Back in the day, video games (computer or console based) were coded up on slow microcomputers with small amounts of memory. This created a breed of programmers versed in squeezing every last drop of performance out of those systems. Here’s a kit that lets you try your hand at writing such code (with a few modern conveniences, such as an 80MHz Scenix microcontroller).

http://makezine.com/xgamestation/