An embedded systems engineer has successfully emulated the MSX, a vintage 1980s gaming platform, on the ESP32-S3 microcontroller—a chip typically reserved for IoT devices. The project includes VGA video output and required deep optimization to cram retro computing capabilities into modest hardware. According to Hackaday, the feat demonstrates the ESP32-S3's untapped potential as a platform for breathing new life into decades-old computing systems.

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