Atari
Top Ten Retro Party Games!
At the time of writing, the holidays are almost upon us. At this time of year we usually have friends over for some food, talk and games. This is where it gets a bit awkward, [more…]
Commodore
Commodore
The Home Computer Christmas Wars
Imagine you forked over US$30 (US$80 in 2018) or even more in Australia with its ‘luxury’ import tax for an ET cartridge to give little Johnnie for Christmas and he hated it! You would’ve been [more…]
Apple II
The Family Business: An Interview with Brøderbund Software founder Doug Carlston
Brøderbund Software Inc. was founded by brothers Doug and Gary Carlston in 1980 after Doug had written Galactic Empire, a space strategy game, on his TRS-80 (retro-trivia: many of the locations in the game have [more…]
Apple II
A Tongue-In-Cheek Look Back at Broderbund’s ‘The Print Shop’
In the early 1980s, if you wanted posters to advertise a yard sale or a party, your options were pretty limited. You could get some blank sheets of paper and some crayons or felt markers [more…]
Apple II
The Tech Class: The Computer Enters the 1980s Classroom
School kids today may all have tablets, but in the early 1980s you were lucky if your classroom had its own computer! More likely, there was only one (or maybe two) for the entire school. [more…]
Announcements
GORF: The Great Oz Retro-Technology Festival
Spend four days enjoying the company of other retro-technology enthusiasts at GORF: the Great Oz Retro-Fest, at Urban Camp in Melbourne, Australia from April 24th-28th 2019. Modelled after the wildly-successful US KansasFest event, GORF is [more…]
Apple II
Paleotronic’s 12 Years of Retro-Christmas (Combined Download)
Our tour of electronic Christmas gifts past has concluded, but if you missed it, don’t worry! You can catch up by downloading all of the episodes in a single file via the link below. Download [more…]
Atari
Paleotronic’s 12 Years of Retro-Christmas Year Eight: 1987
Our eighth instalment of our 12 Years of Retro-Christmas visit to the past includes the Commodore Amiga, Atari XEGS, Yamaha SHS-10 Keytar and plans for an electronic Christmas tree! Click on each image for the [more…]
Apple II
Paleotronic’s 12 Years of Retro-Christmas Year Seven: 1986
Our seventh instalment of our 12 Years of Retro-Christmas visit to the past includes the Atari 7800, Sega Master System, the Color Computer 3 and more! Click on each image for the full-sized copy or [more…]
Atari
Paleotronic’s 12 Years of Retro-Christmas Year Six: 1985
Our sixth instalment of our 12 Years of Retro-Christmas visit to the past includes the Atari ST, Commodore 128, The Goonies, Knight Rider and Teddy Ruxpin! Also, the eighth wonder of the world: The Clapper. [more…]