NotesCall me a nerd, but when I was 12 or so I used to sit in my room with the lights off and chill out to the music & graphics from this program. No drugs involved.Unfurl
Notes"StarTTY, created by Dorian Garson, is an information “push” service designed for old serial terminals and computers than can run terminal emulators"FeedEmbedUnfurl
Notes"The top half of the console’s plastic body retained a uniformly nasty yellow-brown hue, while the bottom half flaunted its showroom shine — that native SNES gray that we all know and love."Unfurl
Notes"Welcome, brave adventurer, to the first of my in-depth feature articles exploring the history of our favorite computer game genre: The Computer Role-Playing Game, or the CRPG."Unfurl
Notes"one of the first Atari demos to show 128 colors on the screen (the beginning logo) and that was actually good music for a computer back then."Unfurl
Notes"Each keychain has a secret - they contain real games. Plug in the included 6 foot cable (on a battery powered reel) into the keychain and your TV , and you really can enjoy the games of yesteryear. Yes, you read that right: these keychains contain real AUnfurl
Notes"Development studio System 3 has scored rights to the old Epyx library of games and is already planning to bring popular titles Impossible Mission and California Games to the DS "Unfurl
Notes"For those of you not familiar with the title, it is regarded not only as the best Castlevania game ever, but also the best 2D games for the Sony Playstation. It's gameplay was very deep and the beautiful 2D graphics pushed the Playstation to its limit."Unfurl
NotesIn-browser Java applet based multiplayer Scorched Earth. "Scorched Earth 2000 is a remake of the old classic game by Wendell Hicken which was very popular in the early 1990s. This version is relatively close to the original but adds online multiplayer suUnfurl
Notes"In a nutshell, it's an annual celebration of coin operated pinball machines, video games and other novelties you once found in game arcades."Unfurl
Notes"Basically, if you're looking for old fashioned, historically significant, GOOD Action RPG, um...actionthen, Crystalis should be number 1 on your list."Unfurl
Notes"They're not the greatest rappers, but this song, "1337" is sure an awesome lyrical history of the video games, and the accompanying video is ass-kicking."Unfurl
Notes"Nintendo of Japan recently announced that through its Club Nintendo program, gamers over in Japan would be able to acquire Game & Watch Compilation, which features three classics in Donkey Kong, Oil Panic, and Greenhouse."Unfurl
Notes"an impressive Apple II hardware add-on card he designed called the "CFFA" that enables any Apple II system to use a compact flash card, IBM MicroDrive, or IDE hard drive for storage."Unfurl
Notes"Revolution owners will be able to relive their past gaming glories from the Sega Genesis console by playing a "best of" selection from more than 1,000 Genesis titles, as well as games sold for the TurboGrafx console (a system jointly developed by NEC andUnfurl
Notes"Akumajou Densetsu, or the Japanese version of Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse, uses the VRC6 chip, which provides for three extra sound channels (in addition to the Famicoms original five)."Unfurl
Notes"Though it has just 16-bit graphics and a CPU which can’t even power one of today's cell phones, this is arguably the best console gaming system of all time."Unfurl
Notes"Twenty years ago this week -- February 21, 1986 -- thousands of Japanese gamers played The Legend of Zelda for the first time, and their perspective on gaming was forever changed."Unfurl
Notes"Did the BBC use a cheap home computer from 1981 to simulate the advanced computing power of hundreds, even thousands of years into the future?"Unfurl
Notes"Kevin Reilly on comp.sys.sinclair uncovered some unintentional humour in season 1, episode 13 of CSI: Miami which UK-based geeks of a certain age will appreciate."Unfurl
NotesBest music video that has nothing to do with the song itself ever. Tells the story of the Atari 2600 game ET, including a bonus visit to the landfil where the game is buried.Unfurl
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