Cold War memories from the past – High Frontier
When President Ronald Reagan announced his SDI initiative in 1983, it set off a fanciful firestorm in Hollywood and elsewhere as it quickly earned the nickname “Star Wars” for its […]
When President Ronald Reagan announced his SDI initiative in 1983, it set off a fanciful firestorm in Hollywood and elsewhere as it quickly earned the nickname “Star Wars” for its […]
On June 8th, 1984, Ghostbusters introduced the world to the giant Twinkie theory, a forty-foot marshmallow man, demon dogs, and enough subtle humor and dry wit to win over audiences […]
In an interview with Scott Stilphen over at 2600 Connection, Bob Whitehead recounts how programmers were referred to over at Atari as “towel designers” by the president of the company. […]
Developed and released in 1996 by Activision for good old Windows 95, Spycraft: The Great Game was a CD-ROM, FMV title putting the player in the classified shoes of Thorne […]
Howard the Duck’s 1986 film adaptation is considered one of the worst films ever made but I have to admit a soft spot for it as a guilty pleasure. It […]
The sequel to 1985’s Hacker from Activision was grounded in a bit more reality. The last game had speedy, underground robots that traversed the world in seconds with a dastardly, […]
Matthew Broderick’s character in 1983’s WarGames nearly starts WW3 after accidentally tapping into the military’s super-computer at NORAD, the WOPR, thanks to a chance discovery made after war dialing to […]