alignment from basic heat. Players quickly figured out that flipping…
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In a bizarre attempt to conquer the entire living room, engineers mashed a console and a television recording box into a single white monolith. The PSX…
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