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Wednesday, July 6, 2022

The Last Gasp of the Intellivision Amico

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Back in 2019, I wrote a blog article about the Intellivision Amico and predicted that there were significant hurdles which it would have to...
Friday, July 1, 2022

Mass Storage and the Apple II - Conquering the Final Frontier

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When we think about storage devices and the Apple II, everyone's first thought is usually the same, the 5.25" floppy disk.  Maybe t...
Monday, June 20, 2022

The Successors: Evolution of Monochrome Handhelds after the Game Boy

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When the Nintendo Game Boy was released in April/July, 1989 (Japan/North America), there was nothing like it on the market.  The Game Boy wa...
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Saturday, June 4, 2022

The Modern Unfriendliness of 8-bit Keyboard Layouts

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Keyboards today have a standard layout.  All keyboards are based off the 104-key standard layout from the mid-1990s, and before that the IBM...
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Tuesday, April 26, 2022

List of PCjr. and Tandy Exclusive Enhanced Games

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The IBM PC computing platform supported gaming from the beginning, but at first its graphical and sound capabilities were not that much more...
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Saturday, April 16, 2022

Mastering the Sega Master System

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The Sega Master System was Sega's first major attempt to market and sell a home video game console overseas.  Its Japanese predecessors,...
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Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Baldur's Gate Version, Release and Demo History

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Baldur's Gate is one of my most favorite games and has a surprisingly complex patching, release  and demo history.  I have written this ...
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Sunday, March 20, 2022

Combat & Complexity in Advanced Dungeons and Dragons

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When Gary Gygax was transforming Original Dungeons and Dragons into Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, one of the core components of the rules h...
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