Playing With Gravity: Exile (1988)
Realistic physics engines and a planetary ecosystem could be found in an 8-bit computer game set in SPACE! Continue reading Playing With Gravity: Exile (1988)
Category: Computing
Adventure Log #8: Fallout Demo (1997, Windows 95)
A slice of Fallout relatively unique from the game? Let’s dive in! Continue reading Adventure Log #8: Fallout Demo (1997, Windows 95)
This Way to the Internet: MSN’s Desire to Gentrify the Web in 1996
Let’s scramble over the wall into one of the walled gardens of the 90s web. Continue reading This Way to the Internet: MSN’s Desire to Gentrify the Web in 1996
Sadly Squandered Potential: Inherit The Earth: Quest for the Orb
Such potential, sadly squandered in favour of mazes, mazes, and yet more mazes. Continue reading Sadly Squandered Potential: Inherit The Earth: Quest for the Orb
Life is Like a Hurricane – Disney’s Duck Tales: The Quest for Gold (Amiga, C64, DOS, ST)
Stock trading, nature photography, mountain climbing… Wait, what? This is a Duck Tales game? Continue reading Life is Like a Hurricane – Disney’s Duck Tales: The Quest for Gold (Amiga, C64, DOS, ST)
Treasure Vaults of Y2K Anime Fandom: The Dokan Magazine Cover CDs
Spanish language Y2K-era CD-ROM anime fandom at its finest and a resource for web historians of the future.. Continue reading Treasure Vaults of Y2K Anime Fandom: The Dokan Magazine Cover CDs
Get a Clue! Appreciation and Critique of Computer Cluebooks of the Past
Praise and critique is heaped on the not-so-microtransactions of their day. Continue reading Get a Clue! Appreciation and Critique of Computer Cluebooks of the Past
Pac-Man with a Gun – Amiga PD Arcade Anarchy
Wobbly Legs, Blobs from Space, Pac-Man plus Firearm; all these I played instead of the real deal. Continue reading Pac-Man with a Gun – Amiga PD Arcade Anarchy
Adventure Log #2: Darklands (1992)
Join me as I go adventuring in Darklands’ vision of a dark fantasy 15th Century Europe. Continue reading Adventure Log #2: Darklands (1992)
Keeping Up with Commodore in the USA, Part One: Setting the Scene.
Part one of a deep dive into the Commodore 64 on the other side of the Atlantic. Continue reading Keeping Up with Commodore in the USA, Part One: Setting the Scene.
Scanline Artifacts 