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Gaming In 1982: Moustaches, Tiny Shorts And Colecovision

These two photos, belonging to Richard Braunstein, are perfect. Just perfect. Perfect because they capture what it was like playing games in the days before giant couches and giant TV sets. Perfect because these are two grown men playing video games in 1982, smashing stereotypes.


Three More Episodes Of GamePro TV To Take You Deeper Into The ’90s

Last week, we took a trip back to the ’90s with three episodes of the 1996 version of GamePro TV. The videos, as uploaded by Oakland’s Museum of Art & Digital Entertainment, are a welcome return to a simpler age. Now, it has uploaded three more.


There’s Nothing Quite Like Browsing Through Hundreds Of Old Sega Boxes

You may have noticed, but I’ve got a bit of a thing for the Sega Master System, and in particular its unique brand of documentation and branding. They lay somewhere between Tron and a tablecloth.


Pikachu Used To Be Way Cuter (And Fatter)

Pikachu, the iconic Pokémon from Pocket Monsters, looks slightly different these days. Adorable, sure, but not nearly as adorable as in 1997 back when the Pokémon anime first debuted. And not nearly as fat either.


These Long-Lost GamePro TV Episodes Are Like A ’90s Acid Flashback

Remember the ’90s? What am I talking about, of course you do. But if you want to really remember them, like, vividly, watch these episodes of the 1996 edition of GamePro TV, which have been uploaded by the Oakland-based Museum of Art & Digital Entertainment.


Yes, The PlayStation’s Startup Music Is Still Orgasmic

Remember when the original PlayStation came out? Better yet, remember how incredibly amazing the system’s start up music was? Holy smoke, that was good — and it’s even amazing all these years later.


Nintendo’s Awkward 1990s, Remembered On Resurrected VHS

NeoGAF user jjgames has done the history of video games — or at least our ability to easily access some awkwardly amusing parts of it — a great favour. He’s bought six old VHS tapes from the ’90s, each containing a Nintendo marketing or training video.


A History Of THQ, 1989-2013

For all intents, it happened late last year, but yesterday the results of an auction called it: THQ, formerly one of the biggest video game publishers in the world, is no more. It’s been a hell of a ride.


Toys R’ Us’ Christmas 1996 Catalogue Is A Historic Wonderland

Ah, 1996. The future, as the front cover of Toys R’ Us’ catalogue so boldly states, is here! Or…was there. And it was only really there for some of the systems involved (sorry, Sega Saturn!)


24,000 Games, From 1975 To 2012, Broken Down By Genre & Platform

These two charts turned up today, reportedly from a “recently scraped database of 24,000 video games to determine percentages of genre and platform releases since 1975″.


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