Retro Computers

The first personal computer for under $200.

"At Tengen, we take only the best hits from the arcade and make them available for play on your computer. We let the incredible action in our games do all the talking. Besides, with the roar of excitement in our ears, you can't hear our words anyways." (Source.)

I keep finding signs of first- and second-gen furries in the pages of early computer user groups. (Source.)

The Simpsons (C64, 1991)

While the early microcomputer era allowed you to get dozens of pieces of software for a very low price right from your newsstand or library rack, there was also inevitably errata to follow - unless you did painstaking bug hunting yourself.

The Seven Cities of Gold (Amiga, 1985)

Germany, I have only one question for you: explain

"What do you want the Austin Powers game to be?" "A complete DOS, Windows, and Symbian emulator on the Game Boy Color." "Can you get it done by Black Friday?" "I can get part of i-" "Good, next."

Micros in the 80s had a hard go of it; many were wary of new machines due to support durations that could be as little as months or weeks. But it was possible to break these trends - as with this 1988 game for the Basic Master Jr. from 1981. (Source.)

The Memorex VIS: It's CD-ROM ON YOUR TV!

FM Towns Marty (Fujitsu, 1993)

From the FAQ for alt.tv.vr5, a little guide on how to use the Internet. (Source.)

LEARN TO TYPE OR GET BLOWN TO BITS.

The year is Heisei 11, and you're on the market for an amplifier. Why go with another plastic wall wart hanging off the back of your sound center, when even the amplifier can look like a work of digital art? (Source.)

WORD PROCESSING HAS NEVER BEEN SIMPLER

Why did the JX fail? Perhaps selling a 64kb computer for $2115 while Commodore was rolling out a 128kb machine for $299 has something to do with it.

Teens & Violence: Should We Blame The Games? (Source.)

Get ready for the hottest Atari deals of '91! (Source.)

The 'Sonic CD' part of a Japanese promotional pamphlet. It is one of the rare instances of using the Poh-Bee badnik artwork (on the right) shooting, rather than having a spiked mace attachment.

KNIGHT'S QUEST (Source.)

People have been complaining that "In my day, we had to OPTIMIZE our code" since the dawn of computing. Here's a pull quote from 1977. (Source.)

COMPUTER GRAPHICS

COMPUTERS PUT PEOPLE OUT OF WORK (Source.)

Over its history, Commodore Business Machines had three different small aircraft; by the 80s, they were nicknamed the PET JET.

Knights of Xentar (1995) (Source.)

FREE! Special LIVE recording of RELAX! (Source.)

Forbes: Corporate Warrior (1997)

"Over 600 local access numbers are available across the country..." (Source.)

Total Back Up Power Takes A Quantum Leap!

THE HULK HAS GONE SOFT

What's up with my posts today? Oh, nothing.

The ICL System 4

The Tandy Model 4

The Agat 4

The Commodore Plus/4

There's just something about red computers.

"It is the year 2101 and war has broken out between Earth and the distant planet Zekloke. This alien power has established a large military complex on Mars which will soon become a great danger to Earth..." Sneak into an alien complex and save humanity in OPERATION: SABOTAGE, new from SoftSide.

COMPUTES, "REASONS," PLAYS GAMES

"BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY for quality Games Software Programmer..." (Source.)

SKATE OR DIE

After years of being passed over for languages supposedly faster and sleeker... BASIC IS BACK (Source.)

There's more than one way to learn how to count in hex. (Source.)

THE OPTICAL FILE CABINET (Source.)

something ineffable was lost when the brits stopped making british games

"Robots might soon have to save humans from having to deal with society's oldest and newest crises: warfare and hazardous waste..."

Power Dolls (DOS, 1994)

Det Bedste Software Fra Danmarks Bedste Distributør! (Source.)