videogame history

concept art of little planet, a world map of the sonic cd world / zones, presented like round planet with some tunnels and platforms around its out edges.

sonic the hedgehog cd, design document, sega cd (1992) info.sonicretro.org/R2 tcrf.net/Prerelease:S...

a photo of the multi-story (6) building that the shop exists in is shown. it is on the second floor, accessible via a staircase. a map of surrounding streets/buildings is shown on the bottom right. japanese text above talks about some of the goods available and their prices.

falcom, game studio, new computer / merchandise store, japan, print ad, sale (1985) bring this advertisement to receive a discount ticket archive.org/details/logi...

digitized photo of someone's shoulders and face with eyes dotted with white dots and the hair drawn to look like a bunch of snakes.

pocket camera, magazine screenshot, game boy (1998) archive.org/details/Nint...

programmable joystick with 3 red buttons, 6 attack buttons, a little lcd display up the upper left hand corner, black stick. a promotional display photo is shown with the snes, speakers and a screen, which is what it was released for. big text above and below: don't get mad... get even...!

the qj topfighter, print ad, excerpt (1993) archive.org/details/mega...

a smiling girl with black hair, rosey cheeks, in a red dress and red shoes is dancing with a nintendo ds in her hand.

illustration, girl gamer, magazine (2009) archive.org/details/gg-8...

a naked woman, seen from the waist up, standing in water, her hair very long in black, curled into the water and over one of her arms (and draped over the revealing parts of her breasts). large green leaves are floating in the water.

print ad screenshot (1985) archive.org/details/logi...

imagery a large disembodied clenched fingerless gloved fist with a word print vertically on each glove covered knuckle (set against a black background): fight like a man aside from title font, other text: step into the octagon this fall

ultimate fighting championship, print ad (2000) www.mobygames.com/game/25410/u...

white caps text on the left: you need a set of these imagery on the left (underneath): a pair of steel balls white caps text on the right: to play one of these imagery on the right (underneath): a sleek black neo geo console

neo geo, print ad, imagery (1991) archive.org/details/1991...

hooded creatures with glowing red eyes are approaching and a bat is flying in a tunnel. title font is displayed on a thin red flag across the top of the art.

the black sanctum, trs-80 coco (1983) www.mobygames.com/game/45036/t...

black zool arcade machine with with protagonist gremlin ninja zool artwork on the side of the cabinet and the zool title font on the marquee with the 2 o's replaced with a the protagonist's pair of angry eyes.

zool, arcade machine, unreleased (1993) unveiled at the amusement trades exhibition in london but ultimately development was scrapped. archive.org/details/theo... www.gamesthatwerent.com/2021/03/zool...

2 gridded 3-dimensional donuts, linked together like a chain against that backdrop of interlinked circles. caption: complex 3-dimensional forms

magazine screenshot & caption (1981) archive.org/details/elco...

an illustration of two slightly curved landscape, one brick, one water. on the brick, a hero wearing a helmet with one top spike, wielding a sword, wearing a cape is fighting monsters. there is a brick throwing horned monster, a bat, a cyclops and a vaguely green, tentactle eyed monster. above is a pirate with a sword on a boat, a robot, another person on a different boat, a person on a small island with a palm tree and a happy shark (and a seagull).

illustration, login, magazine (1987) archive.org/details/logi...

one eyed, big mouthed, sharp jagged teeth, lots of tentacles w/ tiny eyes on the end beholder. ugly. grotesque.

dungeons & dragons: eye of the beholder, game boy advance (2002) www.mobygames.com/game/8124/du...

a girl with black hair, wearing a head set, her hand rested on an xbox controller, her head lying on a plate of noodles(?), eyes closed, other hand resting on a fork. text above roughly translates to: with someone i met for the first time, i had an adventure all night. speed bubble coming from the head set translates roughly to: wow, dragon! wake up!

xbox live, print ad, imagery (2003) archive.org/details/fami...

a cat is sitting on its kitty litter, thinking about a floppy disk as cat's often do when they want to take a shit.

what's michael?, screenshot, pc-88 (1989) www.mobygames.com/game/197462/...

skeletons and diamond-y shaped things are on the playing field. up the top is hi score, score and men left.

skeleton, type-in listing, magazine screenshot, program pochette, magazine (1986) archive.org/details/prog...

the message in caps reads: steal this code and you die... atari 1985 j.f.s.

paperboy, hidden developer message, arcade (1985) 'this hidden message is at 0x751B9 in the main cpu. j.f.s. is programmer john salwitz.' tcrf.net/Paperboy_(Ar...

a grinning human but you can only see under the skin, eye sockets, brain, skeleton, long spindly fingers, ribs, etc. ages 7 and up learning science was never this much fun!

3-d body adventure, pc (1995) www.mobygames.com/game/6163/3-...

on the left is a maze with a blue and white chequered floor and blood walls. on the right is the graphic of a sex worker, floofed up blonde hair, lipstick, sitting on a chair. there is a graphical glitch across her centre. green text box: live is worth living

leather skirts, screenshot, msx (1987) www.mobygames.com/game/209794/...

a computer with arms and legs, wearing shades, sitting in a chair, one leg crossed over the other, holding a drink in one hand, pointing upwards with the other, a cigar in its mouth. a thought bubble says 'joke!'

illustration, oh!x, magazine (1988) archive.org/details/oh-x...

(topologika) logo (a scoll) welcome to... the kingdom of hamil (to the right there is an illustration of a vampire, kinda smiling, fangs out, collar up, holding a rolled up bit of paper). set against the colour of blood red.

kingdom of hamil, manual, amstrad pcw (1987) mocagh.org/loadpage.php...

scantily clad woman are posing on the ground around a semi-naked warrior wearing a horned helmet and holding a sword skyward. behind them is a huge beaked scaley creature. two real woman's faces are shown in circles (hinting that they have no clothes on).

lady sword: ryakudatsusareta 10-nin no otome, pc engine (1992) www.mobygames.com/game/49459/l...

four cards, showing a woman in a short red dress and red and white striped knee high jester type boots on the back of each card. a blonde woman lays on top in a red bikini, suggestively posing. a text box reads in caps: change card !! credit: 850 bet: 50

av poker: world gambler, manual screenshot, pc engine (1992) archive.org/details/av-p...

a pink haired young woman, wearing a neat blue top and dress is holding a squawking green bird in her interlocked arms. nichibutsu company logo at the bottom (a circle with an owl? in it)

mahjong shikaku retsuden: mahjong wars, pc engine, manual, back (1990) www.mobygames.com/game/209835/...

continue screen complete with enemy taunt with a map of a country in the background. the enemy has light slicked back hair, is muscle-y and is holding up his fore finger (probably wagging it). text below (white on black): your mother would be ashamed to call you son--or is it princess! ho~ ho~

world heroes 2 jet, taunt screen, arcade (1994) www.mobygames.com/game/31332/w...

excited wide eyed boy stares through a pane of hard clear plastic, cranes humanoid toy with a bow tie as other cute fluffy toys lay below.

2d: crane at top on sliding bar, 2 areas, separated by a partial wall, left side is for the crane to pick-up toys, right side is for drop off a pyramid of cutesy toys is in the left chamber.

crane games, type-in listing, magazine imagery & screenshot, micom basic magazine (1994) archive.org/details/mico...

header (black font within white odd shape): mysteryzone the illustration of the head of a humanoid monster, white piercing eyes, open mouth, blunt teeth, games scrawled on its forehead. the head is a hyperlink. below is a list of text hyperlinks: about, games, bog, pigs, links, hiddenzones, eros, manmountain (not a hyperlink), frogchat, contac

stephen "thecatamites" thecatamites, game designer, official website (2011) www.geocities.ws/mystery_zone...

grainy monochrome macintosh aesthetic with colour spashed in. a room with a corner of rocky surface on the right, a fish bowl(?) with wheels on the left (sitting on a table), a colour clock that kinda looks like a sun with a face with rosey cheeks and ofcourse the actual clock face. there is a small bridge on the floor in the middle.

spelunx and the caves of mr. seudo, screenshot, macintosh (1991) www.mobygames.com/game/44055/s...

rectangular web banner with a close-up (side on view) of mario's face and bulbous nose on the left and the yellow nintendo power logo/font on the right. (and a thin header up the top that has small 'nintendo power' text and rightward arrow).

nintendo power, magazine, web banner, from the official nintendo website (2002) www.nintendo.com/games/gamepa...

cutesy boy protagonist walking left to right on land down the bottom of the screen. map of the rainbow islands floating in the sky (7 islands, joined by rainbows).

rainbow islands, magazine screenshot, map screen (1990) archive.org/details/fami...