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Independent games researcher, Ethan Johnson. Preserving gaming history! Patreon: http://tinyurl.com/pdp5pdrj YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@play_history/videos Blog: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ Editor of Gaming Alexandria

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Play History@playhistory.bsky.social · 7h ago

Had a chat today with John Pomeroy, animator extraordinaire, to get some of the Don Bluth perspective on Dragon's Lair! It's always great to get a chance to talk with an artist who helped shape your life, and his stories were quite vivid!

1983-09 Electronic Entertainment pg 31. John Pomeroy looks over cell sheets for Dragon's Lair, specifically the final battle with Singe.1983-09 Electronic Entertainment pg 30. John Pomeroy looks over Dragon's Lair's storyboards.
Play History@playhistory.bsky.social · yesterday

I've been getting a lot of inquiries through my blog lately - legitimate ones from other people involved with research! Never hesitate to reach out. There's a lot of collective knowledge out there and we only publish so much!

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@ourlostarcade.bsky.social · last wk.

Nearly 60 years after the "lollipop" scale boom, they were still trying to convince the masses to weigh themselves in public. Watling Manufacturing had their line of Tom Thumb scales - strikingly painted and featuring no finicky springs (like that dumb pinball game).

A standard Tom Thumb weighing machine by Watling Mfg. https://www.arcade-museum.com/Vending/tom-thumb--watling1947-10 The Coin Machine Journal pg 58. Advertisement for the Junior Tom Thumb Scale sold by Watling Mfg.A gray version of the Junior Tom Thumb Scale. https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1933-watling-tom-thumb-jr-penny-scale-164410521
SEGA-16@sega-16.bsky.social · last wk.

Hey! My latest book, "Sega Goes Handheld: A History of the Game Gear and Its Games," is on sale at Amazon! If you like the Game Gear, you might like to read on its development and worldwide release! www.amazon.com/Sega-Goes-Ha...

Sega Goes Handheld: A History of the Game Gear and Its Games: Horowitz, Ken: 9781476697710: Amazon.com: Books

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Play History@playhistory.bsky.social · last wk.

Over the years there have been a number of Steve Jobs memos associated with Atari auctioned (for big money). Most recently is what appears to be consultancy work he did for Atari just before founding Apple on a machine called Astrochart.

Front page of Steve Jobs' proposal for a horoscope machine, titled "Where Are the Stars?" to Atari Inc' head engineer Stephen Bristow. https://www.rrauction.com/auctions/lot-detail/350817407346012-steve-jobs-hand-annotated-atari-horoscope-program-report-and-memo-to-stephen-bristow-with-all-one-farm-design-invoice-blank/?cat=0A memo directed to Stephen Bristow from Steve Jobs regarding the astrology-based machine he was consulting on called Astrochart. https://www.rrauction.com/auctions/lot-detail/350817407346012-steve-jobs-hand-annotated-atari-horoscope-program-report-and-memo-to-stephen-bristow-with-all-one-farm-design-invoice-blank/?cat=0
@ourlostarcade.bsky.social · 2w ago

Hands to the skies! Bally's Gunsmoke is a classic Dale Gun style game. It's also actively competitive against the machine, with the outlaws able to score points if your aim or your trigger finger are too slow.

A Gunsmoke shooting game cabinet by Bally. https://www.pinrepair.com/arcade/gunsmok.htmA view of the Gunsmoke playfield in an old west town. https://www.pinrepair.com/arcade/gunsmok.htmOne page, black and white flyer for Bally's Gunsmoke as distributed by Paster Distributing of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. https://www.pinrepair.com/arcade/gunsmok.htm
@ourlostarcade.bsky.social · 2w ago

Predecessors to the modern slot machine - like this Reliance Novelty trade stimulator - used a full suit of cards to land poker hands for prize redemption. Play for cigars or more - and admire the chassis.

Front of a Reliance trade stimulator by Reliance Novelty. Oddly, a Mills Novelty redemption card is stuck into the top. https://www.lot-art.com/auction-lots/1-RELIANCE-NOVELTY-CARD-FLIP-POKER-TRADE-STIMULATOR/1039-1c_reliance-29.10.20-morphyA more authentic trade card for the Reliance trade stimulator. https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1897-reliance-novelty-trade-1900568450The Reliance trade stimulator by Reliance Novelty, showing the cards in their read position. https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1897-reliance-novelty-trade-1900568450
shmuplations.com@shmuplations.bsky.social · 2w ago

Just in time for the Halloween season, this week we have a Resident Evil interview from 1999 with director Shinji Mikami! He talks about his early Disney games, Sweet Home, Romero's zombie movies, and the kind of horror he wanted to explore in Resident Evil. shmuplations.com/residentevil/

Resident Evil – 1999 Developer Interview - shmuplations.com

This spooky Resident Evil interview with creator Shinji Mikami originally appeared in the January 1999 edition of gM magazine.

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Kay Savetz@savetz.bsky.social · 2w ago

I interviewed John Victor, founder and president of Program Design Inc., one of the earliest publishers of educational software. PDI created dozens of educational software titles and games for Atari 8-bit, Commodore PET and 64, TRS-80, Apple II, and TI computers. Video version: youtu.be/t8vYoJTd1vg

ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast: ANTIC Interview 466 - John Victor, Program Design Inc.

John Victor, Program Design Inc.   John Victor was founder and president of Program Design Inc., one of the earliest publishers of educational software. Based in Greenwich CT, PDI created dozens ...

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Phil Salvador@philsalv.bsky.social · 3w ago

Hi folks-- We're starting on our next indexing project, and we're building our volunteer team! If you have some degree of Japanese fluency and want to help index periodicals for VGHF, hit me up here

Video Game History Foundation@gamehistoryorg.bsky.social · last mo.

Starting today, we're piloting Japanese magazines in our digital archive! We've spent the last few months upgrading our library infrastructure to support Japanese-language material, starting with the magazine Neo Geo Freak. Read the full blog post for more info: gamehistory.org/5k-magazines/

A two-page spread from Neo Geo Freak featuring Nakoruru from the game Samurai Shodown. All text is accurately highlighted on the page, including vertical writing being mapped vertically.
@ourlostarcade.bsky.social · 3w ago

Another classic turn of the century vending machine: The Cupid's Post Office. Sold in many variations - all terrifying - it's the love-themed postcard vendor that absolutely nobody ever needed.

An early variation of the Mills Novelty vending machine, Cupid's Post Office. https://www.arcade-museum.com/Arcade/cupids-post-office--millsThe Cupid from an Exhibit Supply variation of Cupid's Post Office in the 1920s. https://www.torrencecollection.com/exhibitsupply.html1905-05-15 Street Railway Review pg 324. An illustration of the Mills Novelty Cupid's Post Office machine.