videogame history

ugly wrinkled red creature (its head looks like brain) with seven small horns protruding from the top of it head, gaping mouth, sharp top teeth.

shadow of the comet, magazine imagery (1993) archive.org/details/peli...

outside of the large neo geo world building with a large sign on the wall and smaller one where the entrance is.

lots of racing games lined up (sega rally sit down cabs in the foreground).

neo geo world, japan (1996) archive.org/details/logi...

a first person screenshot of someone holding a skull as other action goes on in the background. text: skull-carrying,

marathon 2: durandal, print ad, excerpt, windows 95 (1996) archive.org/details/Comp...

clay(?): a cute dog with its tongue out, wearing a yellow top and blue pants, is sitting at a computer, hands on the keyboard.

imagery, login, magazine (1996) archive.org/details/logi...

a shiny chrome android, hand raised, a wire running from its neck through its palm, stars and space above its head. text font: i am a computer.

illustration, login, magazine (1982) archive.org/details/logi...

a light coloured msx computer and screen on a desk (and tape deck to the right of the keyboard). two old style joysticks with red buttons on top of their stems are on the desk as our flowers, a drink with a straw and food on plates. a cartridge is is in the cartridge slot, one is on the desk as are some cassettes. on the screen is a green(?) house, blue purple background, path leading to front door.

promotional display (1985) archive.org/details/Comp...

lo-fi graphics: a superman-like hero in tights but with a c within a diamond shape on his chest as he flies with an atari cartridge in his hand. text font: super cart

(1985) archive.org/details/Joys...

the disk label (light brown) contains an old sierra on-line logo (a rocky mountain with trees at the bottom) on the left and the game title and an illustration of a disembodied set of chompers on the right.

jawbreaker, disk, atari 8-bit (1981) www.mobygames.com/game/9296/ja...

first person perspective, a poster on the wall with a smiling woman's face on the left (dark hair) and to the right 'join the army'. user interface down the bottom, showing weapons, cash and a map.

magazine screenshot (1993) archive.org/details/peli...

full page radiation sign. overlaid text: have you cleared the streets of los angeles yet? did you tip the exotic dancers or did you blow a few away? what?! you haven't played it yet??

duke nukem 3d, print ad, excerpt (1996) archive.org/details/Comp...

the desktop image is a large angry, yellow belly'd, green topped dragon with huge wings. themed icons are on the desktop and a settings prompt window is on the screen, which allows everything from the screen saver to the mouse cursor to be themed after magic the gathering.

magic: the gathering - desktop themes, magazine screenshot, windows 95 (1996) archive.org/details/logi...

photo on the cover of a woman in red, drawing a graphical doodle of a sail boat on the sea (user interface down the bottom of the tv screen) on sanyo's tv "blackboard" with a pen.

electronics australia, magazine, cover (1981) archive.org/details/1981...

black and white photo of two men working on the construction of arcade cocktail tables (the top round parts with cut outs inside can be seen in a line on benches). stand up arcade cabinets can be in the background. caption: two men in the games construction area working on exidy's cocktail tables.

black and white photo of a woman (head turned to the side, smiling at the camera) testing the quality of a line of exidy's upright machines. she is standing inbetween two long lines of uprights. caption: an exidy quality control inspector checking out a line of games.

exidy, games division, mountain view, california (1978) archive.org/details/play...

video game tv is currently a closed unit as the speakers fold in over the screen, creating a line down the middle and a bulge at the front with the letters 'gx' etched into the bulge. a remote is sitting in front.

video game tv is currently an open unit as the speakers fold out on either side of the screen. the remote sits in front.

video game tv, print ad, excerpts (1996) archive.org/details/ultr...

time gal, skimpy outfit, faces off against a massive creature with a skull-like head and long white hair, hollow eyes.

time gal, panicked, eyes and mouth wide, is being chased by a massive creature with a skull-like head and long white hair, hollow eyes.

time gal, magazine screenshots, sega cd (1993) archive.org/details/game...

box for wicked3d vengeance voodoo banshee graphics card. it has the silhouette of a woman holding a big weapon. white text font to the right of her reads: vengeance can finally be yours! red text at the bottom: the voodoo banshee of choice for true gaming enthusiasts! plug & play in the lower right hand corner: wickedvision ready: works with over 100 games when used with the wickedvision h3d eyewear system.

wicked3d vengeance voodoo banshee, graphics card (1999) archive.org/details/khak...

an angry man from the computer department is sitting at his desk talking to an another employee, standing on the other side of the desk, holding a piece of paper: what's this i hear about you having a good time in real time?

comic, computer age, magazine (1980) archive.org/details/comp...

a slightly abstract art style. a monkey/ape holding on to one side a pyramid shaped rock. on the other side, colourful piranha-like creatures are climbing up (out of the water(?). the one in front has a rainbow-like thing coming out of its mouth. the ape does to.

utan jr., pc-88 (1983) www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqPp...

an evil, grey, hairless, alien disembodied head with blank soulless eyes set against a scanlined wavey almost psychadelic background. options: attack (highlighted), defense, escape.

maten densetsu: senritsu no ooparts, screenshot, super famicom (1995) www.mobygames.com/game/14040/m...

the shadow of a 'nightmare creature' or deformed beast with long arms, legs and claws, against a stone floor or wall. white text: it'll raise the hair on the back of your neck.

the actual deformed beast with bright glowing eyes and sharp teeth, standing on five long arms/legs in a darkened environment. text: that is, if you still have one.

nightmare creatures, print ad, imagery (1997) www.mobygames.com/game/4186/ni...

a house planning program with an isometric view of a multi-story house w/ balcony, slanted roof on a grid. menus are up the top, user interface to the left.

magazine screenshot (1990) archive.org/details/Atar...

a circuit board with a very shiny strawberry sitting on top. white text above: home grown. smaller black overlaid text: the freshest, ripest electronic video games are now being grown right here in your own back yard. taito america games like "stratovox". to be harvested next month. (taito logo in the bottom left hand corner).

taito, print ad (1980) archive.org/details/play...

illustration of bob hoskins and john leguizamo standing within the shiny metallic m as the mario brothers. tagline above: this ain't no game. movie title (metallic) font below. producers/cast/director, etc printed in small lettering at the bottom as per all movie posters. below this: starts friday, may 28 at theatres everywhere.

super mario bros., movie, print ad, game players, magazine (1993) archive.org/details/game...

you can see gizmo the mogwai up the top, small creature, brown and white fur, big outwardly pointing ears, large innocent eyes. there are three bars to his right, one with a love heart above it, one with a musical note above it and one with a lightning symbol above it. text on the bottom half: mogwai are very affectionate. scratch your mogwai to show your affection.

gremlins: gizmo, screenshot, nintendo ds (2011) www.mobygames.com/game/145732/...

graphical depiction of red skull, wearing a suit and tie, with a blue suited, purple caped super hero trapped in a glass dome thing. metallic machinery in the background. text: he has used a mind control machine to bring them under his power.

captain america and the avengers, screenshot, snes (1993) www.mobygames.com/game/12074/c...

neo geo/snk branded motorcycle, displayed on a stage with the wall behind it displaying neo geo/snk logos.

motorcycle, team shinsuke (sponsored by snk), used for the yearly suzuka 8 hours endurance road race, held at the suzuka circuit in japan (1993) archive.org/details/game...

text: now the hercules graphics card comes with software image: an old pc with a screen with graphics of a monochrome smiling face on it. text: that'll put a smle on your ibm momochrome

hercules graphics card, print ad, excerpt (1983) archive.org/details/PCMA...

an excited young man, swivelling his head from side to side as he runs up an alley of arcade machines with titles such as 'play me', 'crazy' and 'wizz'. text: so much excitement you won't know which way to turn!

data east's arcade alley, print ad, imagery (1988) archive.org/details/theg...

graphics: an angry horned floating red demon is hovering over green slime on the ground. other windows of graphics show your inventory: a flaming torch, a key, etc, and exits. options are above this: examine, open, close, speak, operate, go, hit, consume. text box down the bottom: the green slime is very thick and is warm to the touch.

shadowgate, magazine screenshot, amiga (1988) archive.org/details/theg...

richard garriott, straight brown hair, mustache, black vest, sitting at a workstation, 2 screens on a raised platform, a keyboard computer and disk drives below, a floppy disk on the desk.

richard garriott, game development work station (1985) archive.org/details/logi...