In the fourth console generation, we started getting 16-bit games, released on globally renowned systems like the Super Nintendo and the Sega Genesis, known as the Mega Drive worldwide. There were ...

We see many 16-bit retrocomputers around here based on Intel and Intel-like chips such as the 8086, 8088, V20, and similar. While they don’t seem very powerful by today’s standards, they were ...

Indeed, integrated circuitry is becoming increasingly complex. Take for example an Intel Pentium processor that contains some 30 million transistors. The magnetic structures found in hard drives ...

Connor is a writer on Game Rant. Hailing from the east coast of Scotland, with experience in the development and retail spaces of the industry, he uses his passion for games and Scottish charm to ...

When the Sega Genesis was released in the late 1980s, it ushered in a new age in home video games: the dawn of the 16-bit era. This console was created from the rib (or at least tech) of its ...

After I got my Dual Athlon rig, I booted up UT for the first time in a while... and it was AMAZING. The game play just was sooo smooth. Thought I know not a dual proc capable game, each of my new ...

Everything in the digital world is measured in bits and bytes. Following are the common components in a computer that are measured in bits. See bit and binary values. The "word" size is the number of ...

I'm not talking about a reduction in color from 24 bit to 16 (plus another channel, I know). I'm talking about 16 bit luminance values such that color setting that would take advantage of a monitor ...

Murillo Zerbinatto is a contributor from Brazil. He's an RPG enthusiast (with a focus on JRPGs) who has been around the world of games and content creation for more than five years now. He has a ...