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This day in History – 1st August 1981

By 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 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 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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Play Qix online

By 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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