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a meditation on videogame (w/ occasional technology and web) history. donate to my ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/moshboy/ also find me on mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@moshboy nfaq: https://pastebin.com/vUmrYKx6
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trump castle 3, installation, sound configuration options, dos (1993) www.mobygames.com/game/39044/t...

questions & answers, excerpt, video, magazine (1978) archive.org/details/0101...

imagery, compute!, magazine (1992) archive.org/details/1992...

magazine screenshot (1983) archive.org/details/vide...

illustration (1983) archive.org/details/dyna...

print ad, excerpt (1983) archive.org/details/vide...

cogans run, game over screen, amiga (1987) www.mobygames.com/game/75982/c...

kingdom of hamil, manual, amstrad pcw (1987) mocagh.org/loadpage.php...

skull island, sega sc-3000 (1984) mocagh.org/loadpage.php...

kingdom: the far reaches, cd-i (1995) www.mobygames.com/game/4788/ki...

print ad, excerpt (1992) archive.org/details/1992...

heavyweight champ, arcade cabinet (1976) 'considered a lost video game, there is little footage of the game in action online, with the only known footage sourced from a news report from 1977.' lostmediawiki.com/Heavyweight_... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavywe... flyers.arcade-museum.com/videogames/s...

rolling thunder 2, flyer, arcade (1991) flyers.arcade-museum.com/videogames/s...

ultima: quest of the avatar, magazine screenshot, nes (1991) archive.org/details/Game...

s.c.i.: special criminal investigation, unused graphics, arcade (1989) tcrf.net/S.C.I.:_Spec...

palmtex pvs (portable videogame system), prototype illustration (1983) after rebranding to "super micro", the console was finally made available through mail order sometime in 1984. archive.org/details/vide... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmtex...

dr. fruit, title screen, amiga (1987) www.mobygames.com/game/53130/d...

castlevania, screenshot, amiga (1989) www.mobygames.com/game/2062/ca...

paperboy, hidden developer message, arcade (1985) 'this hidden message is at 0x751B9 in the main cpu. j.f.s. is programmer john salwitz.' tcrf.net/Paperboy_(Ar...

magazine screenshot, excerpt (1992) archive.org/details/1992...

dino cards, screenshot from the official website, pc (1996) web.archive.org/web/19970113...

true crime: new york city, screenshot, pc (2006) www.mobygames.com/game/20275/t...

metal black, boss, arcade (1991) www.mobygames.com/game/68682/m...

super bust-a-move: all stars, manual, gamecube (2003) www.mobygames.com/game/3551/su...

letter to the editor, computer gaming world, magazine (2001) archive.org/details/comp...

balance of power, game over screen, msx (1988) mobygames.com/game/259/bal...

grim fandango, tim schafer talking about the game in early development (1997) archive.org/details/Comp...

illustration, msx computing, magazine (1985) archive.org/details/msx-...

mitsubishi ml-f120 msx computer (1984) archive.org/details/msx-...

lorna, user interface, atari st (1990) www.mobygames.com/game/14242/l...

tomba!, print ad, playstation (1998) www.mobygames.com/game/9214/to...

tax attack, print ad (1983) archive.org/details/soft...

phoenix wright: ace attorney, manual, excerpt, nintendo ds (2005) archive.org/details/pwaa...

happy 810 enhancement kit, print ad, atari 400/800 (1983) archive.org/details/soft...

magazine screenshot (1990) archive.org/details/oh-p...

you don't know jack: volume 3, print ad, imagery (1997) archive.org/details/Comp...

video reality, from the official southpeak studio website (1997) web.archive.org/web/19971008...

carmen sandiego series, print ad, imagery (1988) archive.org/details/pcre...

brutal: paws of fury, map screen, dos (1995) www.mobygames.com/game/2929/br...

karate champ, screenshot, arcade (1984) www.mobygames.com/game/7793/ka...

segagrams, from the official sega homepage (1997) web.archive.org/web/19970327...

hiroshi iuchi, founding member and former employee of game studio, treasure (2002) archive.org/details/arca...

neo-geo land - 'a chain of indoor amusement parks w/ 3 locations in osaka. this particular spot was made into the company's showroom for their pachinko-slot machines & various merchandise. they opened in 1994 & closed on january 24, 2004.' archive.org/details/arca... snk.fandom.com/wiki/Neo_Geo...

illustration, oh!x, magazine (1988) archive.org/details/oh-x...

xbox live, print ad, imagery (2003) archive.org/details/fami...

dark chronicle, screenshot, ps2 (2003) www.mobygames.com/game/9224/da...

print ad, imagery (2006) archive.org/details/pc_w...

blinx: the time sweeper, print ad, xbox (2003) archive.org/details/fami...

fanart (1989) archive.org/details/MSXF...

dead or alive 3, print ad (2002) www.mobygames.com/game/5371/de...