a meditation on videogame (w/ occasional technology and web) history.
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cotton: fantastic night dreams, screenshot, sharp x68000 (1993) https://www.mobygames.com/game/24212/cotton-fantastic-night-dreams/screenshots/sharp-x68000/699994/
u-force, controller, manual, re: playing mike tyson's punch-out!!, excerpt, nes (1990) https://archive.org/details/uforce-manual/page/14/mode/2up
joystick, magazine, coverdisc, menu screen (1998) https://archive.org/details/joystick-issue-089-january-1998/page/n5/mode/2up
masq, screenshot, pc (2002) https://www.mobygames.com/game/28320/masq/screenshots/windows/237089/
ultimate mortal kombat 3, print ad, imagery (1996) https://www.mobygames.com/game/6593/ultimate-mortal-kombat-3/promo/group-51426/image-1374232/
descent, print ad, excerpt (1994) https://www.mobygames.com/game/692/descent/promo/group-57847/image-791875/
t-shirt, advertised in creative computing magazine (1979) https://archive.org/details/creative-computing-magazine/Creative_Computing_Vol_05_06_1979_Jun%5Bocr%5D/page/n161/mode/2up
nickelodeon 3d movie maker, windows 95 (1996) https://archive.org/details/nickelodeon-3-d-movie-maker-1996-microsoft-cd-rom
kermit's electronic storymaker, commodore 64 (1984) https://archive.org/details/c-vg-54-1986-04/page/n75/mode/2up https://www.lemon64.com/game/kermits-electronic-storymaker
apple dvd player, magazine screenshot, macintosh (1999) https://archive.org/details/apc199912/page/n177/mode/2up
church of scientology, print ad, your commodore, magazine (1986) https://archive.org/details/16-your-commodore-magazine/page/n95/mode/2up
art alive!, print ad, promotional display, mega drive (1992) https://www.mobygames.com/game/64390/art-alive/promo/group-50702/image-447679/
elite, print ad, excerpts, amstrad cpc (1986) https://archive.org/details/c-vg-54-1986-04/page/n31/mode/2up
death by degrees, print ad, ps2 (2005) https://www.mobygames.com/game/23766/death-by-degrees/promo/group-180644/image-1427168/
command & conquer, print ad, imagery, n64 (1999) https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_181/page/n113/mode/2up
land of illusion starring mickey mouse, screenshot, game gear (1993) https://www.mobygames.com/game/15719/land-of-illusion-starring-mickey-mouse/screenshots/game-gear/91708/
nintendo, official website, excerpt (1998) https://web.archive.org/web/19980205061750/http://www.nintendo.com/corp/jobs/tester.html
captain planet and the planeteers, game over screen, amiga (1991) https://www.mobygames.com/game/11958/captain-planet-and-the-planeteers/screenshots/amiga/866510/
st format, magazine, excerpt (1991) https://archive.org/details/atari-st-format-issue-023/page/102/mode/2up
pagestream 2.1, print ad screenshot, atari st (1991) https://archive.org/details/atari-st-format-issue-023/page/12/mode/2up
comic, creative computing, magazine (1983) https://archive.org/details/creativecomputing-1983-09/page/n79/mode/2up
red arremer: makaimura gaiden, art, manual, game boy (1990) https://archive.org/details/red-arremer-makaimura-gaiden-dmg-raj-gb-jp-manual-600-dpi/page/11/mode/2up
petz, official website (2000) https://web.archive.org/web/20000816191428/http://www.pfmagic.com/central/default.asp
shining force II, magazine screenshot, mega drive (1995) https://archive.org/details/megazoneau55/page/n45/mode/2up
nester's adventures, comic, excerpt, nintendo power, magazine (1992) https://archive.org/details/NintendoPower1988-2004/Nintendo%20Power%20Issue%20035%20%28April%201992%29/page/n103/mode/2up
dead or alive, official website (1997) https://web.archive.org/web/19970427103643/http://www.tecmo.co.jp/product/doa/doa_home.htm
dark seed, background manual, the creation of dark seed, excerpts, re: h.r. giger's involvement (1992) https://www.mocagh.org/loadpage.php?getgame=darkseed-alt2
wakkanai hokusei gakuen junior college, wakkanai, hokkaido, japan (1994) https://archive.org/details/micomBASIC-1994-03/page/n23/mode/2up
wolfman, commodore 64 (1988) https://www.mobygames.com/game/29200/wolfman/cover/group-46546/cover-125427/
mr. bones, print ad screenshot, sega saturn (1997) https://archive.org/details/game-fan-volume-5-issue-01-january-1997/page/n5/mode/2up
california games II, game over screen, amiga (1992) https://www.mobygames.com/game/1826/california-games-ii/screenshots/amiga/307839/
baron baldric: a grave overture, nag screen, dos (1992) https://www.mobygames.com/game/99128/baron-baldric-a-grave-overture/screenshots/dos/914133/
illustration, sinclair user magazine (1991) https://archive.org/details/sinclair-user-magazine-109/page/n33/mode/2up
jazz jackrabbit 2, official website (1998) https://web.archive.org/web/19980628112124/http://www.jazzjackrabbit.com/index.htm
print ad, parody, computer gaming world, magazine (1999) https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_177/page/n49/mode/2up
harvester, official website, excerpt (1997) https://web.archive.org/web/19970331062255/http://www.harvester.com/about.html
adobe photoshop 4.0, prompt, macintosh (1997) https://archive.org/details/MacAddict-011-199707/page/90/mode/2up