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mortal kombat, movie, print ad (1995) archive.org/details/Game...

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

a title screen for an old microzine game called 'haunted house'. lo-fi pixelated haunted house on the screen, spooky leafless trees either side, a large beware sign out the front, a pair of eyes with a question mark above, peering out of one of the windows and another set of eyes peering out of the darkness beside the house. the moon and clouds are above.

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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...

the message in caps reads: steal this code and you die... atari 1985 j.f.s.

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

carmen is in a dark room with a man sitting at 3 computers, which are playing/showing her games on the screens (the boxes are sitting to the left). rare treasures/artifacts like the mona lisa are filling up the room. the man is saying: carmen, you've stolen the hearts of millions! what next? carmen is saying: i've always wanted the panama canal! top text: the treasures of the world are disappearing right from under our noses! who will stop carmen and her devious cohorts? large bottom text: catch her if you can!

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

comic: a nappy wearing baby with a baby's bottle beside him is playing a game, back turned to the camera. text above: everyone can play hexmaster.. second panel: it's revealed that this is indeed not a baby but einstein wearing a nappy. his head is turned and he is saying: ...not everyone can win.

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3-d body adventure, pc (1995) www.mobygames.com/game/6163/3-...

a grinning human but you can only see under the skin, eye sockets, brain, skeleton, long spindly fingers, ribs, etc. ages 7 and up learning science was never this much fun!

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puzzlepanic, sprite (1985) archive.org/details/logi...

round blue creature with a yellow mohawk, large red rimmed sunglasses, red lips, no legs but feet.

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bullet-proof software, print ad, excerpt (1985) archive.org/details/logi...

a purple hooded figure creeek's open a thick wooden door. it has a staff in one hand and is announcing new games from bullet-proof software.

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leather skirts, screenshot, msx (1987) www.mobygames.com/game/209794/...

on the left is a maze with a blue and white chequered floor and blood walls. on the right is the graphic of a sex worker, floofed up blonde hair, lipstick, sitting on a chair. there is a graphical glitch across her centre. green text box: live is worth living

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the sims online, official website, excerpt (2003) web.archive.org/web/20030208...

text: valentine's day in the sims online join your friends in the sims online on valentine's day and flirt your little sim heart out (isometric screenshot of a female and male sim in a hot tub where the female is saying to the male 'you are quite precious' and the male is saying 'thanks!' text: heat things up in the new, highly anticipated love tub. flirt your way to a cuddle, massage, or maybe even a little kiss - all while soaking in the heart-shaped tub coming on february 14th.

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

e.t. standing at an e.t. arcade machine that has the words 'phone home' on the screen. it seems to be rattling and making various noises such as 'zap!', 'bam!', 'boom!' and 'whirrr!' e.t. has his long neck twisted around so that he is looking at you. he says 'wowww!'

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

big bold text: would you rather spend $40 getting burned on a bad game? photo: a boy, hand on hand, looking utterly horrified that he blew $40 on a bad game. more big bold text: or 99 cents reading about it?

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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...

illustration: a pair of hands with painted nails is holding what looks like a flip screen handheld system with a set of controls to the left and right on the bottom panel. in the middle of the bottom panel is pvs branding with a super funky slanted p. the screen is showing letters and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ underneath, which was planned as a launch title for the system. caption below the illustration reads: an artist's rendering of palmtex's pvs-the world's first palm-sized programmable game system.

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

an evil strawberry with a huge grin is chasing a dark purple piece of fruit with one leg across green pastures.

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

pre-release screenshot showing rendered skeletons walking around the street. text: dia de los muertos the mexican day of the dead festival was schafer's inspiration for grim fandango.

pre-release screenshot: manny calavera the main protagonist skeleton standing in front of someone sitting with high heels on. caption: manny calavera most of the characters, including the main skeleton, manny, have latin accents provided by latino actors. to have anyone else do them, says schafer, would be

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

a man is sitting at a computer, creating a sprite (blocky creature with arms, legs, eyes and a smiling mouth). books are on the floor: make your own sprite, sprites for all. a design of the sprite is also postered up on the wall with measurements. the man's son(?) has created the sprite out of a meccano-like set of metal strips and whatnot with sharp teeth and the real live version is tapping the man on the shoulder, who is fearfully glancing over his shoulder.

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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.

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magazine screenshot & caption (1990) archive.org/details/pc-s...

a magazine screenshot of a shareware program called 'easy format', which has a simple graphic of a computer with two disk drives on screen and on the screen of the computer graphic is the formatting progress of a floppy disk. caption: control the format of your disks - easily.

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hexmaker, pc (1998) archive.org/details/Hexm...

title font looks like scratching on wood. imagery is a horned skull, mouth open wide, sharp teeth. below, more scratched font: the first hexen II level editor authorized by id software

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magazine screenshot, login, magazine (1989) archive.org/details/logi...

a blue bird with a yellow beak, wearing red, standing on a beach, looking out to sea and beyond, painting what it sees on a computer screen with a mouse and a colour pallette tha has the letters 'r' 'g' 'b' on it.

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carrier, dreamcast (2000) www.mobygames.com/game/4461/ca...

a scarry ass looking face, long teeth bared, left eye wide open right eye just an empty socket, the image overlaid in a panicy orangey red colour.

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comic, technopolis, magazine (1982) archive.org/details/tech...

first panel shows a kid using a computer, a man in a hat and black clothes is behind him pointing a gun at him. second panel is stars and fast lines third panel is the man with the gun running away as the computer shoots floppy disks out of its multiple drives like bullets, the kid is looking back.

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tumble pop, screenshot, arcade (1991) www.mobygames.com/game/142094/...

tutorial screen text font: push button to suck up enemt (graphics show arcade stick and a rainbow arrow pointing down at the blue button on the left of a yellow button) the two protagonists, one dressed in green, the other dressed in yellow, are below, holding up their vacuum weapon thingies and sucking up an enemy to their respective left and right.

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blood omen: legacy of kain, limited edition t-shirt, from the official website (1996) 'you could win one of only 325 limited edition blood omen: legacy of kain t-shirts. simply fill out the blood donor form..' web.archive.org/web/19961225...

header: blood campaign (a old style cup is on either side of the header) below it shows the front and back of the legacy of kain t-shirt. the back shows a red face with overlaid text: eternal damnation leaves plenty of time to plan your revenge (activision and crystal dynamics branding is below).

30/8/2025, 6:22:16 AM | 30 8 | View on Bluesky | view

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can of worms, print ad, excerpts, zx81 (1982) 'fed up with the same old 1k games? we are. forget the kids stuff. get stuck in to our grown up games for jaded minds. all original. animated graphics. exquisite bad taste. not for the squeamish.' archive.org/details/your...

some illustrations and tiny text about the games included. the games included are: acne (about squeezing pimplies), vasectomy (self explanatory and the accompanying illustration is 'censored), smut (poetry or something), hitler (put a whoopee cushion under hitler's seat), dole (??), royal flush (unblock the palace sewer), reagan (he dyes his hair but the grey keeps coming. stop him from going grey and starting a war?), p's 'n' q's (just says it's in really bad taste. who knows?).

an illustration of an open can of worms text on can: zx81 1k ram can of worms not for the narrow minded

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if you punch the archived activision web address into your current browser bar brings up activision's current 404 web page

404 with an special ops army dude in the first 4, crash bandicoot in the 0 and a purple haired girl//young woman skating in the last 4. text: it's all hands on deck here. what the hell happened? error 404: page not found

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zork nemesis: the forbidden lands, manual, excerpt, downloaded from the official website (1996) web.archive.org/web/19961225...

an illustration of an elaborate looking chair with steps leading up to it. it almost looks like a throne. caption below: a thousand fingers - a most unusual chair

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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.

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illustration, technopolis, magazine (1982) archive.org/details/tech...

an illustration of a girl or young woman sitting at a computer desk, computer on top, looking toward you and smiling, one hand on the keyboard. the words 'run run' with love hearts to the right are above the computer.

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sword of kadash, commodore 64 (1985) www.mobygames.com/game/70210/s...

dude looking like ali baba with a curved sword, red vest, dark striped pants, standing against a brick wall, avoiding a swinging scythe blade. a penguin is also standing against the wall. a skeleton is approaching. a bat is flying overhead. a stone face is in the wall above.

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pinball construction set, magazine screenshot, pc-98, login, magazine (1985) archive.org/details/logi...

someone has designed a pinball table with a cat as its central graphics/theme. bumpers above the cat's head. to the right is the design user interface with options for gravity, speed, kick and elasticity.

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deus ex: the conspiracy, print ad, ps2 (2002) archive.org/details/elec...

first person view: a bathroom and a dirty sink. a hand can be seen in front of the camera. a small sign above the sink shows a pair of hand rubbing together and says: please wash hands before returning to reality in game screenshots on the right x 3.

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av poker: world gambler, manual screenshot, pc engine (1992) archive.org/details/av-p...

four cards, showing a woman in a short red dress and red and white striped knee high jester type boots on the back of each card. a blonde woman lays on top in a red bikini, suggestively posing. a text box reads in caps: change card !! credit: 850 bet: 50

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lady sword: ryakudatsusareta 10-nin no otome, pc engine (1992) www.mobygames.com/game/49459/l...

scantily clad woman are posing on the ground around a semi-naked warrior wearing a horned helmet and holding a sword skyward. behind them is a huge beaked scaley creature. two real woman's faces are shown in circles (hinting that they have no clothes on).

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megamania, manual, except, atari 5200 (1983) archive.org/details/agm_...

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awesome possum kicks dr. machino's butt, manual, excerpt, genesis (1993) web.archive.org/web/20111105... segaretro.org/images/3/35/...

awesp,e possum is standing triumphantly on a wooden tree stump on a green hill with a bee flying to their left and a rhino to the right. his fist is raised and is proclaiming in speech bubbles: with nature as my witness, i solemnly swear to seek out all those who would spoil the planet.. ..and then i'll give them a solid nooy to the backside! comic text below: and with this righteous resolution, our hero assumes the role of awesome possum!

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the hitman 2 official site is still active on the web, complete with many broken links www.hitman2.com/front.html

404: this page does not exist sorry, the page you are looking for could not be found. It's just an accident that was not intentional. image of a skateboarder, riding through a 404 image with arrows points left (meaning go back)

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hitman 2: silent assassin, official wallpaper (2002) web.archive.org/web/20040608...

a metal tray with a shiny silver bowl, a syringe and small glass bottles of a cleat substance. a scalpel is laying in the silver bowl and blood is pooled in the middle of it.

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conquest earth: "first encounter", press kit material (1997) www.mobygames.com/game/2280/co...

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what's michael?, screenshot, pc-88 (1989) www.mobygames.com/game/197462/...

a cat is sitting on its kitty litter, thinking about a floppy disk as cat's often do when they want to take a shit.

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letter art, electronic gaming monthly, magazine (2001) archive.org/details/elec...

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quinpl, msx2 (1988) gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/games/images...

kid with pink hair, wearing blue overalls and red boots, kicking a small cute pink dinosaur creature. the title font is brown cube blocks with a white letter printed on each one. a white bunny with its eyes closed is on top. a blue bird creature is in the background.

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magazine screenshot (1989) archive.org/details/MSXF...

a shadowed figured on a hill has their arms raised, one hand holding a staff, lightning coming from various angles. the word 'destruction' is above in caps red text font. the word 'red' and japanese text is below in a text box.

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inu no osanpo, arcade (2001) '..a dog walking simulation. players "walk" a virtual dog by walking on a treadmill & control the pet with a leash attached to a plastic dog in front of the player. the game was only released in japan.' archive.org/details/arca... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inu_no_...

a promotional shot showing a woman in revealing white is walking on a slanted treadmill, while looking back at the camera, smile on face, plastic dog in front. hand rails are on either side. a virtual poodle is on the screen with a virtual lead attached.

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rambo III, rutger hauer (he wasn't in the movie), genesis (1989) www.mobygames.com/game/21298/r...

a pixelized image of rutger hauer's face, short blonde hair, glassy eyes. text to the right: this dungeon will explode in 2 minutes. hurry up!

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game boy player, print ad (2003) archive.org/details/game...

the imagery is a tv screen, a black game cube and a black game boy player beneath it but disjointed to kinda show how it attaches to the gamecube. text: finally something good on tv now your favorite game boy games are on tv. just connect your game boy player to your nintendo gamecube and you're gaming on the big screen

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the history of the pricedown font (used for grand theft auto III and onwards) by ray larabie, former art director for rockstar's toronto studio (font released april 17th, 2000) mastodon.social/@jplebreton/... web.archive.org/web/20240811... gta.fandom.com/wiki/Fonts

pricedown when i released pricedown on april 17th, 2000, i had no idea the journey this font would take. it all started as my modern interpretation of pinto flare, a display typeface from the early 1970s. i was aiming for that boxy, retro de- sign that captured the essence of

grand theft auto III title font in white with thick black outline

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fanart (1984) archive.org/details/NG-N...

namco game characters, drawn lovingly including pac-man with his tongue out, mappy the police mouse, the goggled round orange creature from dig dug, etc.

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demons ring, magazine screenshot, pc-88 (1984) archive.org/details/logi...

two skeletons, each holding swords with gold coloured blades, one hold a diamond shaped green shield, the other holding a round shaped pink shield are standing either side in front of a horned entity (yellow horns, red eyes and mouth) on a purple door(?).

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fire dragon, title screen, smc-777 (1984) www.mobygames.com/game/233158/...

a hero is sitting in the windowed cockpit of a machine with guns at the top and little robotic legs. it is running away from a round green creature with yellow spots and sharp teeth. the sky is blue and there is a river to the left. title font is flame.

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epyx computer software, game studio/publisher, logo (1984) archive.org/details/ANAL...

an illustration of the thinking man, sitting down, hand on chin, head tilted forward, with 'epyx' in large black caps font and 'computer software' in smaller black caps type underneath, both to the right.

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my vision, video game console, print ad (1984) 'released in japan in 1983, the system was dedicated to playing video versions of popular board games. instead of controllers, players used a keyboard on the front of the console for input.' archive.org/details/tech... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Vision

3 game screenshots are shown, one of which looks possibly like mahjong. a photo of the console itself is shown, rectangulat, dark blue, light colour on the keyboard face; the keyboard face has 14 numbers down the bottom, 1 - 14, and a, b, c, d (in directions) and 'e' to the right. a green alien-like creature is poking its head upside down from the top of the print ad. a blue cartridge is inserted in the top.

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illustration, technopolis, magazine (1986) archive.org/details/tech...

the infamous ghostbusters sign, a knight a princess, an elf(?) a man lighting a firework, a hellicopter and two men running.

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the psychotron, pc (1994) www.mobygames.com/game/4409/th...

back is a whirling red and white pattern that looks like it's meant for hypnosis.clunky images are overlaid: a dead man, a man and woman standing near a american flag draped coffin, a helipcopter and three men sitting at a table that could either be the mafia or secret agents or government.

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snatcher, print ad (1988) archive.org/details/MSXF...

a target with the pixelized face of an evil looking robot in the crosshairs. below to the right is the protagonist, neat dark hair, wielding a large pistol/gun, determined look on his face.

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

pac-man is wearing spectacles and has hair on the sides of his head. he is eating the yellow dots as a not happy blue ghost is on his tail. the illustration is isometric.

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

header in red (looks like crayon almost): select a segagram below: a picture of sonic the hedgehog standing beside the options for segagrams: 'tude gram (presumably short for attitude) birthday gram holiday gram congrats gram spotlight gram below: pickup a segagram go to homepage

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

guy in white karate attire i kneeling and blocking as a mooing bull is charging at him. unhappy looking adjudicator wearing a blue top and black pants watches over the proceedings. in the background, cacti and patterned tents. user interface up the top of the screen.

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jones in the fast lane, prompt, dos (1991) www.mobygames.com/game/370/jon...

rent office prompt. the rent office woman (glasses,long brown hair) is saying: welcome to the rent office. don't snivel. just pay your rent and leave. (rent costs are behind the speech bubble).

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gahan wilson's the ultimate haunted house, screenshot, pc (1994) www.mobygames.com/game/7070/ga...

a roughly cartoonishly drawn house, lots of lit up windows, the left side looks like an angry face with lips and sharp teeth, a person is standing in an open trapdoor square in front of the house. statues and graves are to the right of the house. the sky is grey.

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consumer electronics show, namco booth, chicago (1990) archive.org/details/ng-n...

black and white photo: namco booth with a wall that is displaying genesis games, a player, a neatly suited booth attendant. namco branding at the top of the wall in large square letters.

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bible baseball, screenshot, apple II (1983) www.mobygames.com/game/143414/...

a green baseball field, a batter, a pitcher and down the bottom, a multiple choice first testament bible question: the prophecy of the dry bones was said by -- a> jacob b> deborah c> ezekiel

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nowotnik puzzle, oric (1984) www.mobygames.com/game/54970/n...

four versions of a man's face solving four different puzzle, one easy, one a little hard, one harder still, one infuriating. his face ranges from happy to red, angry and sweaty. in the four different pictures, he is thinking: easy, mm?, oh no!, help!

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

26/8/2025, 10:45:47 AM | 263 53 | View on Bluesky | view

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3-d body adventure, pc (1995) www.mobygames.com/game/6163/3-...

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the legend of zelda: majora's mask, magazine screenshot, n64 (2001) archive.org/details/Vide...

link has a purple magic mushroom in a jar. text box reads: you got a magic mushroom. your nose is tickled by its fragrant scent!

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milo's astro lanes, n64 (1998) www.mobygames.com/game/9199/mi...

smiling (big, wide smile, pristine teeth) dude with spiked up tall black hair, holding a shining space bowling ball. an astro lane is behind him, leading into the mouth of an alien where the skittles are. a woman with tall blue hair, wearing a pink dress is cheering him on and a green alien, wearing red and black space attire is grinning while throwing a lit bomb on the lane while he isn't looking.

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powermonger, game over screen, pc-98 (1991) www.mobygames.com/game/1993/po...

a knight is plunging a sword into someone who is spitting blood, reaching upward with one hand and holding the blade of the sword with the other as they are lying on the ground, a deathly look in their eye. a knight/a knight on a horse are slaughtering and burning buildings in the background.

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t-shirt (2000) archive.org/details/Game...

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print ad (1993) archive.org/details/tota...

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'as part of the new "smoking - who needs it?" campaign, the front of thousands of sega games will carry the special sticker with knuckles punching a packet of cigarettes. at last, videogames can do you good. show this to your parents.', uk (1995) archive.org/details/imag...

a round sticker showing knuckles, the red echidna, punching a packet of smokes. around the rim on the sticker, blue caps text: smoking - who needs it?

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the sims online, magazine screenshot, pc (2003) archive.org/details/comp...

a dark blonde woman wearing black has been knocked off a mechanical bull riding machine. she is saying 'hee'. a box above her head shows skill and speed levels.

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total distortion, screenshot, pc (1995) www.mobygames.com/game/686/tot...

horned robot demon, white eyes, bearing teeth. overlaid text

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resident evil 4, chainsaw controller (2005) archive.org/details/play...

the controller resembles a yellow blood splattered cainsaw with control buttons on top. text: let's go chopping... we're not entirely sure how you'll play a game with something so monstrous, but for the ultimate resident evil fan, the way to experience re4 is with nubytech's intimidating chainsaw controller. incorporating faux blood splatters and a sound chip that produces chainsaw sound effects, the controller also comes with a display stand for when not in use. expect it to hit retail at the same time as the game, with a price of $50.

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gamepod (2001) archive.org/details/Vide...

the gamepod is a chair attached to a metal framework that is also attached to your video game system, peripherals and crt monitor, which ofcourse are setup on metal shelves in front of the person sitting in the chair. it presents like a cockpit but with no surrounding walls. a young woman is sitting in it.

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computer gaming world, magazine, cover (1983) archive.org/details/Comp...

a woman with green skin and purple hair, horns or antlers and a rockin' bat neck thing and a dude wearing blue denim overalls and a tie are standing in front of a house. it looks like a space ship of some sort has crashed into or behind the house. text: combat leader electronic arts archon paris in danger lode runner

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magazine screenshot (1986) archive.org/details/logi...

screenshot shows a purple pig up on a stage, possibly singing into a microphone, eyes closed. another light coloured pig sits at a table looking on (crying?). a small red squid/octopus is sitting at another table with a bottle and cube sitting on the table.

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bullet-proof software, print ad, excerpt (1985) archive.org/details/logi...

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puzzlepanic, sprite (1985) archive.org/details/logi...

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fantavision, print ad, excerpt, apple II (1985) archive.org/details/inCi...

frames of a stick figure running with a shadow beneath each one text:

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videosprite, print ad, excerpt, apple II (1984) archive.org/details/in-c...

tv screen showing real people playing american football. crude sprite of an american football player is overlaid on and off the screen. big text: overlay graphics on video with the amazing videosprite

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centaur software, game studio, logo (1991/92) www.mobygames.com/company/6972...

neat black and white illustration of a centaur, holding a floppy disk with the studio title in white below.

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the simpsons: hit & run, screenshot, pc (2003) www.mobygames.com/game/10421/t...

bart dressed as bartman: 600 coins to purchase curtains behind, standing on a green circle. you only have 248 coins.

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letter to the editor & response, sega visions, magazine (1993) archive.org/details/Sega...

header: yo sega! question: how does someone become a game designer? w.r,. oakland, ca answer: it won't be long before community colleges start offering courses in video game design, but for now, you're on your own. a game designer needs to be proficient in three main areas: computer science, writing, and drawing. if you're planning on taking college courses, you should consider signing up for computer classes (programming, computer graphics, or just general computer science), writing, (journalism and creative writing courses) and art (drawing, animation). it's best to have a good foundation of skills with a specialty, so if you have a special skill, cultivate it. it also helps to be up on all the current trends in the gaming industry (as well as the history of the games - pong included). think critically about the games you play. what would you do to make them better? like any other dream career (such as ice cream taster, for example), perseverance is the key.

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war gods, magazine screenshot, playstation (1997) archive.org/details/p.-s...

two people fighting on a 3d plain, a big thick black star painted on the ground. one fighter is seemingly being dragged or weighted down by two green skeletons with red eyes.

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magazine screenshots (1987) archive.org/details/logi...

five small screenshots showing the stage of a disembodied pair of lips opening, showing an eyeball within and spitting the eyeball out (or the eyeball rolling out).

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vandal hearts, magazine screenshot, playstation (1997) archive.org/details/p.-s...

a man with long hair is sitting at a table/desk in a room with a book case, windows and crossed swords on the wall. he is saying: the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer.

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menacer, light gun peripheral, print ad, imagery (1993) archive.org/details/Sega...

a styled photo of terry banks, a sega menacer tester. the photo is top down. terry is sitting in a chair, holding the menacer, his head tilted upward to look at the camera. a pyramid of crt screen (6) is sitting in front of him with various games displayed. the wall behind the screens is littered with burnt holes, suggesting that they have been caused by the menacer.

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illustration, login, magazine (1987) archive.org/details/logi...

an illustration of two slightly curved landscape, one brick, one water. on the brick, a hero wearing a helmet with one top spike, wielding a sword, wearing a cape is fighting monsters. there is a brick throwing horned monster, a bat, a cyclops and a vaguely green, tentactle eyed monster. above is a pirate with a sword on a boat, a robot, another person on a different boat, a person on a small island with a palm tree and a happy shark (and a seagull).

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triple play 98, in development, magazine screenshot & caption, playstation (1997) archive.org/details/p.-s...

wireframe baseball player to fully rendered baseball player over 5 iterations. caption: wireframe models ensure lifelike players.

17/8/2025, 6:10:04 AM | 59 10 | View on Bluesky | view

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magazine screenshot, login, magazine (1989) archive.org/details/logi...

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carrier, dreamcast (2000) www.mobygames.com/game/4461/ca...

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the black sanctum, trs-80 coco (1983) www.mobygames.com/game/45036/t...

hooded creatures with glowing red eyes are approaching and a bat is flying in a tunnel. title font is displayed on a thin red flag across the top of the art.

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magazine screenshot & caption (1981) archive.org/details/elco...

2 gridded 3-dimensional donuts, linked together like a chain against that backdrop of interlinked circles. caption: complex 3-dimensional forms

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sight & sound music software, print ad, imagery (1984) archive.org/details/comp...

disembodied pair of eyes (in space) and hand with glowing musical notes hovering in their palms. below the hand are piano keys. shiny chrome musical notes are floating.

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computer t'shirts, print ad, excerpts (1985) archive.org/details/1985...

displayed rendering of a t-shirt that has an image of a double disk drive and keyboard on it with a screen above the the words 'i'm user friendly' on it. below the t-shirt: made in u.s.a.

other t-shirts available have the following text: let's seek, peek & poke take a byte out of me i'm user friendly happiness is a program that works i (love heart) computers available in white, pink, blue, green, grey, red and black and small, medium, large and extra large

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sound blaster, print ad, excerpt (1995) archive.org/details/comp...

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comic, technopolis, magazine (1982) archive.org/details/tech...

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tumble pop, screenshot, arcade (1991) www.mobygames.com/game/142094/...

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