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Video Game Ads: 1977-1995
0 CommentsPosted by aDub on June 28, 2008 under 2600, CD-i, Compilation, Game Boy, Game Gear, Genesis, Intellivision, Jaguar, Lynx, NES, Retrospective, Sega CD
Take a trip down memory lane with the following video. The trip begins with some of the first Atari 2600 television advertisements and continues with almost 20 years of video game commercials. This great compilation of ads reminds us of our gaming past with legends like Mickey Mantle selling on demand intellivision, and Phil Hartman playing a wide range of characters for Philips CD-i. There is ... more.
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History of Video Games (1972-2007)
2 CommentsPosted by aDub on December 29, 2007 under 2600, 3DO, Arcade, Atari, ColecoVision, Console, Culture, Dreamcast, Game Boy, Gamecube, Games for Windows, Genesis, Jaguar, Master System, Neo Geo, Nintendo 64, PSP, PSone, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, SNES, Saturn, Turbografix, Video, Wii, XP, Xbox, Xbox 360
Watch this timeline on video games spanning 35 years, from Pong all the way to our current generation of titles - it's quite apparent that we've come a long way. How many of the games featured have you had the opportunity to play? ... more.
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Atari Jaguar: Cybermorph
0 CommentsPosted by aDub on October 5, 2007 under Atari, Console, Culture, Jaguar, Video
Remember this commercial for Atari's "64-bit" Jaguar game Cybermorph? Watch this blast from the past and appreciate how far video games have come graphically. ... more.
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Sweet Console of Mine
0 CommentsPosted by aDub on May 12, 2007 under 2600, 32x, 3DO, CD-i, ColecoVision, Console, Culture, Dreamcast, Gamecube, Genesis, Jaguar, Master System, NES, Neo Geo, Nintendo 64, PSone, Pippin, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, SNES, Saturn, Sega CD, Turbografix, Wii, Xbox, Xbox 360
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Top 10 Worst Selling Consoles
0 CommentsPosted by aDub on May 5, 2007 under 32x, 3DO, CD-i, Console, Culture, Dreamcast, Jaguar, Pippin, Saturn, TurboExpress, Turbografix, Virtual Boy
How many of these did you own? I'll share my total at the end of this entry... Be it a lack of games, poor strategy, or inadequate marketing, a majority of video game consoles are commercial failures. Here are the 10 worst selling consoles of all time in terms of high-profile systems that stood a viable chance. Other lesser-known consoles are sure to have sold worse, but the below represent th... more.
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Top 10 Strangest Custom Gaming System
2 CommentsPosted by aDub on March 17, 2007 under ColecoVision, Console, Dreamcast, Feature, Game Boy, Gamecube, Genesis, Jaguar, NES, Nintendo, PlayStation 2, Sega CD, Video, XBL
If you have seen these already I appoligize in advance, these are from an OLD TechBlog post. I think some of these mods are pretty amazing... some are just plain strange. Enjoy this collection of oddities and observe what gallons of caffeine and countless hours of free-time (I'd imagine most of that time spent would have been female-free as well :) #10 Colecovision Portable Yes, this wi... more.
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5 Unreleased Video Game Systems You Never Knew About
0 CommentsPosted by aDub on February 21, 2007 under 32x, Atari, Console, Genesis, Jaguar, Nintendo, Portable, SNES, Sega
Sega Neptune The Sega Neptune was basically a two-in-one game system (Genesis/32X), planned for release in 1995. Unfortunately, by the time a working protoype was ready, the Sega Saturn took the spotlight. Sega felt that consumers would not be interested in the Sega Neptune, so the project was scrapped. Of the two prototypes that were made, neither actually functioned, but were just empty cases.... more.
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