The 1980s were the heyday of the venerable Z80, a processor that found its way into innumerable home computers, industrial systems, and yes — arcade machines. However, not everyone had a Z80 ...

One of Microsoft's artificial intelligence systems has conquered the 1980s video game Ms. Pac-Man. The team, from Microsoft-owned Canadian AI firm Maluuba, achieved the perfect score of 999,990.

Pac-Man, the bright yellow, dot binge-eater and ghostbuster debuted 40 years ago on May 22 in his very own video game. The first Pac-Man machine was placed in a cinema in the trendy Tokyo district ...