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Semi-automated posting of old computers and videogames. Sometimes other bits of retro aesthetics and design. ~6-8 posts a day, ~24 posts on holidays. ⚠Outbound links tagged and monitored by Bluesky.

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Retro Computers@retrocomps.bsky.social · 5d ago

A story written by a program written by Professor E. Mendoza, professor of the Physics Department of University College of North Wales. While extremely advanced for the 60s, the Professor was not terribly enthused by them: "Better than that of many text books, but this does not say much."

From "Cybernetic Serendipity: the Computer and the Arts," published 1968: 3503 Programme 4a The breeze drifted by. Across the fields softly moved the clouds and then the breeze, which calmly touched the treetops drifted across the fields. Quietly the sun shone over the woods. The sky calmly shone across the fields. Out of the door ran Squirrel and off hurried Hare who munched and crunched two buns happily. Off slowly flew Old Grey Owl and Squirrel soon ate two buns. Old Grey Owl who peered at a strawberry pie munched and crunched two buns but noisily Little Grey Rabbit who peered at an old oak tree slowly ran down the path to the woods. Soon she hurried down the path to the woods but then she sniffed at two buns. She hurried down the path to the woods.
Retro Computers@retrocomps.bsky.social · 6d ago

"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.)

A magazine ad from the March 1990 issue of Compute! Magazine. The center reads "IF ACTION SPEAKS LOUDER THAN WORDS, YOU'D BE DEAF BY NOW. At Tengen, we take only the best hits from the arcade and make them available for play on your comptuer. 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. TENGEN: Arcade Hits That Hit Home." Surrounding the ad copy are (bottom left clockwise to bottom right) Rolling Thunder, a platformer whose cover art features a man shooting offscreen while cradling an injured woman; Blasteroids, a shootemup whose cover art features two spaceships narrowly avoiding hitting each other while firing at a meteorite storm; Vindicators, a top-down tank combat game whose cover art features a giant tank firing a massive energy weapon; Xybots, a first-person cover shooter maze featuring a giant robot hunting a tiny human on its cover art; and All Points Bulletin, a top-down cop racing game whose cover features a police car with lights blazing driving through a wall of Wanted posters.