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From the Atari of the past! Sims of yesteryear – Space Shuttle: A Journey Into Space

November 12, 2012by Reggie C. Leave a comment

Despite the hardware limitations of the Atari 2600, clever programmers found ways to make the most out of it in surprising ways. Take this “game” for example which seems as […]

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From the pages of the past! Ads of yesteryear – Chernobyl: Nuclear Power Plant Simulation

July 25, 2012by Reggie C. Leave a comment

On April 26, 1986, the Chernobyl disaster tragically destroyed countless lives when one of its reactors went into meltdown causing the worst nuclear disaster in history. Almost a year later […]

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From the pages of the past! Ads of yesteryear – Joe Montana Football

June 10, 2012by Reggie C. 1 Comment

Joe Montana showed up at Microsoft’s press event for E3 to show off the new voice commands for Madden NFL 13 via Kinect. Much respect for Joe’s contributions to the […]

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From the pages of the past! Ads of yesteryear – System Shock

June 6, 2012by Reggie C. 1 Comment

Seeing Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs on their E3 feed made me think of another cyberpunk-like title back in the day. 1994, to be exact. In the year that saw Wing Commander […]

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From the pages of the past! Ads of yesteryear – Wing Commander Prophecy

May 25, 2012by Reggie C. Leave a comment

Chris Roberts, Wing Commander’s creative founder and the man who directed its transformation into an interactive movie, took the next big step in his career by leaving Origin to found […]

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From the pages of the past! Ads of yesteryear – Inherit the Earth

May 7, 2012by Reggie C. Leave a comment

One alternative to the awfulness of Maabus was a traditional antidote such as Inherit the Earth. Created by The Dreamer’s Guild and published by New World Computing, it was a […]

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From the pages of the past! Ads of yesteryear – Cyberia

April 29, 2012by Reggie C. Leave a comment

Cyberia was one of those games that caught the CD-ROM wave back in ’94 for PCs by packing in CG sets, articulated CG figures, digitized explosions, and a great soundtrack. […]

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From the pages of the past! Ads of yesteryear – Deathlord

April 5, 2012by Reggie C. Leave a comment

Here’s a little known CRPG from EA from ’87. It was tile-based and top down just like the early Ultimas but that’s where the similarities ended. It billed itself as […]

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From the pages of the past! Ads of yesteryear – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

March 24, 2012by Reggie C. Leave a comment

Recently, Michael Bay had received a lot of flack for a comment he had made on the upcoming TMNT movie he’s producing. Specifically, on making the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles […]

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From the pages of the past! Ads of yesteryear – River City Ransom

March 20, 2012by Reggie C. Leave a comment

One of my favorite games from the NES days is, without a doubt, River City Ransom by Technos Japan. Released in ’89, it’s a beat ‘em up with a simple […]

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