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
Tag: retrocomputing
At First Blush: Tuned Heart (1996, PC-98)
Riding a PC-98 highway to the crime zone of the future. Continue reading At First Blush: Tuned Heart (1996, PC-98)
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
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.
My First Gaming Generational Shift
Where I wax nostalgia about a great leap from 8 to 16 bit. Continue reading My First Gaming Generational Shift
The Adventures of Robin Hood: The Forgotten Open-World Game Pioneer
What if you wanted to be part of a living sandbox world that, given the opportunity, runs independent of your involvement but will react and change according to your actions? Such a game would be years away from those 16-bit days, right?
Wrong. It existed in 1991. Continue reading The Adventures of Robin Hood: The Forgotten Open-World Game Pioneer
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