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videogame history

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a meditation on videogame (w/ some tech and web) history. donate to my ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/moshboy/ also find me on mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@moshboy nfaq: https://pastebin.com/vUmrYKx6

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videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 14h ago

george foreman's ko boxing, screenshot, sega master system (1992) www.mobygames.com/game/31900/g...

pixelated image of george foreman's head and shoulders, smiling, holding up a wrapped hand (in red), holding a burger and looking at it. the american flag is hanging down behind him.
big blue text font on green, below: foreman wins!

videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 4mo ago

alan alda, atari spokesperson (1983) archive.org/details/1983...

videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 4mo ago

print ad (1991) archive.org/details/game...

a print ad for akklaim handheld lcd versions of:
bart vs. the space mutants (featured prominently, held by a stylized crazy looking scientist dude named dr. larch, frizzy grey hair, white coat, standing in front of a chalk board with a faux equation on it. the equation involves the following elements: ultra real feel, power house play, supersound f/x, greater graphics, terrific new titles with the ultimate result being super play plus!).
terminator 2
smash tv
wwf royal rumble

videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 4mo ago

kirby's dream land 2, print ad, game boy (1995) archive.org/details/Vide...

main imagery is a close-up of someone's denim jean covered ass with kirby's dream land 2 game boy box sticking out of their back pocket, which also has a smoking hole in it that shows white w/ red dots underwear.
text on left:
(stlyized text font)
next one to call them
"cute" gets a fireball in the butt.
(smaller type text font)
what's that smell? oh, it's your butt. sizzling, scorched and smoking. you
made the tragic mistake of thinking
kirby's new buds were harmless stuffed animals. man, were you burned. this is kirby's dream land 2 for game boy and super game boy, and you're in the hot seat. kirby's scraped under the desk of the animal kingdom and come up
with a handful of down and dirty
allies. they
may look adorable, but they make kirby deadlier than ever. meet the owl that slings boomerang feathers. shake fins with a fish that lets
kirby swallow under water. kneel before the hamster that coughs up white-hot spheres of justice. "cuddly"? hardly. so hike up that asbestos underwear and watch your language.

videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 4mo ago

faceball 2000, magazine screenshot, game boy (1991) archive.org/details/game...

smiley face circle, big, long black eyes, kinda eerie, in the middle of a bordered screen.
surrounding prominent caps text font:
gideon says:
have a nice day!

videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 5mo ago

frenzy, manual, excerpt, colecovision (1983) archive.org/details/fren...

lofi sprites: commando, robot (round top part on a base), skeleton, evil otto (smiling ball).

videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 5mo ago

byte, magazine, cover (1979) archive.org/details/byte...

professional looking dude, neat hair, glasses, shirt, using a computer at a desk, the image on the screen is him using a computer, and so on and so on, inwards as far as the eye can see. a plant is behind the computer.

videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 5mo ago

what's michael?, print ad (1989) archive.org/details/MSXF...

illustration of a ginger striped cat, another white cat with black and red patches and another completely white cat, dancing in unison with humans, one with a dinosaur(?) mask on. two in game screenshots in the upper left hand corner of the ad, one of a girl petting the ginger cat, the other screen split into six facial portraits of the ginger cat.

videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 5mo ago

dream dollhouse: where dreams come to life, screenshot, pc (1995) www.mobygames.com/game/201110/...

a room that countains a 'mouse pool'.
mouse pool rules (on wall on a green board):
1. no running
2. no cats
3. no cheese
various blue mice in swimwear are either laying on a towel by the pool, standing near the pool, floating in the pool, floating in a floaty giraffe thing in the pool, or about to dive in to the pool via an ace card diving board. coloured towels are hanging on the wall near an open door.

videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 5mo ago

pac-man, alternate ghost names, arcade (1980) 'the board has a dip switch called "alternate ghost names". in the japanese version, this would change the ghosts' character names and nicknames to a different set..' tcrf.net/Pac-Man_(Arc...

red ghost - urchin-----"macky
pink ghost - romp-------"micky"
blue ghost - stylist----"mucky"
orange ghost - crybaby----"mocky"

videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 5mo ago

soul calibur II finder, from the official website (2002) web.archive.org/web/20021120...

header: soul calibur finder
text: blank fields will be ignored during the search. enter multiple search keywords to get more accurate results.
fields:
arcade name
city
us state or country (drop down menu)
zip code
(below this there is a clickable button: find soul calibur II)

videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 5mo ago

the 7 stages of computer ownership, excerpts, family computing, magazine (1985) archive.org/details/fami...

stage 1. great expectations
illustration of a family all romanticizing the (same) thought of owning a computer.

stage 4. astonishment
illustration of the family (dog too) staring at the computer in astonishment as it loudly 'beep!'s. the father is falling off his chair. daughter is peeking out from behind the mother.

stage 6. devotion
illustration of the family (dog on top of covers) sleeping in a shared bed with a smiling faced computer, its eyes closed. zzz.

stage 7. acceptance
the family is going about their normal lives, mother is on the phone, son is laying on the floor, on his stomach, reading, father and daughter are sitting at the computer. dog is curled up on the floor.

videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 5mo ago

street fighter II game watch, official merchandise (1994) archive.org/details/amig...

the watch has blanka and guile to the left and right of the screen on the outer part of the watch. three small yellow buttons are below the tiny screen.
text:
street fighter II game watch 9.99 pounds+p&p
fight your way to the top against the toughest fighters from around the globe. there is only one goal with this arcade action wrist watch!

videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · last wk.

nickelodeon 3d movie maker, windows 95 (1996) archive.org/details/nick...

a creature with a movie camera for a head with film coming out of its mouth like a long tongue. they are wearing a nickeldoeon t-shirt and are signing a thumbs up. the camera has nickelodeon characters poking their heads out.
below the title font:
create 3d movies with your favorite nickelodeon characters!

videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · last wk.

deathsville, user interface, amstrad cpc (1986) www.youtube.com/watch?v=godv...

a floating bloody disembodied hand heading away from a grave and towards the white thicc protagonist. to the left of the grave is inventory: a coat hanger, scissors, a sign(?) and one other item.

videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · yesterday

attack of the timelord!, back of box screenshot, odyssey 2 (1982) www.mobygames.com/game/27911/a...

vaguely lofi pixelated screen, showing what appears to be a red skull emanating coloured beams 8 ways.
bottom of screen shows four yellow zeroes a red right arrow followed by six yellow questions marks followed by four white zeroes.
caption above: spyrus the deathless...

videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · yesterday

mountain king, print ad screenshot (1983) archive.org/details/1983...

chunky pixels: white piixelated cave exploring protagonist is shining a torch up a passageway. the torch light illuminates a dark disembodied face in the darkness. above are platforms with what look like gold nuggets and some sort of temple with a throne, crown and swords.

videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · yesterday

rampage, screenshot, game boy advance (2005) www.mobygames.com/game/18994/p...

pixelated facial portrait of a woman with a caption below:
file photo taken prior to mutation
on the right is a facial portrait of a green mutated beast with long, sharp teeth and firey eyes.
text font: woman finds lake to be radioactive

dateline:
peoria

videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · yesterday

viewtiful joe 2, official website (2004) web.archive.org/web/20041211...

colourful viewtiful joe 2 banner up the top with styled title font, character art. below is the hyperlinks menu presented as a movie reel: home, buy!!, trailers, screenshots, moves, cast, sweeps!! goodies
below this is a dark red open curtain, which shows the contents of the hyperlink you have clicked on (in this case, screenshots, which are moving outward, star wars scrawl style and can be clicked on for a closer look if desired).
below this is branding logos: capcom, playstation 2, nintendo gamecube, clover studio

videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · yesterday

letter to the editor, electronic gaming monthly, magazine (2004) archive.org/details/elec...

photo: the back (of the front) of a blue pick-up truck, which has 2 strips of stickers along the back window, top and bottom. the top shows wolfsentein, unreal tournament, halo and rockstar studios logos, etc, while the bottom shows: vip redeemer (xbox live). below this on the blue are golden(?) fishes with 'jesus' and 'truth' and one across the far left that looks like it reads: 'darwin' (upside down)
letter text, bottom right hand corner, next to a smaller photo from a slightly different angle):
sticker price
my husband’s a hardcore gamer: he spent hundreds of dollars on vinyl stickers for his truck. challenge him to a game of burnout next time he cuts you off (vip redeemer is his tag).
—sarah newman

videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 2d ago

gain ground, print ad, imagery (1991) archive.org/details/elec...

monochrome photo of a boy and a man, both wearing shades and trendy clothes for the time, too cool for school, smiiling. the boy is holding a coloured box (gain ground, the only colour in the photo).
thick caps text up top (with f, o, d, a, e all different colours):
fun for kids of all ages
bottom right, white font, smaller: 2 player

videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · last wk.

illustration, interface age, magazine (1982) archive.org/details/Inte...

(on a desk), an axe is lodged in a computer screen, which has a big cracked hole in it. a printer sits to the right.

videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · last wk.

apple dvd player, magazine screenshot, macintosh (1999) archive.org/details/apc1...

the user interface is a silver/grey round ball of icons and buttons. everything inside the circle has a curvature. very late 90s/early 2000's ui design.

videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · last wk.

kermit's electronic storymaker, commodore 64 (1984) archive.org/details/c-vg... www.lemon64.com/game/kermits...

kermit is using a computer as ms. piggy slaps him. gonzo is in the background with a hand up to his mouth.

videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · last wk.

computer art (1995) archive.org/details/melb...

a drunk elephant is sitting down seeing stars and little flying people, its trunk holding a bottle of liquor.

videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · last wk.

church of scientology, print ad, your commodore, magazine (1986) archive.org/details/16-y...

aside from a picture of einstein, text:
we use only 10% of our mental potentials
einstein
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videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · last wk.

art alive!, print ad, promotional display, mega drive (1992) www.mobygames.com/game/64390/a...

a mega drive with art alive inserted and a piece of art on the screen, showing a blonde boy and girl facing each other, behind a brick wall with a beach on the other side. there is an opening in the wall to go onto the beach and on the other side of the opening, sitting on top of the wall is a dog. a small boat is at sea. on the beach is a ramp leading up to a wooden building on wooden stilts.

videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · last wk.

death by degrees, print ad, ps2 (2005) www.mobygames.com/game/23766/d...

$image of a woman's partially bare legs and behind in tight fitted shorts (an arm can be seen holding a sword and the bottom of long hair, hanging down the back, can also be seen). text font: be warned. nina comes with baggage. (small case art shown at the bottom left of the ad)\ small text: the legend of tekken's first lady begins here with her shadowy past, an impressive arsenal and trademark tekken moves, nina williams is a woman to cross at your peril. www.ninawilliams.com bottom right, small text: fun anyone? playstation 2$

videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · last wk.

elite, print ad, excerpts, amstrad cpc (1986) archive.org/details/c-vg...

text:
important
message for amstrad elite users
the first batch of firebird's amstrad version of elite contains a bug which may make the game unplayable - the correct version has the name metropolitan
if you have bought the game and have encountered this problem please return the cassette only (ie not the box or instructions). together with your name and address to the address below and you will receive your new cassette by return of post together with a £2 voucher redeemable through our mailorder department for any of firebird's products.

videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · last wk.

land of illusion starring mickey mouse, screenshot, game gear (1993) www.mobygames.com/game/15719/l...

mickey mouse and daisy duck (wearing a red hood and top) are standing together.
text:
gosh, it sure
seems creepy
around here.