Tom’s Hardware reported that Russian chip-related hardware ran classic games at Microelectronics 26 (ME26) in Sochi. Its account described a BE-U1000-based controller-and-console display, an NES-styled Ushka console, a Hypercom-U board and MCST Elbrus-based PCs (Tom’s Hardware).
An X post by @cantworkitout, dated October 11, 2026, described the game-related displays at ME26. https://twitter.com/cantworkitout/status/2109235423314674070
The games tied to the demonstrations
Tom’s Hardware said the game on the Baikal-related display appeared to be Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers. It also reported that the Hypercom-U board ran the original Super Mario. The account placed MCST Elbrus-based PCs among the event displays.
What Baikal says the BE-U1000 is for
Baikal Electronics describes the BE-U1000 as a three-core RISC-V microcontroller, with two CloudBEAR BR-350 cores and one BM-310 core. The company positions it for industrial B2B and B2G applications, listing UAVs, industrial automation, meters, safety sensors, I/O devices, IoT and motor control among its uses (Baikal Electronics).
That industrial focus puts the game display in context: the demonstration paired the chip with a classic game, while Baikal’s listed applications center on embedded industrial systems. Elvees describes the K1892VM21YA system-on-chip associated with the Hypercom-U board for multimedia, navigation, communications, smart cameras, single-board computers, robotics and AI applications (Elvees).
Contemporary chips and Soviet arcade history
The ME26 account concerns contemporary chip hardware running older games. Pixfans’ account of Soviet arcade production covers machines manufactured from the late 1970s through the early 1990s (Pixfans; Tom’s Hardware).
