darth-azrael in # retrogaming • 15 hours ago • 2 min read1942 Pacific Air War Gold (DOS)1942: The Pacific Air War is a combat flight simulator that was developed by MicroProse and released in 1994 for DOS based computers.darth-azrael in # retrogaming • yesterday • 2 min readSt. Nick (TI-99/4A)I had a friend that had a TI-99/4A but I never had one myself. This computer had a very brief windows of success somewhere in late 1982 and 1983. This rare ad for a TI-99/4A game is from the…darth-azrael in # music • 2 days ago • 1 min readBrevard Renaissance Fair 2019 - The Craic Show - Part 18 (In Taberna)The Craic Show performs "In Taberna" at the 2019 Brevard Renaissance Fair in Melbourne, Florida. This video was recorded by me and is hosted at Daily Motion here: ▶️ Daily Motiondarth-azrael in # retrogaming • 3 days ago • 2 min readSuper Punch-Out!! (Super Nintendo)Super Punch-Out!! is the 16-bit sequel to the 8-bit NES Punch-Out!! which was originally Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! Super Punch-Out!!, like its predecessor, features a third-person behind the back…darth-azrael in # music • 4 days ago • 1 min readBrevard Renaissance Fair 2019 - The Craic Show - Part 17 (Batucada de Craic / Barentanz)The Craic Show performs Batucada de Craic and Barentanz at the 2019 Brevard Renaissance Fair in Melbourne, Florida. This video was recorded by me and is hosted at Daily Motion here: ▶️ Daily…darth-azrael in # retrogaming • 5 days ago • 2 min readFight For Life (Atari Jaguar)Fight for Life has the (somewhat dubious) distinction of being the very last game released by Atari Corp. It was an Atari Jaguar exclusive fighting game along the same lines as Tekken and Virtua…darth-azrael in # comics • 6 days ago • 1 min read50 Cent Comics - New Mutants #39 (2012)Next up from my 50-cent comics haul from MegaCon earlier this year is New Mutants #39 (volume 3 from circa 2011-2012). The original run of the New Mutants was one of my favorite comics back in the…darth-azrael in # music • 7 days ago • 1 min readBrevard Renaissance Fair 2019 - Music The Gathering - Part 1 (Beltane Wedding Dance)Music The Gathering performs 'Beltane Wedding Dance' at the 2019 Brevard Renaissance Fair in Melbourne, Florida. This video was recorded by me at is hosted at Daily Motion here: ▶️ Daily Motiondarth-azrael in # retrogaming • 8 days ago • 2 min readSpace Ace (Atari Jaguar)Space Ace was the follow-up to Dragon's Lair and released less than a year after that game in 1984. Both games were originally arcade games and later received various ports over the years, some more…darth-azrael in # music • 10 days ago • 1 min readBrevard Renaissance Fair 2019 - The Craic Show - Part 11 (Sons of Neidhard)The Craic Show performs 'Sons of Neidhard' at the 2019 Brevard Renaissance Fair in Melbourne, Florida. This video was recorded by me and is hosted at Daily Motion here: ▶️ Daily Motiondarth-azrael in # comics • 11 days ago • 1 min read50 Cent Comics - Sex #3Next up in my 50 cent comic book haul from MegaCon 2019 is Sex #3 by Image Comics. The name of this one is certainly suggestive anyway. However, this seems to be one of those comics you had to start…darth-azrael in # music • 14 days ago • 1 min readBrevard Renaissance Fair 2019 - Rowan and the Rose - No Shade NeverRowan and the Rose perform 'No Shade Never' at the 2019 Brevard Renaissance Fair in Melbourne, Florida. This video was recorded by me and is also hosted at Daily Motion here: ▶️ Daily Motiondarth-azrael in # retrogaming • 15 days ago • 2 min readInside Your Atari VCSOne of the best kinds of articles in video game magazines were technical articles about new systems. I'm talking about before the internet made this sort of information available at the drop of a…darth-azrael in # retrocomputing • 16 days ago • 2 min readCompute!'s Gazette Disk (Commodore 64, VIC-20)Back in the 8-bit days of computing, it wasn't as easy to get software as it is today. There was no internet to speak of and centralized online services were expensive and the connections slow. You…darth-azrael in # retrocomputing • 22 days ago • 2 min readMSD Systems, Inc.There were a large number of companies that made add-on hardware and peripherals for Commodore computers. MSD is perhaps one of the most well known on the 8-bit side of things. This ad from the…darth-azrael in # music • 24 days ago • 1 min readBrevard Renaissance Fair 2019 - The Craic Show - Part 10 (Step It Out Mary)The Craic Show performs "Step It Out Mary" at the 2019 Brevard Renaissance Fair in Melbourne, Florida. This video is hosted on Daily Motion here: ▶️ Daily Motiondarth-azrael in # retrogaming • 26 days ago • 2 min readQuake II (PlayStation)The Quake series was id's follow up to the Doom series. At this point in time, first person shooters were still progressing rapidly in terms of the technology and game play features. For instance…darth-azrael in # retrogaming • 27 days ago • 2 min readChicago Coin TV Ping PongAlmost from the earliest days of video games, there were clones of successful games. Pong, which basically gave birth to the video arcade industry, was released late in 1972. This was a relatively…darth-azrael in # retrocomputing • 28 days ago • 2 min readK-Power (November/December 1984)In the early 1980s, there were several computer magazines oriented towards kids. Most of them didn't really last very long. K-Power, despite incorporating another short-lived kids computer magazine…darth-azrael in # photography • last month • 3 min readVintage Photos - Oestreicher (461-464)I had the opportunity to pick up a huge batch of slides recently. These are pictures spanning from as early as the late 1940s to as late as the early 1990s (maybe earlier and/or later but these are…
