The Hidden Empire, the 1995 LucasArts sequel that pushed Star Wars deeper into CD-ROM spectacle and FMV ambition.

Michael Block is a 14 time GLAM Award nominated writer, producer, and host of the podcast Block Talk. Throughout his time in the entertainment industry, he has worked on and off Broadway as a stage ...

Sony PlayStation is ending physical game discs by Jan 2028, transitioning to a digital-only model. Understand the industry ...

At one time, Floppy drives, CDs, and DVDs were a primary source of external storage for many before USB storage devices took over. Nowadays, many devices do not even come with a built-in CD or DVD ...

CD-ROM emulation on the PicoGUS emulates a Panasonic/MKE interface and drive and supports CD images in ISO or BIN/CUE stored on a USB drive plugged into the USB port on the PicoGUS. CD-ROM emulation ...

As we celebrate Xbox's 25th anniversary this year, we've been looking into the archives and reminded ourselves of Soundtrack 1: The Definitive Xbox Compilation - a CD that featured the likes of The ...

To fix various driver issues on your PC, you will need a dedicated tool to find the freshest and the original drivers. You can use PC HelpSoft Driver Updater to do it in 3 easy steps: Many users ...

The first workable digital compact disc device, the precursor to now-ubiquitous CD/DVDs, was invented in the late 1960s by the American physicist James Russell. In 1953, Russell earned his Bachelor’s ...

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These days, very few of us use optical media on the regular. If we do, it’s generally with a slot-loading console or car stereo, or an old-school tray-loader in a desktop or laptop. This has been the ...

ROME, N.Y. -- Today marks National CD Player Day, and an interesting fact is that the inventor of CD-ROM technology was from Rome. John Dove was born on June 4, 1924, in North Carolina. After serving ...

I recently finished Harry McCracken’s excellent article about the CD-ROM’s rise in the mid-1990s, and it made me realize that I had never really explored Apple’s early CD hardware. Depending on how ...