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a meditation on videogame (w/ occasional technology 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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master of magic, cassette, zx spectrum (1986) www.mobygames.com/game/16961/m...
cassette lable is dotted with line of black dots in diagonal rows against white and has an illustration of the top of a trenchcoated, rimmed hatted detective-looking dude with a speech bubble saying: ok kid - you've bought the game now play it! (in very comic book style) (to the left m.a.d. games logo and below the title and system printed in a long rectangle).
January 6, 2026 at 12:36 PM
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alex kidd: high-tech world, screenshot, sega master system (1987) www.mobygames.com/game/8366/al...
alex kidd is is a fast food joint, at the counter, looking at the menu: humbuger 50gp french fries 20gp soft drink 10gp
January 6, 2026 at 11:42 AM
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magazine screenshot (1994) archive.org/details/mico...
one on one fight character select screen. the character selected currently are ryu vs. sonic the hedgehog. other characters available to choose include mario, a teenage mutant ninja turtle, bison, hagar, the dragon ball z dude(?), etc.
January 6, 2026 at 10:38 AM
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gogo the ghost, commodore 64 (1984) www.mobygames.com/game/37267/g...
mockup game screenshot on cover, showing a unsightly shaped smiling blue ghost, floating inbetween two purple structures, while disembodied skulls float across the screen. the bottom half of the screenshot is devoted to user interface (power bar, time bar, score bar, room number and various icons above).
January 6, 2026 at 7:59 AM
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magazine screenshot (1992) archive.org/details/tech...
blood splattered room, a disembodied face lying in in the middle of the floor.
October 4, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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casio cassiopeia e-105 (2000) archive.org/details/inte...
silver handheld pda (one large button on the bottom left and three smaller button in a triagnular formation on the bottom right). the screen is displaying windows ce with menus open where you can find games. the pda pen is lying next to the device.
October 5, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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xbox odyssey tour, us (november, 2001) 'two 53-foot semi's pull into your town, setting up a humongous inflated dome. you enter the dome to the sound of cool tunes cranking. you see 52 game stations, a dj stand, overhead video screens for game play, and a vip lounge.' web.archive.org/web/20011102...
two black xbox branded semi's. an massive inflated dome with an xbox branded entrance. the dark inside of the doom with xbox kiosks setup in various places, a large xbox screen high up. a closer view of the xbox kiosks (a row of at least 4 of them), each with a large screen and xboxes set-up below.
October 5, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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print ad (2000) archive.org/details/inte...
top of ad: life in the zones (to the right): a pixelized being, purple head with antennae, white top, blue pants. main imagery: close-up photo of a man's face, wearing glasses, shortish hair, bottom cut off. white text box: people were wrong. jim knew he had a sense of humour, his avatar was proof of that. down the bottom of the ad: a string of what looks like in game 2d screenshots of in game online world with users. printed web address: www.virtualzones.co.uk below this in small caps text: the net just got personal - the ultimate avatar community
October 5, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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gameplay, website, excerpt (2000) web.archive.org/web/20000815...
displayed down the right hand side of an online shop screen is this poll. it has a circle with a photo of bill gate's smiling head in there and polling question below: would you buy a console from this man? mo yes dunno buttons: vote, results
October 5, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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magazine screenshot & caption (1995) archive.org/details/Uned...
header: cdi is the best 3d screenshot of a woman reaching out and sticking her hand through the body of a man (spread fingers and partial hand can be seen out of the back of his top). he is looking down. she is looking concerned. caption: you won't see graphics like this on many other systems, for sure!
October 4, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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illustration, login, magazine (1986) archive.org/details/logi...
a boy or young man with black hair using a computer with a hand device above attached to a circle that has hanging floppy disk covers with floppy disks in them. it can be spun around, as demonstrated by the illustration.
October 4, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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crazy cars III, game over screen, amiga (1992) www.mobygames.com/game/783/lam...
sleek red sports car has a yellow 'sale' sign attached to the front windscreen. dark text: you've gone broke! your finances are exhausted you'll have to sell the car!
October 4, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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illustration, game power, magazine (1998) archive.org/details/game...
a confused boy (question mark in a white circle above his head) is watching a plump grinning pumpkin(?) with feet and flipper-like hands play a playstation (on screen a green creature is interacting with (or fjghting with) another vague character with black body, brown/red head, energy bars for both characters at the top of the screen).
December 30, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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t-shirt design, available for order, creative computing, magazine (1975) archive.org/details/Crea...
chunky pixelated einstein portrait (face and shoulders)
December 30, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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pinball construction set, screenshot, macintosh (1985) www.mobygames.com/game/255/pin...
monochrome graphics: a pinball table called 'falcon'. on the table, graphics of a falcon's nest with two flippers above, four flippers at the bottom of the table, graphics of a falcon, landed on two bumpers, graphics of tree stumps with curled roots up the top that make up the slots that the ball can fall through on its way down. on the lower left and right are numbered (bumpers?), 1 - 4 on the left, 5 - 8 on the right. on the right hand side of the screen is room for the scores of players 1 - 4.
December 29, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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big brain academy, screenshot, nintendo ds (2006) www.mobygames.com/game/22519/b...
upper screen: header: homeroom a teacher creature on a weight scale is pointing to a text box with a stick: "embiggerate your brain for life!" that's our motto! bottom screen: coloured 'register' rectangles. 'demo', 'send demo' and 'options' buttons.
December 29, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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computer graphics (1988) karlsims.com/particle-dre...
outline of a head made of particles, blue eyes and pink lips visible, head tilted up. outline of a head made of particles, blue eyes and pink lips visible, head tilted down.
December 29, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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computer art, login, magazine (1989) archive.org/details/logi...
a bald teacher with a white mustache is teaching the abc's on a chalk board out of a television set (he is sticking his head out of the television set) as the class of kids runs riot: sleeping, hiding under desk, throwing a paper plane, running after each other with chairs, throwing chairs, listening to music on headphones.
December 29, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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conquest earth: "first encounter", official render, press kit material (1997) www.mobygames.com/game/2280/co...
a render from the digital press kit of one of those not so little green men, naked (no junk), long skinny arms, large black shiny beady eyes, standing on a planet surface with futuristic architecture behind (one round building with lights dotted around one of its edges, and a tall thin pointy structure). a light is in the sky, giving the alien a shadow on the hill behind them.
December 29, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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kid cad, magazine screenshot, pc (1994) archive.org/details/Elec...
cad program for kids to create 3d environments. the environment that has been created is a room with a blue floor, 3 windows, a dining table with 4 chairs, a couch, a table with a lamp beside the couch, a rug, a cat, a dog, and two humans, one with blue skin, one with yellow skin. around the left, right and bottom of the screen is the user interface.
December 28, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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wizardry: knight of diamonds - the second scenario, isolated sprite, famimaga, magazine (1990) archive.org/details/fami...
the doom toad, saggy rolls of skin, lip raised high, eyes to the side, six small protruding horns(?), off green/yellow.
January 5, 2026 at 12:16 PM
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uk pc games championships, the playing fields, computer games bar, london (1999) web.archive.org/web/20001018...
three dudes sit close by to a guy with long dark hair, playing a crt desk set-up. another crt screen facing the other way shows unreal tournament on the screen.
January 5, 2026 at 10:50 AM
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creatures internet edition, print ad, excerpt (2001) archive.org/details/PC_Z...
styled white text font: stop press virtual sex on the net a reality? (below, the render of a kinda cute, kinda weird looking, kinda animal, kinda alien looking creature, holding a baby creature in its arms, looking lovingly at it, standing on alien looking terrain). more stylized font: (yellow) creatures (white, different font) internet edition (yellow, almost normal text) bring real life to your pc and unleash the norns on the internet
January 5, 2026 at 9:25 AM
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microsoft windows 98, print ad (1999) archive.org/details/Game...
planets in stars and space, a large orange spandexed human standing on three of the planets, all pointing space pistols(?) towards you. below the windows 98 box and some italian text (rough translation): the game is a big thing(?) with windows give yourself the absolute realism of 3d graphics, extreme speed, more immersive sound and ease of plug & play. extend your virtual worlds - the internet is ready to go. and then, if you want, you can also work. with windows.
January 5, 2026 at 7:11 AM
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art, login, magazine (1989) archive.org/details/logi...
pink haired girl in a yellow t-shirt and red dress is jumping across brick platforms, green skeleton reaching up from beneath. a yellow bag of money is on a brick platform somewhere above. the girl is holding a piece of fruit (red and yellow apple?).
December 28, 2025 at 5:24 AM