Cheers!

Time to put on my archiving pants. Thank you!

Interesting to note that he says the Sega Genesis is his number one console.

I have a Wii U, a Super Famicom mini, an Apple TV and an Xbox One S (effectively only a bluray player) below my TV and they are never all hooked up at the same time. I have an HDMI switcher somewhere but who has the time. This guy apparently!

I remember always seeing these games in the store, and advertised in magazines. I need to seek these out.

Necronomicon Ex Dormis

Next up, Pac-Man-as-a-Service

At Apple’s IPO, Woz gave $10 million of his stocks to Apple employees. Jobs didn’t want to give any to employees. Seems like a good guy.

Just reading that has put that song in my head for the rest of the day. Thanks!

There is a racist slur in this meme. Take it down.

I also Nope

Those were the days

I remember the ad. I had no idea what a “Game Pak” was so I never took advantage of the offer. Seemed too good to be true if that meant an actual game.

And the fate of video games, themselves, was sealed. For the beast had risen once again, and would stop at nothing to ensure the crash, this time, would be permanent.

The Genesis was the first console I bought with my own money. Kid money (allowance plus birthday money, etc.). It was definitely a few years into its life, and I remember it being on sale for something crazy like $60 at Canadian Tire. Everyone I knew, myself included, had a SNES, and inviting friends over to see the Genesis brings back some good memories. I remember playing Sonic 2 and discovering that you could plug a Sega Master System controller into the second port and your friend could play along as Tails. Mind blowing. The sound was so amazing too. That Yamaha sound chip brought the music of the arcades to life in my living room. I eventually sold my Genesis to EB for about the same amount and bought Night Trap for PC. Not a great move in hindsight, but I did keep all my games.

Wow, pretty cool

What is the device on the top left? The big SNES controller one.

That’s probably how most of us started, but then you start getting familiar with things…

IMO the main feature of this arcade game was those frictionless steering wheels. As a kid I would play with them even with no quarter.

Yes, that’s when it went mainstream