The Computer Magazine Archive
The Internet Archive continues to prove that it is one of the most valuable information resources on the planet. As of the time of this post, just over 18,000 editions of classic computer magazines...
Category: Retro Gaming
This Old Game – Shadow President
How’s this for an unusual premise for a game … The President of the United States is not actually the President… Well, they are, but that’s just a show for the public. Real power...
Project: Home Arcade – 8 Months Later
UPDATE – January 2, 2025 – Project Home Arcade continues to evolve. This time, I’ve upgraded an Atari VCS 800 system and am using it. UPDATE – Oct 29, 2017: I’ve swapped out the...
80’s Arcade Video Game Cabinet Marquees as Refrigerator Magnets
Last week, I discovered these refrigerator magnets based on old-school arcade game marquees1 on Amazon. It was such a great idea, and they looked cool, so I picked up some to check out the quality...
This Old Game – President Elect: 1988 Edition
Growing up, I was always a politics-geek. The maps, strategy, ‘battle-ground states’, campaigns, elections, etc, I ate it all up. I had heard of the President Elect series of games, but Strategic Simulations was pretty...
Project: Home Arcade – A Living Room PC for Classic MAME & Console Gaming
UPDATE – January 2, 2025 – Project Home Arcade continues to evolve. This time, I’ve upgraded an Atari VCS 800 system and am using it. UPDATE – Oct 29, 2017 – I’ve swapped out the...
Gamechanger – Eastern Front (1941)
In 1981, Chris Crawford was riding high (little did he know that in just three years, he’d be looking for a job). Since joining Atari in 1979, he had become a full-fledged star programmer....
Gamechanger – The Original Voodoo Chipset by 3Dfx Interactive
Often, timing is everything. In late 1996, the timing was perfect for 3Dfx Interactive, a developer of 3D video acceleration technology. As prices for EDO memory were crashing and id Software‘s Quake was becoming a massive hit...
