How Sega, Hitachi, and Victor Created the Most Complex Console of the 32-bit Era

The Sega Saturn Story

May 31 • ObsoleteArchive

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April 2026

How Famicom Turned Videogames Into a Feudal System

Nintendo’s Architecture of Control in the Cartridge Era

Apr 24 • ObsoleteArchive

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March 2026

The Accidental Legacy of the Suzuki Omnichord

From Classroom Tool to Studio Icon

Mar 3 • ObsoleteArchive

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February 2026

The Canon XL1 and the Birth of the Prosumer Video Camera

How Canon turned MiniDV into a viable professional system

Feb 10 • ObsoleteArchive

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Sharp MZ, X1, and X68000 Computers: Complete Timeline (1978–1993)

A complete timeline of Sharp’s MZ, X1, and X68000 computers, from the MZ-40K to the X68030.

Feb 5 • ObsoleteArchive

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January 2026

How Fujifilm Created Japan’s First Digital Camera

1988 Fujix DS-1P

Jan 27 • ObsoleteArchive

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How Aiwa Refused to Make a Walkman

CassetteBoy TP-S30 Portable Cassette Recorder

Jan 20 • ObsoleteArchive

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When Sega Built the Most Extreme Arcade Cabinet

The R360 story

Jan 15 • ObsoleteArchive

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How PC Engine Used Japanese TV Culture to Beat Nintendo

And why that victory couldn’t last

Jan 13 • ObsoleteArchive

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The Epson TV That Printed Photos

Epson’s Livingstation LS47P2 and the convergence that failed

Jan 8 • ObsoleteArchive

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How Video Games Entered Japan

Epoch TV Tennis

Jan 6 • ObsoleteArchive

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How Roland Engineered the 80s

The Technical History of the TR-808

Jan 4 • ObsoleteArchive

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