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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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machine head, comic strip (1983) archive.org/details/soft...
8 panels: 1st panel: computer says 'i wrote some music! i wrote some music! 2nd panel: computer owner says 'you did?', computer: 'i did. sit back, sir, and enjoy the concert' 3rd panel: computer plays music it wrote for owner as he sits with his feet up on the desk 4th panel: computer says 'well, how did you like it, pops? 5th panel: computer owner stares directly into the camera 6th panel: computer owner says 'that was cute, catchy and kinda funky.' 7th panel: computer says 'wow! thanks pops!' 8th panel: computer owner says 'that was also the theme from "donkey kong"'
June 13, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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pirates and raiders: the computer-abuser subculture, article, imagery, k-power, magazine (1984) archive.org/details/k-po...
imagery: a telephone handset, a floppy disk and a computer floating. a large face with blanked out eyes is in the background. more young people using old computers down the bottom with blanked out eyes. they must be pirates and raiders.
June 13, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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street counter, dos (1993) www.mobygames.com/game/544/sup...
the cover contains illustrations of fighters that look vaguely like (variations of) the ones from the street fighter series more because of the art style than anything. even the font is a direct ripoff (slant and color shading).
June 9, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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vampire killer, screenshot, amstrad cpc (1984) www.mobygames.com/game/73527/v...
a green protagonist in a small brick room is being bitten by yellow spider. green text: a spider bites you to death. press 'a'
September 3, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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computer graphics (1991) archive.org/details/OhX-...
a 3d isometric room with a plant a rocking chair, three armed chairs with blue inner material sitting around a coffee table, a kitchen, two doors and a set of shelves against the wall.
December 2, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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splash lake, manual, excerpt, turbografx-16 cd-rom² (1991) archive.org/details/tgxc...
illustration of a ninja fox, hovering, eyes closed, holding a scroll. text: ninja fox he can multiply himself and appear in threesomes. you won't get rid of him unless you sink all 3 at once.
December 2, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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the seven colors: legend of psy・s city, magazine screenshot, macintosh (1993) archive.org/details/ED-G...
an illustrative screen from the game of a bandaged mummy smashing the front windscreen of a car with its hand (the screen view is from the 'cockpit' of the car). greenery and trees are around. speedometers and gauges in the car are in love heart shapes and seem to be on wooden panelling.
December 2, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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last armageddon, back cover title font & screenshot, pc engine cd-rom² (1990) www.mobygames.com/game/13538/l...
screenshot: a posse of creatures including a blue orcish creature, a stone dude, a one eyed horned red creature, a green horned bull-like creature and at the forefront and in your face, a grinning skeleton totall capable of taking part in a rap battle.
December 2, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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eagle eye mysteries in london, screenshot, dos (1994) www.mobygames.com/game/19256/e...
there is a square that shows the facial portait of a purple haired woman (ms. drumright) speaking: it's not just music, either jennifer. thieves will pirate video tapes, even computer programs. any time they make an illegal copy like that, it's stealing! surrounding the purple haired woman's square and speech bubble is a rectangle of environmental pixels, showing the inside of a building. a graphical representation of jennifer is on the left hand side of the screen (brown hair, dark coat, blue-ish pants, green socks, white shoes, holding a grey square thing in her hand).
December 2, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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barney's hide & seek game, magazine screenshot & caption, genesis, mega play, magazine (1993) archive.org/details/mega...
purple dinosaur barney has a child in its grasp on a yellow platform, purple and green plants in the background. caption: grasp the kids in your powerful claws and hug them to death! just kidding.
September 2, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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sega saturn, artist’s rendition, mega play, magazine (1993) archive.org/details/mega...
wide grey machine, wide top that opens up, buttons on either side on the front rim, possibly some branding on the front. caption: here is an artist's rendition of what the 32-bit saturn machine could look like. will it be a cartridge or cd-rom based system?
September 2, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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master head, disk, atari xl/xe (1992) www.mobygames.com/game/52885/m...
disk cover imagery: standing on a platform, a round green creature with big south park eyes, red/brown gloves, red/brown shoes, red/brown thing on top of head, kinda smiling, coloured gridded rubiks style cubes behind them.
August 31, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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mask, help card, amstrad cpc (1987) www.mobygames.com/game/48867/m...
a yellow help card where you can fille out your name, address, machine type, the score you have achieved and the problem you are wanting help with. the bottom of the card says to send it to gremlin graphics software and you will receive a hint sheet.
August 30, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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illbleed, screenshot, dreamcast (2001) www.mobygames.com/game/4368/il...
earth, wooden(?) structures. overlaid is a futuristic looking pair of mechanical goggles. overlaid text below: horror monitor obtained.
November 25, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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xzr II, magazine screenshot (1988) archive.org/details/popc...
a massive levitating statue head (faces on 3 sides) is hovering above three warriors. the sky is a reddy-orange colour.
November 25, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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illustration, login, magazine (1986) archive.org/details/logi...
two floppy disks with arms and legs and holes in the middle of their faces (disk fronts) play ping pong with the disk on the right hitting the ball through the middle hole of the disk on the left and the disk on the left exclaiming 'muha!!'
November 25, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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forgotten worlds, special offer, t-shirt, inside cover, zx spectrum (1989) 'only £4.99 including postage & packing.' www.mobygames.com/game/3871/fo...
text (printed in a half circle above the t-shirt imagery): two cool dudes. one hot situation imagery: taken from the cover with the top half of two muscle-y protagonists, one white, one black, holding big space guns. the white dude is shirtless. the game font is where their bottom half would have been. small text below this: ...it all adds up to a whole lotta trouble..
November 25, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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escape from monster manor, 3do (1994) www.mobygames.com/game/12653/e...
three cloaked floating ghostly beings with wide yellow eyes, are holding knives with the ends dripping in blood (in a monor). there is also a floating dismebodied ghostly head of a creature. also a green spindly spider-like creature is in the air.
November 25, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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'absolute entertainment gave students from john f. kennedy high school, paterson, nj, a tour in recognition of national science & technology week. they saw the stages of production including paper animation, computer art, music, programming, & product testing..' (1994) archive.org/details/Elec...
students are standing (and sitting?) at a development desk set-up inside absolute entertainment's game studio.
November 24, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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promotional shot (1996) archive.org/details/deng...
an snes, controller and screen (displaying the title screen of dragon quest VI) on a wooden floor. a ball/sphere is also on the floor. a woman is standing over by a window, possibly looking over at a stand-up mirror near an adjacent wall.
December 1, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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famicom space world ’95, trade show, chiba, japan (1995) 'the show featured the public unveiling of the newly renamed nintendo 64 console, with thirteen games including the playable prototypes of super mario 64 & kirby ball 64..' archive.org/details/deng... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintend...
large banners: 'famicom space world '95' and inbetween: n64 logos on long white vertical banners. below demonstration prototypes being played by attendees with nintendo staff in branded white jackets watching on.
December 1, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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dracula, type-in listing, illustration, micom basic, magazine (1984) archive.org/details/mico...
dracula is standing at the forefront of the image, black cape, parte black hair, angry evil face, fangs (only top half of body visible). back is a church(?) a tree, the moon in the sky.
December 1, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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legend of hero tonma, print ad, excerpt (1990) archive.org/details/fami...
a crt monitor/tv set with a blue screen and, white arched eyebrows, two white dots for eyes, small diagonal white lines below and a white circle for an open mouth.
June 21, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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magazine screenshot (1984) archive.org/details/logi...
a blue/green creature sitting, its back against a wall. it is wearing something red, yellow foot wear, yellow on upper body. its mouth is wide and possibly sad. lofi pixelated.
June 23, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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totally rad, image sequence, nes (1991) www.mobygames.com/game/22106/t...
portrait of a woman (head/shoulders), brown hair, pink top, white face. text below: will he teach you his totally rad magic? portrait of a dude (head/shoulders), black hair, dark top, white face. text below: yup. he thinks i have gnarly potential.
June 20, 2025 at 2:48 PM