Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES)1 hour ago by darth-azrael 61 in retrogamingSuper Mario Bros. 3 (NES)Super Mario Bros. is widely considered to be the best of the Mario Bros. games and one of the best games of all time.…
MegaCon 2017: Showroom2 hours ago by darth-azrael 61 in megaconMegaCon 2017: ShowroomWalking around the showroom near the end of the day on Sunday at MegaCon 2017 in Orlando.
Super Strike Eagle (Super Nintendo)18 hours ago by darth-azrael 61 in retrogamingSuper Strike Eagle (Super Nintendo)F-15 Strike Eagle was a combat flight simulator developed for the Commodore 64, Atari 8-bit and Apple II and…
Digital Archaeology: Codex (Floppy Disk) #5 (part 3)21 hours ago by darth-azrael 61 in retrocomputingDigital Archaeology: Codex (Floppy Disk) #5 (part 3)Continuing on from my previous post, the third and final article on this floppy disk and on the subject of online…
Color Computer Magazine (January 1984)yesterday by darth-azrael 61 in retrocomputingColor Computer Magazine (January 1984)The TRS-80 Color Computer seemed like the black sheep of the 8-bit world. School's mostly used Apple IIs, Commodore…
Frenchy and the Punk - Sombrero Cabaret - Megacon 20122 days ago by darth-azrael 61 in musicFrenchy and the Punk - Sombrero Cabaret - Megacon 2012Frenchy and the Punk perform 'Sombrero Cabaret' at Megacon in Orlando, Florida. (2012-02-19)
REEVE Software (Atari ST, 1987)2 days ago by darth-azrael 61 in retrocomputingREEVE Software (Atari ST, 1987)This Atari ST ad from 1987 looks a littly shady to me. Is that supposed to be a dog looking shamefully at its own…
ResteemedSuper Donkey Kong (Coleco Adam)2 days ago by darth-cryptic 46 in retrogamingSuper Donkey Kong (Coleco Adam)Donkey Kong is one of the most famous arcade games of all time. It was released by Nintendo in 1981 and quickly became…
Pitfall II2 days ago by darth-azrael 61 in retrogamingPitfall IIThe original Pitfall was one of the classic Atari 2600 games and was the biggest seller for that system in 1982.…
MegaCon 2017: Ray Park3 days ago by darth-azrael 61 in starwarsMegaCon 2017: Ray ParkCelebrity Q&A session with Ray Park (Darth Maul). I got to see Ray Park twice this year. Once at Star Wars…
The Coleco Adam3 days ago by darth-azrael 61 in retrocomputingThe Coleco AdamOn the heels of the video game crash of 1982/83 there was the home computer boom and price war initiated by Commodore.…
Rampage World Tour (Sega Saturn, PlayStation)3 days ago by darth-azrael 61 in retrogamingRampage World Tour (Sega Saturn, PlayStation)Rampage World tour was the arcade sequel to the original Rampage arcade game. This sequel was a long time coming. The…
Digital Archaeology: Codex (Floppy Disk) #5 (part 2)5 days ago by darth-azrael 61 in retrocomputingDigital Archaeology: Codex (Floppy Disk) #5 (part 2)As mentioned in my previous post, this particular disk has three articles on it from 1983. The 2nd article is from the…
Micro Computer Devices – Selectra-Print (TRS-80)5 days ago by darth-azrael 61 in retrocomputingMicro Computer Devices – Selectra-Print (TRS-80)Apparently, 1979 was literally pre-history as far as home printers were concerned. Here we have an ad for a…
Atari XL (1200XL, 800XL, 600XL)6 days ago by darth-azrael 61 in retrocomputingAtari XL (1200XL, 800XL, 600XL)Atari's original computer line consisted of the Atari 400 and Atari 800 which were released in 1979. These were…
Frenchy and the Punk - Yes I'm French - Megacon 20126 days ago by darth-azrael 61 in musicFrenchy and the Punk - Yes I'm French - Megacon 2012Frenchy and the Punk perform 'Yes, I'm French' at Megacon in Orlando, Florida. (2012-02-19)
Shamus (Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64)6 days ago by darth-azrael 61 in retrogamingShamus (Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64)Shamus was originally released by Synapse for Atari 8-bit computers in 1982. It was soon ported to the VIC-20…
Digital Archaeology: Codex (Floppy Disk) #5 (part 1)6 days ago by darth-azrael 61 in retrocomputingDigital Archaeology: Codex (Floppy Disk) #5 (part 1)So far my archaeological expeditions have revealed ancient (well, 1980s anyway) porn, unidentifiable data, and an old…
Atari 800XL (Computer Direct, 1985)7 days ago by darth-azrael 61 in retrocomputingAtari 800XL (Computer Direct, 1985)The above ad is from the October 1985 issue of Compute! In 1985, the Atari 130XE had recently been introduced as the…
MegaCon 2017: Gina Torres7 days ago by darth-azrael 61 in megaconMegaCon 2017: Gina TorresCelebrity Q&A with Firefly's Gina Torres. One of the stars of a show that should have lasted far longer than it did...