Top: Don Gilman, a pioneer of early computer games, holds up an "antique" Radio Shack laptop used widely in the Õ80s. The piece belongs to "Computer Game Making in the '80s," an exhibit on display at ...

Video games are back bigger and more inventive after being nearly zapped from the market, popularity peaked in 1983 but this industry was bloated with hundreds of firms producing thousands of games.

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Who doesn’t remember PC games such as Maniac Mansion, the King’s Quest series and the dubious adventures of Leisure Suit Larry or software such as Microsoft Works and Lotus Smart Suite? These titles ...

Microsoft just turned Xbox Game Pass into a retro lover’s paradise. With 50+ classic games from the 80s and 90s now playable, your childhood favorites are back, and they brought the heat. The retro ...

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Today's games have forgotten the lessons of history, according to veteran RPG developer and Fallout co-creator Tim Cain. In a ...

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