Portable Arcade Games in 1983
Back when I was a kid we didn't carry our arcade games on our phones. Back in the early eighties...
Month: June 2015
Read William Gibson’s “Johnny Mnemonic” in Its Original Release
My first exposure to William Gibson's Johnny Mnemonic short story was in the Burning Chrome* collection. That book of short...
Rory’s Story Cubes and Batman
When I was in Europe earlier this year one of the things I grabbed at Toy Fair was the promotional...
1983 Ad for Intellivision Dungeons & Dragons “Treasure of Tarmin” Video Game
The representative screen for the Mattel Treasure of Tarmin video game (Wikipedia page) may not look all that great, but...
M.A.S.K. Thunder Hawk and Gator with Megatron!
This February 25, 1986 newspaper ad shares both Hasbro's Transformers Megatron and Kenner's M.A.S.K. Thunder Hawk and Gator toys with...
Dallas: The Television Role-Playing Game
You cannot make up this sort of thing. Published way back in the early eighties, the Dallas RPG* was one...
Quick Pics – Mega Mini Kits Batmobile
We all need more Batmobile toys, right? Well, in the interest of sharing another Batmobile I'm happy to post pics...
1989 “Hardwired” Ad for the Cyberpunk Roleplaying Game
R. Talsorian's Cyberpunk roleplaying game (Amazon.com search*) continues to be the best cyberpunk-genre RPG ever published. Just how many sourcebooks...
