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Anyone remember having to wait sometimes as long as 30 minutes for a download… just to update the thing you needed to play 😭🎮 #WiiU #GamingStruggles #RetroVibes #NintendoLife #GamerProblems Tom Page CC BY-SA 2.0 (flickr.com/photos/tompage…)

How many Pikmin should follow the player? #shigerumiyamoto #e3

Sega 32X with the shielding removed—two extra 32-bit processors strapped onto a Genesis in 1994, proving the “just add more hardware” upgrade strategy was alive and well in the cartridge era. #Sega32X #SegaGenesis #MegaDrive #RetroHardware #90sGaming Public domain (Evan-Amos)

Retro Spelsmässan is one of Scandinavia’s largest retro gaming conventions classic consoles, cartridges + gaming memorabilia spanning Atari, Nintendo, Sega, and other early systems. 🎮 #RetroGaming #GameCollectors #GamingHistory #RetroConvention Anon user 1 — CC0 Public Domain

PlayStation 3 development kit on display in 2006.  PS3 Debug menus and long compile times were typical.  But they also shaped the games that defined the generation. #PS3 #PlayStation3 #DevKit #GameDevelopment #GamingHistory #ps3games Major Nelson (CC BY 2.0)

Before built-in Wi-Fi was standard, this PS2 Network Adaptor (SCPH-10281) was how you got online.  Ethernet cable plugged in, HDD installed, and suddenly SOCOM nights became a thing. An entire new world. #PlayStation2 #PS2 #RetroGaming #OnlineGaming Deni Williams (CC BY 2.0)

Lemming stop sign art spawning of course from the classic on our beloved Commodore Amiga, reminding us someone still needs to build the bridge. #Lemmings #CommodoreAmiga #RetroGaming #StreetArt #VideoGameHistory #amiga500  Freedom of panorama (Spain, RDL 1/1996 Art.35)

Original Xbox CPU was a 733 MHz Intel “Coppermine” Pentium III at the heart.  So it was basically a PC processor dropped into a game system.  #OriginalXbox #Xbox #RetroGaming #ConsoleTeardown #GamingHistory Diego Torres Silvestre (CC BY 2.0)

Atari Jaguar kiosk in-store, complete with those iconic glowing eyes.  In the 90s retail gaming when demo stations were how you decided your next system purchase. #AtariJaguar #RetroGaming #90sGaming #GameStore #VideoGameHistory CC BY 2.0 (Flickr source)

U.S. Navy sailors taking a well-earned break with a video game competition below deck.  Teamwork doesn’t stop when the mission pauses. 🎮⚓ #USNavy #MilitaryLife #Esports #Teamwork #GamingCulture

FujiNet and Meatloaf bringing modern networking to 8-bit machines.  Loading software over Wi-Fi on hardware built decades before the internet went mainstream. 8Bit with modern connectivity! #FujiNet #Meatloaf #8BitComputing #RetroComputing #VintageTech vaxomatic (CC BY 2.0)

GameCube teardown: disc drive (left), main board w/heat sink (center), controller board (right). Compact engineering behind the 6th-gen console. + at least 1 screw that vanished into the carpet forever. #GameCube #Nintendo #ConsoleTeardown #GamingHistory Ray Dehler (CC BY 2.0)

Inside the Nintendo GameCube: its mini disc drive engineered for proprietary 8cm mini-DVD disc, designed to reduce piracy. Also the reason your friend’s burned “backup” never worked. #GameCube #Nintendo #RetroHardware #ConsoleTeardown #GamingHistory Ray Dehler (CC BY 2.0)

Vault Boy statue at the Bethesda Fallout 4 booth during EB Games Expo 2015, displayed alongside a hammered and irradiated car!  We love you Bethesda! #Fallout4 #Bethesda #EBGamesExpo #efunstar  Philip Terry Graham (CC BY 2.0)

2011 Manhattan Beach CA:  The programmers and designers responsible for many of Intellivision’s most influential titles. A rare look at the people who helped define early console gaming. #Intellivision #RetroGaming #GameDevelopers #VideoGameHistory Doug Kline (CC BY 2.0)

Ubisoft promotional model promoting their upcoming titles at Tokyo Game Show in 2010 #TokyoGameShow #Ubisoft #GamingIndustry #classicgaming #wii  #VideoGameHistory Le vent dans les dunes (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Under the neon lights, every suspect looks guilty. 🕵️‍♂️🎮 “L.A. Noire” – PAX East 2011 #LANoire #RockstarGames #PAXEast #GamingHistory #RetroGaming Kyle James (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Monday....We kept trying to load it... but this kept happening. #gurumeditation #amiga #amigascene #boingboing

Ready...set....LOAD “*”,8,1. The Atari 800XL (1983) had a whopping 64KB of RAM and built-in BASIC.  Unlike Apple, it was one of most powerful and affordable home computers of the early 80s #Atari800XL #RetroComputing #80sTech #VintageSetup #FloppyDisk stiefkind CC0 1.0

SNK Neo-Geo brought home the power of the arcade for those who could afford it.  It came at a hefty price of $649.99 in 1990 when U.S. federal minimum wage was $3.80/hour #NeoGeo #SNK #ArcadeAtHome #RetroGaming #CartridgeEra Frédéric BISSON, CC BY 2.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.…)