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Why did Windows 95 crash the whole system but newer Windows only crashed programs?

What determined the type of error dialog being shown in Windows 3.1?

Why is the unchangable Nintendo Game Boy logo in the cartridge?

What was the difference between a Games Console and a Home Computer?

Why weren't bootable game disks ever common on the IBM PC?

Why did moving the mouse cursor cause Windows 95 to run more quickly?

Source Code Archival in early Game Developement

Why did the Apple IIe make a hideous noise if you inserted the disk upside down?

Details of video memory access arbitration in Space Invaders

How did Satoru Iwata compress Pokemon GS to fit two regions on a single cartridge?

how can I connect a scanner with Centronics 50 output to USB?

Did early assembly games use hardcoded memory locations?

Was it possible to send data over the phone-line without a modem?

What use are the data direction registers in the MOS 6526 CIA?

What is a subpixel in Super Mario Bros, and how does it relate to wall clipping?

What did the 'turbo' button actually do?

Preventing socketed chip corrosion?

What are the best file formats for backup & emulation of retro game CDs? And why?

When did game consoles begin including FPUs?

What is the most rudimentary input method a platform has ever been programmed in?

What makes accurate emulation of old systems a difficult task?

What are all the fixed addresses of AmigaOS?

How did Elite on the NES work?

Why weren't discrete x86 CPUs ever used in game hardware?

Why did Pokémon Red have so many overflow bugs?

How were arcade games developed?

Was drilling 3"5 720 KiB floppies to 'upgrade' them to 1440 KiB at all reliable?

Why was the shrinking from 8″ made only to 5.25″ and not smaller (4″ or less)?

Why did some early computer designers eschew integers?

How did people program for Consoles with multiple CPUs?