BlogHide Reblurtsdarth-azrael in # retrogaming • 17 days ago • 1 min readAlien Crush (TurboGrafx-16)Video pinball games have always appealed to me since the days of Night Mission Pinball and Pinball Construction Set on my Commodore 64. Alien Crush looked to take that a step further and was not…darth-azrael in # retrogaming • 2 months ago • 4 min readThe NEC TurboGrafx-16When you think back to the 16-bit wars it's easy to think of it as being Sega vs. Nintendo because by the end, that's exactly what it was. However, for the first couple of years, Nintendo didn't…darth-azrael in # retrogaming • 3 months ago • 1 min readJ.J. & Jeff (TurboGrafx-16)J.J. & Jeff is based on an obscure (at least in North America) Japanese game show that was supposedly the inspiration for America's Funniest Home Videos. The player gets to play one of two bumbling…darth-azrael in # retrogaming • 4 months ago • 2 min readNecromancer (Atari XEGS)Atari really new how to beat a dead horse. Here we have a strategy guide being published in 1989 by an official Atari publication for a game that was released in 1987 that had also previously been…darth-azrael in # retrocomputing • 4 months ago • 4 min readThe Commodore 64The Commodore 64 has the distinction of being the best selling computer of all time. No other single model has come close. So what made the Commodore 64 so special? The Commodore 64 was not…darth-azrael in # technology • 4 months ago • 2 min readPSA: Always back up your data!Just a friendly PSA. Alway backup your data. If not the whole drive, then at least irreplaceable files like digital photos, video and important documents. These pictures show various hard drives…darth-azrael in # retrocomputing • 4 months ago • 4 min readDigital Archaeology: Codex (Floppy Disk) #5 (part 1)So far my archaeological expeditions have revealed ancient (well, 1980s anyway) porn, unidentifiable data, and an old word processor. This magnetic volume contains media of a different kind. It…darth-azrael in # retrocomputing • 4 months ago • 7 min readDigital Archaeology – Expedition #6 - eMachines T2692For this expedition I traveled on my bicycle throughout my community and surrounding communities. This was more of a leisurely journey than a true expedition but it was the evening before garbage…darth-azrael in # retrocomputing • 4 months ago • 4 min readDigital Archaeology – Expedition #5 – iMac G3 266 (Tangerine)This expedition took me out into the wilds of a community garage sale. It was, in fact, my own community and this is an event in which multiple households sell arcane artifacts of often dubious…darth-azrael in # photography • 5 months ago • 3 min readVintage Photos - Oestreicher (421-424)I had the opportunity to pick up a huge batch of slides recently. These are pictures spanning from as early as the late 1940s to as late as the early 1990s (maybe earlier and/or later but these are…darth-azrael in # fireworks • 5 months ago • 1 min readIndependence Day 2018 - Cocoa BeachAs you can see, I get a little behind when it comes to uploading videos. This video is from Independence Day 2018. I was staying at Cocoa Beach and watched the fireworks there. As there are a…darth-azrael in # photography • 9 months ago • 3 min readVintage Photos - Oestreicher (417-420)I had the opportunity to pick up a huge batch of slides recently. These are pictures spanning from as early as the late 1940s to as late as the early 1990s (maybe earlier and/or later but these are…darth-azrael in # retrogaming • 10 months ago • 1 min readAtari Jaguar Ad (1995)This ad for the Atari Jaguar is from the November 1995 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly. By this point in time, the Jaguar had been out for about 2 years. The price was already dropping…darth-azrael in # retrogaming • 11 months ago • 2 min readRedneck RampageRedneck Rampage is a first person shooter that was released for DOS based PCs in 1997. This was really more of a FPS parody. FPS games were all the...rage at the time. Doom really kicked off the FPS…darth-azrael in # retrogaming • last year • 3 min readZork III: The Dungeon MasterOnce upon a time, computer games that consisted only of text were a common thing. Sometimes called text adventures and sometimes referred to as interactive fiction, these games were truly more like…darth-azrael in # genealogy • last year • 9 min readGenealogy Mystery - Richard Wade SkaggsOne of my occasional hobbies is genealogy. I think of it as a very personal way to learn history and I've always been interested in history. I've been able to trace most of the branches of my family…darth-azrael in # retrogaming • last year • 2 min readRiver Chase (Commodore 64)River chase was a very early game for the Commodore 64. It is somewhat a clone of River Raid but is a little different. The story is unimportant but as the player, you control a boat which is trying…darth-azrael in # music • last year • 1 min readHarmony Explosion 2018 (22) – Gimme Some Lovin’Source: Harmony Explosion 2018 (22) - Gimme Some Lovin' Signature performs 'Gimme Some Lovin' at Harmony Explosion 2018 at the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Florida. View on…darth-azrael in # retrocomputing • last year • 2 min readCommodore 64/128 Education AdThis ad is from 1986 and it is trying to push the Commodore 64 and Commodore 128 to educators. While the Commodore 64 was by far the most popular 8-bit computer of all time, it never had the success…darth-azrael in # retrogaming • last year • 3 min readPSM (May 1999)PSM was among the earliest magazines for the PlayStation. Originally an independent magazine, it covered most of the PlayStation systems throughout the years, eventually becoming the Official…
