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Kickin it old skool

While I enjoy (of course) the videogames of today, I really enjoy looking back into the 1975-1986 (ie pre-NES) era of videogaming, mainly becuase I remember growing up with videogames and love looking back when the industry was in it's infancy, there was no Microsoft and no massively big EA to f things up.

Of course, there was Atari who made you believe 2600 Pac-Man was great, so it's not all awesome.

So anyway, when doing a google search I found this page which scanned a bunch of mags from 1983. I love this stuff. Look at the Electronic Games article about what we'll be playing in 2001. The forecast that videogames were here to stay was right on, but the whole 'mind control' really didn't come to fruition. (BTW, that was the first time I knew to look for people as writers -- so if Arnie Katz or Bill Kunkel wrote something I knew it was going to be a good read. I had talked to them back in my GamePen days, and it was akin to talking to Bono for some people. Last I checked they were working for Westwood in Las Vegas, but once EA killed that who knows -- Arnie or Bill if you're out there, lemme know!).

So, go relive the past. Find out about the Vectrex -- which I still play. Find out about 2600 porn. Ugh. Find out about the awesome new joysticks from Wico.