This photo features a guy sitting at a picnic table next to a lake, somewhere in the Southeast based on all that Spanish moss. It was in pretty bad shape and still looks it even after processing with color restoration and Digital ICE. While not labeled or dated, it is likely from the late 1950s to early 1960s time frame. For more info and photos from this set, see https://hive.blog/photography/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-oestreicher-1537-1540 #slides #vintage #photos #film…
Atari Club was an Atari fan club of sorts you could join for $1. For your dollar you got a subscription to Atari Age and discounts on various Atari merchandise. This catalog was also mailed out to club members for the Christmas 1984 season and includes various discounts and deals. Read more: https://blurt.blog/retrogaming/@darth-azrael/atari-club-christmas-catalog-1984 #retrogaming #Atari
PC Zone has the distinction of being the first purely PC games magazine published in the U.K. It was published from 1993 until 2010. In 1999, when this issue was published, though Windows 98 was the common OS, it was still DOS based and most games were as well. The July 199 issue includes: Read more: https://hive.blog/hive-140217/@darth-azrael/pc-zone-july-1999 #retrogaming #retrocomputing #gaming #DOS
This video was recorded by me at Cocoa Beach, Florida and shows the launch of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. It lifted off on June 25th, 2019 at 2:30am carrying a total of twenty-four satellites. Among those were the Enhanced Tandem Beacon Experiment, Deep Space Atomic Clock, Green Propellant Infusion Mission, and Space Environment Testbeds. Just as amazing as the launch was seeing the two booster rockets come back down and land. Read more and see the video here:…
The slide this photo was scanned from was processed in March 1961 so it was probably taken around that time. I'm not entirely sure where but I am guessing somewhere in the neighborhood of the Grand Canyon. For more info and photos from this set, see https://hive.blog/photography/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-oestreicher-1541-1544 #slides #vintage #photos #film #photography #Kodak #Kodachrome
In the 8-bit computer era, TSR was probably best known for their partnership with SSI in bringing Dungeons & Dragons games to computers. Those "gold box" games were some of my favorites on the Commodore 64. However, TSR was releasing computer games well before that. This ad from the February 1983 issue of BLiP features three of the earliest on the Apple II. Read more: https://blurt.blog/retrogaming/@darth-azrael/apple-ii-tsr-advertisement-1983 #retrogaming #retrocomputing…
Compute! was probably the best multi-format computer magazine of the mid 1980s though I mostly stuck with Commodore specific magazines. In February 1986 a wide variety of computers were covered including the Commodore 64, PC/DOS machines, Apple II, Atari ST, Macintosh, TI-99/4A, Atari 8-bit, Amiga, and probably others. Features from this issue include: Genealogy of a Chip: The 68000 Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow - The 16-bit Motorola 68000 CPU was at the heart of the next…
The Atari Connection was the Atari computer division's official magazine. It was published quarterly from 1981 through 1984. The Winter 1981 issue includes: Read more: https://blurt.blog/retrocomputing/@darth-azrael/the-atari-connection-winter-81-82 #retrocomputing #Atari #Atari400 #Atari800
Commodore Magazine was one of the first magazines I ever bought on a regular basis. It covered the Commodore 64, Commodore 128 and Amiga line as well as Commodore's PC clones. I only had the Commodore 64 but I enjoyed reading about the Amiga since I wanted one at the time. The January 1987 issue includes: Read more: https://hive.blog/retrocomputing/@darth-azrael/commodore-magazine-january-1987 #retrocomputing #Commodore #Commodore64 #Commodore128 #Amiga
Before I ran across this ad recently, I didn't remember ever hearing of Mansion of Hidden Souls. As a point and click adventure, it isn't really one of my favorite type of games. This game is somewhat similar to games like Myst and 7th Guest among others. Read more: https://blurt.blog/retrogaming/@darth-azrael/mansion-of-hidden-souls-sega-cd #retrogaming #Sega #SegaCD
This photo is from a Christmas parade in the late 1950s or early 1960s in St. Petersburg or perhaps somewhere else on the west coast of Florida. For more info and photos from this set, see https://hive.blog/photography/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-oestreicher-1545-1548 #slides #vintage #photos #film #photography #Kodak #Kodachrome
Alpine Ski is an arcade game that was released by Taito in January 1982. As the player, you take the role of a skier in a downhill slalom race and ski jumping competition. The game is played from an overhead perspective and you must dodge trees and other obstacles along the way. Your goal is to finish in the shortest time possible. Read more: https://blurt.blog/retrogaming/@darth-azrael/alpine-ski-arcade #retrogaming #arcade #Taito #AlpineSki #gaming
Video gaming magazine can have a complicated lineage. One of my favorites, VideoGames & Computer Entertainment morphed into VideoGames: The Ultimate Gaming Magazine but many of the editors/writers I liked went on to reboot Electronic Games instead. VideoGames spawned Tips and Tricks which, though they overlapped for a while, essentially replaced it. I followed VG&CE but not so much VideoGames and Tips and Tricks... Anyway, the June 1994 issue of VideoGames includes: Read…
Sub Battle Simulator was released by Epyx for various home computer systems in 1987. This particular ad from the March 1987 issue of Compute! mentions the Commodore 64, Apple II, Apple IIgs, Atari ST, Macintosh and DOS. You could get a demo disk for any of those systems for $1.50 each. Read more: https://blurt.blog/retrogaming/@darth-azrael/sub-battle-simulator-epyx-1987 #retrogaming #retrocomputing #Epyx
GameGo! was an extremely short lived magazine. Only one issue was actually published in June 2001 though a second issue was eventually released in PDF format. This magazine was published by some former GameFan editors and was meant to be a "hardcore" gaming magazine that covered imports and more obscure titles such as the cover featured Stretch Panic by Treasure. Unfortunately for me, on a whim I actually subscribed to this magazine. Subscribers had the misfortune of being…
Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master was released in 1993 for the Sega Genesis and was the second and last Shinobi game released for that system. It was the direct sequel to Revenge of Shinobi. Game Play is similar to the other Shinboi games in that it is a 2D platform action adventure game. Shinobi III was originally scheduled to come out in 1992 and reviews had even appeared in various magazines showing levels and features that wouldn't be in the final version.…
This photo looks like it could have been taken in Florida somewhere, this one at "Palm Apiaries". It is likely from the late 1950s or early 1960. Form more info and photos from this set, see https://hive.blog/photography/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-oestreicher-1549-1552 #slides #vintage #photos #film #photography #Kodak #Kodachrome
Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge was developed by Acclaim/LJN first for the Super Nintendo in 1992 and then ported to the Game Gear, Sega Genesis and Game Boy. You play the role of Spider-Man as he rescues various members of the X-Men from the evil mastermind Arcade. You must rescue Storm, Cyclops, Wolverine and Gambit. After completing each character's level to rescue them, you then play a mini-level with the character you just rescued. Read more:…
It seems like you could always count on Treasure to provide a quality game. Dynamite Headdy released in 1994 for the Sega Genesis is no exception to that rule. Written by some of the same team that worked on Gunstar Heroes, Dynamite Headdy on its surface appeared to be just another side scrolling platform game of the type that was so common in that era. In a way it was, but it happened to be a spectacular example of that genre. Read more:…
This slide was processed in March 1961 and looks like an aerial shot of the grand canyon (or perhaps it was taken from an overlook at greater elevation). For more info and photos from this set, see https://hive.blog/photography/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-oestreicher-1549-1552-7085d5b2337b4 #slides #vintage #photos #film #photography #Kodak #Kodachrome
Super NES Buyer's Guide was a relatively short-lived Super Nintendo specific magazine published by the same people who published EGM. It was very much a Super Nintendo specific version of EGM. However, you didn't get very many pages for the price and at least some of the material was reused from EGM. The first issue was included free with an issue of EGM. The May 1993 issue includes: Read more: https://hive.blog/hive-140217/@darth-azrael/super-nes-buyer-s-guide #retrogaming…
This is another set of photos from a Christmas parade from the late 1950s or early 1960s. I believe the most likely location is St. Petersburg, Florida as there was a float sponsored by that city in a previous set. However, I've also seen floats from organization in other surrounding cities like Ft. Myers so it could be some other west coast Florida city. I'm not that familiar with Florida's west coast (especially as it was in the 1950s or 1960s) and I haven't seen any…
This photo shows an individual in the military (I'm going to say air force since he seems to be wearing a flight suit). It is likely from the late 1950s or early 1960s. For more info and photos from this set, see https://hive.blog/photography/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-oestreicher-1561-1564 #slides #vintage #photos #film #photography #Kodak #Kodachrome
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Fighting Edition is a 2D fighting game developed by Natsume and released on the Super Nintendo in 1995. There were a number of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers related games on various systems but one unique thing about this one was that you didn't control the Rangers directly, instead you controlled their giant robots (Zords). Read more:…
Commodore User is a Commodore gaming magazine that was published in the U.K. It covered the Commodore 64, C16/Plus 4 and Amiga. The U.K. was lucky enough to have several gaming magazines dedicated to the Commodore 64 and/or Amiga. Here in the U.S., we did have a few very good Commodore 64 magazines and an Amiga magazine or two but none that were dedicated to gaming. The October 1987 issue of Commodore User includes: Read more:…
"The One" is a 16-bit gaming magazine that was published in the U.K. and, at least in March 1990, covered the PC (DOS), Atari ST and Amiga. This issue includes: Read more: https://hive.blog/hive-140217/@darth-azrael/the-one-march-1990 #retrogaming #retrocomputing #Amiga #AtariST #DOS
The Mitey Mo was a 300 baud modem designed for the Commodore 64. The Commodore 64 didn't have a standard RS-232 port so you had to either buy one designed for the user port or buy a standard modem and an RS-232 adapter. The Mitey Mo was one of several designed to connect directly to the user port. Read more: https://blurt.blog/retrocomputing/@darth-azrael/mitey-mo-commodore-64 #retrocomputing #Commodore #Commodore64 #modem
"The One" is a 16-bit gaming magazine that was published in the U.K. and, at least in March 1990, covered the PC (DOS), Atari ST and Amiga. This issue includes: Read more: https://hive.blog/hive-140217/@darth-azrael/the-one-march-1990 #retrogaming #retrocomputing #Amiga #AtariST #DOS
These slides were all processed in January 1961. The first two feature Christmas trees so I'm guessing these were taken somewhere near Christmas 1960. You can see palm trees in the second one and my first thought was that these were taken somewhere in Florida. However, the last two slides make me think it more likely that Hawaii was the location. For more info and the other slides in this set, see…
Rock N' Roll Racing was an underrated racing game released for the Super Nintendo in 1993 by Interplay. It was developed by Silicon & Synapse who later became Blizzard Entertainment. I say underrated but that isn't really fair. It was awarded best driving game of 1993 by Electronic Gaming Monthly. It just seems like it wasn't as well known as past popular racers in roughly the same genre like R.C. Pro-Am. Read more:…
Subtitled "The Monthly Journal for Commodore Computer Users", this was one of the early magazine for Commodore related computers. In 1983 the Commodore 64, VIC-20, and PET/CBM were being covered. The January 1983 issue includes: Read more: https://hive.blog/retrocomputing/@darth-azrael/commander-january-1983 #retrocomputing #Commodore #Commodore64 #VIC20 #PET #CBM #computers
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