The Michelangelo Virus
16th Century Italy was a dangerous place, and although Michelangelo lived a long life, he would witnessed some horror in…
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Blog posts for which there is also a video featured on the Nostalgia Nerd YouTube channel.
The Secret Arcade Games Few Knew About
Space Invaders. What a great game, especially for 1978. For designer Tomohiro Nishikado to come up with this concept back…
Toshiba TV
This is a Winter Argos Catalogue from 1998. For those outside the UK, Argos is a shop which sells, well…
I Bought a Million Dollar Piece of Internet History
Back in 2005, a 21 year old student named Alex Tew, from Cricklade in England, had an idea. An idea…
The Great Commodore Brand Heist
Who owns the Commodore brand? Why are there loads of products using the Commodore name? What is this apparent new…
Great Fighters on Inappropriate Systems
There was a period of time between 1988 and 1994 where systems like the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, NES and…
Why is Alex Kidd DX Like This?
I love the Sega Master System. I really do, and Alex Kidd in Miracle World is a game so utterly…
Liminal Spaces in Old Games
Welcome to my local storage company. Behind each of these doors, I presume are goods, stock, furniture, personal items, junk….
The IBM PS/2 Laptop
IBM. Big Blue. They were the ones who instigated, who created the very platform that most of the world uses…
Top Website Hacks of the ’90s
John T Draper is a familiar name in the hacking community, mainly because he was one of the first members…
Why are Floppy Cables Twisted?
It’s the age old question. A question that has been boggling mankind for decades. Why do floppy ribbon cables contain…
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