Why it matters: Preserving retro games and hardware becomes increasingly difficult as the years pass and essential components grow rarer. Reverse engineering allows modders and repair shops to create ...

If you want to reverse engineer the boards in a modern console, you’d better have a lab, a lot of fancy gear, and a good few months to dedicate to the task. The humble PlayStation, on the other hand, ...

Backward compatibility in video game consoles goes back to the 1980s, but it didn't really catch on back then. Yes, Sega's Master System hit stores in 1985 and played games from the company's first ...