darth-azrael in # retrogaming • 34 minutes ago • 1 min readNintendo 64 / Taco BellThis ad is from the November 1997 issue of Nintendo Power. Apparently, around this time Taco Bell was doing a promotion in which the toys given out as part of their kids' meals was Nintendo 64…darth-azrael in # comics • yesterday • 2 min read50 Cent Comics - The Magdalena #2Next up from my 50 cent comic book score at MegaCon is The Magdalena #2. This is an Image title that I'm not particularly familiar with. It seems to follow a DaVinci Code type plot line where Jesus…darth-azrael in # retrogaming • 2 days ago • 2 min readKasumi Ninja (Atari Jaguar)Kasumi Ninja was a fighting game released exclusively for the Atari Jaguar in 1994. This is essentially the Jaguar's version of Mortal Kombat in the sense that it was an ultra violent fighting game…darth-azrael in # comics • 7 days ago • 1 min read50 Cent Comics - X-Treme X-Men #32Next up from the batch of 50 cent comics I picked up at MegaCon in Orlando this year is X-Treme X-Men #32. Back when I bought comics on a regular basis, The X-Men titles were among my favorites.…darth-azrael in # gaming • 8 days ago • 2 min readAtarian Video Game Magazine (May/June 1989)While most companies that have produced video game consoles have tried their hand at an official magazine for that console, no one ever quite had the success of Nintendo with Nintendo Power. At the…darth-azrael in # comics • 10 days ago • 2 min read50 Cent Comics - Avengers #255I've been attending MegaCon in Orlando since 1999. Mostly I go for the panels but I'll usually pick up at least one thing in the show room as a souvenir before I go home. Often, I look for cheap…darth-azrael in # music • 11 days ago • 1 min readHarmony Explosion 2018 (25) – I’ll Take You DreamingSource: Harmony Explosion 2018 (25) - I'll Take You Dreaming Main Street performs 'I'll Take You Dreaming' at Harmony Explosion 2018 at the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Florida.…darth-azrael in # photography • 13 days ago • 3 min readVintage Photos - Oestreicher (437-440)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 # 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 • 15 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 • 17 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 # photography • 18 days ago • 3 min readVintage Photos - Oestreicher (433-436)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 • 20 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 # photography • 21 days ago • 3 min readVintage Photos - Oestreicher (429-432)See the previous post in this series here. Feel free to skip the quoted intro text if you have read it before. I had the opportunity to pick up a huge batch of slides recently. These are…darth-azrael in # music • 22 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 # photography • 23 days ago • 3 min readVintage Photos - Oestreicher (425-428)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 • 24 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…darth-azrael in # astronomy • 26 days ago • 2 min readEZCosmos (DOS)This ad appeared in the Fall 1990 issue of Sierra News Magazine. EZCosmos is a DOS program developed by Future Trends Software and there were at least three version. Eventually it was acquired by…darth-azrael in # retrocomputing • 28 days ago • 3 min readZork (TRS-80)Zork has a lineage the goes back pretty much as far as computer games go and it is one of the most prolific games in existence in terms of the number of platforms it was available for. The TRS-80…darth-azrael in # retrocomputing • last month • 3 min readTRS-80 Model IThe TRS-80 Model I was Radio Shack's first computer. Introduced in 1977, it was one of the earliest home computers. The TRS-80 was based on the Zilog Z80 CPU and originally shipped with just 4K of…
