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 […]
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Box art from the past asks: who you gonna call? Ghostbusters!
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 […]
From the ads of the past, classic Atari games from yesteryear – Chopper Command
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. […]
From the ads of yesteryear, games from the past – Spycraft: The Great Game
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 […]
From the pages of the past, ads of yesteryear – Howard the Duck
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 […]
From the pages of the past, ads of yesteryear – Hacker II: The Doomsday Papers
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, […]
From the pages of the past, ads of yesteryear – Hacker
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 […]
From the pages of the past, ads of yesteryear – Infocom
Infocom stood as one of the giants of interactive fiction during the eighties. The ad above from 1984 was perfectly accurate — the best graphics were in the heads of […]
From the pages of the past, ads of yesteryear – Pitfall II: Lost Caverns
David Crane’s sequel to Pitfall, which he also worked on, had the worst release timing. It arrived in 1984 in the midst of the “Video Game Crash”. But like the […]
From the Atari of the past! Sims of yesteryear – Space Shuttle: A Journey Into Space
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 […]
