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Screen-print style illustration of a teenager playing a stand-up arcade cabinet in a dark arcade, the screen glowing with line drawings
How Vector Arcade Games Drew With Lines: Asteroids, Tempest and the Vectrex
by Newretro.Net
Screen-print style illustration of a man in a suit checking a pager on his belt in front of a row of payphones
How 80s Pagers Worked, and What 143 and 07734 Meant
by Newretro.Net
Screen-print style illustration of a teenager carrying a huge dual-speaker boombox on his shoulder down a city sidewalk
The 80s Boombox: Ten D Batteries, Two Decks and the Sound of the Street
by Newretro.Net
Screen-print style illustration of a stack of blank VHS tapes with blank labels on a wooden shelf beside a boxy VCR
T-120, T-160, E-180: What the Numbers on a VHS Tape Actually Mean
by Newretro.Net
Screen-print style illustration of a finger pressing the tiny buttons of a chunky calculator watch on a man's wrist
80s Digital Watches: From a $2,100 Gadget to a Calculator on Every Wrist
by Newretro.Net
Screen-print style illustration of a kid playing a video game in front of a boxy CRT television in a wood paneled den
Why Retro Games Look Better on a CRT: Scanlines, 240p and Duck Hunt
by Newretro.Net
Screen-print style illustration of a 1980s car dashboard at night with a glowing cassette stereo and equalizer
80s Car Stereos: Cassette Decks, Pull-Outs and the War on Radio Thieves
by Newretro.Net
Screen-print style illustration of a musician standing behind a stack of analog synthesizers and a drum machine in a dim studio
The Machines That Made the 80s Sound: 808, DX7, Juno-60 and More
by Newretro.Net
Screen-print style illustration of a man with a shoulder-mounted camcorder filming a family around a living room Christmas tree
The 80s Camcorder: Betamovie, VHS-C and Why Home Video Looks Like That
by Newretro.Net
Illustration of a man in suspenders talking on a huge brick-style mobile phone at night
What Things Cost in the 80s, Adjusted So It Actually Means Something
by Newretro.Net