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This day in History – 1st August 1981

By indi on Sunday, August 1st, 2010 | No Comments

On this day in 1981, I think the delivery of digital media changed forever – MTV started broadcasting at 12:01am. The first music video it played was the Buggles – Video Killed the Radio Star. How appropriate! Enjoy the video:

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Handheld games of the 80s – Game & Watch

By indi on Saturday, June 27th, 2009 | No Comments

The 80′s were the decade that started the trend in what we enjoy today in handheld games – thanks to Nintendo. These very simple games took the world by storm. The size and simplicity made these very addictive to all. It was always a challenge to beat the highest score – even if it was [...]

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Play Galaga online here

By indi on Friday, February 13th, 2009 | No Comments

A very popular arcade game of the 80s was Galaga. It was the sequel to Galaxian and was released in 1981 by Namco. I’d call Galaxian a typical space invaders clone but taken to the next level where the aliens have much more movement when flying around. Galaga goes one step further. The aliens fly [...]

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Space shuttle flights in the 80s

By indi on Saturday, January 24th, 2009 | No Comments

Remember when you were were younger and you heard that NASA were going to space in this new aircraft that looked like a plane, and when the mission was finished the craft would then glide bac to Earth and land like a plane? I do, and of course it was the Space Shuttle. It seemed [...]

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Play Qix online

By indi on Thursday, November 27th, 2008 | No Comments

Qix was released in 1981 by Taito. The aim of the game was to claim a majority (75%) of the playing field with your little marker. You could draw fast or slow (thus gaining more points) lines to claim your land. Trying to stop you was the Qix, a randomly moving object (and quite adavnced [...]

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Play Frogger online

By indi on Monday, November 24th, 2008 | No Comments

Frogger was a very addictive arcade game released in 1981 by Konami. Simple in Gameplay, but hard to master. The object of the game is to direct frogs to their homes one by one. To do this, each frog must avoid cars while crossing a busy road and navigate a river full of hazards including [...]

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