This week we yoink another NES emulator from the App Store, discover a new Konami code, and outpeform a quantum computer with a Commodore 64. Plus: the end of a robotics era — and the beginning of another one?

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• MOMENTOUS

• The MOMENTEAM

• MOMENTOUS Live podcast

FOLLOW-UP

• 5 Unexpected Places to Put Your Apple AirTags

• Ubisoft Responds to Star Wars Outlaws Season Pass Backlash, Insists Jabba the Hutt Is Part of the Experience for All Players

• A new NES emulator was briefly available on the Apple App Store

RETRO GAMING/COMPUTING NEWS

• A new Konami Code has been discovered, 25 years after this Castlevania first came out.

• Commodore 64 claimed to outperform IBM's quantum system — sarcastic researchers say 1 MHz computer is faster, more efficient, and decently accurate

• 8BitDo’s $100 wireless mechanical keyboard is a tribute to Commodore 64

• Mastodon for Apple II (][+, //c, IIe, and IIgs)

ROBOT NEWS

• Apple explores frontier of personal robotics with innovative home devices

• Boston Dynamics Retires Atlas With Video of the Robot's Coolest Jumps and Most Spectacular Falls

• Boston Dynamics Atlas robot, 2013-2024

PICKS

• We Call It Imagineering | Audio-Animatronics

• True Detective Season 4

• Epic Games & More

• Fan Favourites Games & Movies

• Hometech Games Plus

PROJECTS

• The Best Free and Paid Workout Apps 2024

• Pushing the limits of AI chatbots 🔴 AI Named This Show