darth-azrael in # retrogaming • 15 hours ago • 2 min readAlien Brigade (Atari 7800)Alien Brigade is one of the relatively few games released exclusively on the Atari 7800. Alien Brigade was a rail shooter and was somewhat similar to games like Operation Wolf. It could be played…darth-azrael in # music • yesterday • 1 min readBrevard Renaissance Fair 2019 - Music The Gathering (Part 1) - I'll Tell Me MaMusic The Gathering performs "I'll Tell Me Ma" at the 2019 Brevard Renaissance Fair in Melbourne, Florida. This video was recorded by me and is hosted at Daily Motion here:darth-azrael in # comics • 2 days ago • 2 min read50 Cent Comics - Avengers #345I grabbed nearly 100 comics at MegaCon a couple of months back for 50 cents each. Avengers #345 from March 1992 is one of them. This issue drops the reader into the middle of a war between the…darth-azrael in # music • 4 days ago • 1 min readBrevard Renaissance Fair 2019 - Musical Blades - Bang Your MugThe Musical Blades perform 'Bang Your Mug' at the 2019 Brevard Renaissance Fair in Melbourne, Florida. Video originally hosted at Daily Motion here:darth-azrael in # retrogaming • 5 days ago • 2 min readTengen (Sega Genesis)Tengen is a label that Atari used to publish games on non-Atari systems. They are perhaps best known for releasing unlicensed games on the NES and a number of decent games on the Sega Genesis. This…darth-azrael in # comics • 6 days ago • 2 min read50 Cent Comics - Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man #122 (1987)At this year's MegaCon in Orlando, I bought a bunch of comic books for 50 cents each and I've been posting my score here. Next up is Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man #122. This…darth-azrael in # retrogaming • 7 days ago • 3 min readBerzerk (Atari 2600)Berzerk, as one of THE classic arcade games, of course received ports to Atari's home video game systems of the day. First up was the Atari 2600 version in 1982. Because Berzerk was a fairly simple…darth-azrael in # comics • 8 days ago • 1 min read50 Cent Comics – Spider-Woman #2 (2015)Spider-Woman #2 features a very pregnant Jessica Drew (AKA Spider-Woman). Apparently, Captain Marvel had asked her to visit the Alpha Flight hospital for a check up. Of course, with superheroes…darth-azrael in # jousting • 9 days ago • 1 min readBrevard Renaissance Fair 2019 - Jousting (1)Part of the jousting tournament at the 2019 Brevard Renaissance Fair in Melbourne, Florida. Originally uploaded on Daily Motion:darth-azrael in # retrogaming • 10 days ago • 2 min readMLB 98 (PlayStation)The PlayStation was the Sega Genesis of the 32-bit generation in terms of sports games. There were a vast number of sports games for the PlayStation but that's probably mostly because that system…darth-azrael in # retrogaming • 11 days ago • 2 min readGalaxian (Atari 5200)Galaxian was the predecessor to the ultimately more popular Galaga. It was sort of a halfway point between the evolution from games like Space Invaders, to somewhat more advanced games like Galaga…darth-azrael in # music • 12 days ago • 1 min readBrevard Renaissance Fair 2019 – The Craic Show – Part 4 (Step It Out Mary)The Craic Show performs 'Step It Out Mary' at the 2019 Brevard Renaissance Fair in Melbourne, Florida. See the video here:darth-azrael in # comics • 13 days ago • 1 min read50 Cent Comics - Astonishing X-Men #52Next up from my 50 Cent MegaCon score is Astonishing X-Men #52. The X-Men has always been one of my favorite comic franchises though I stopped reading on a regular basis long before Astonishing…darth-azrael in # retrocomputing • 14 days ago • 2 min readCompuServe (1984)It seems like there has been online dating for as long as there has been an online world. This ad from 1984 is for CompuServe, one of the centralized online services that were available before the…darth-azrael in # music • 18 days ago • 1 min readBrevard Renaissance Fair 2019 – The Craic Show – Part 3 (In Taberna)The Craic Show performs ‘In Taberna’ at the 2019 Brevard Renaissance Fair in Melbourne, Florida. Video:darth-azrael in # retrogaming • 19 days ago • 1 min readBatter Up (Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis)This ad is from 1994 and features a bat controller that was used to swing at pitches in video baseball games on the Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis. That ad isn't real specific as to which games it…darth-azrael in # retrogaming • 20 days ago • 2 min readGame Player's Guide to Nintendo Games Volume FourGame Player's Magazine consisted of numerous publications dedicated to various systems. The Game Player's Encyclopedias were large volumes typically dedicated to one system that contained summaries…darth-azrael in # retrogaming • 22 days ago • 2 min readFlight Simulator II (Tokyo)I always loved the exploration aspect of games like Flight Simulator. I don't know what it is about the wire frame graphics of the time that seemed to add to that sense of exploration. The multiple…darth-azrael in # music • 23 days ago • 1 min readBrevard Renaissance Fair 2019 - The Craic Show - Part 2 (Barentanz)The Craic Show performs Barentanz at the 2019 Brevard Renaissance Fair in Melbourne, Florida. See video here:darth-azrael in # retrogaming • 25 days ago • 2 min readArazok's Tomb (Macintosh, Amiga)Arazok's Tomb is a relatively obscure adventure for the Amiga and Macintosh that was published by Aegis Development in 1987. Aegis Development was a relatively obscure publisher that only published…
