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…]
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Coding
A New ZX Spectrum Christmas Demo!
In the best of home computer traditions; here at Paleotronic we’re celebrating Christmas with a quick delve into Sinclair BASIC and a festive type in listing. It’s time to dust off the trusty 48k ZX [more…]
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
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…]
Consumer Electronics
Paleotronic’s 12 Years of Retro-Christmas Year Twelve: 1991
Our twelfth instalment of our 12 Years of Retro-Christmas visit to the past includes the Super Nintendo, Sonic the Hedgehog and Lemmings! Click on each image for the full-sized copy or download the PDF Version
Computers
Paleotronic’s 12 Years of Retro-Christmas Year Eleven: 1990
Our eleventh instalment of our 12 Years of Retro-Christmas visit to the past includes the TurboGrafx 16, Super Mario 3, Populous and the Macintosh LC. Click on each image for the full-sized copy or download [more…]
Atari
Paleotronic’s 12 Years of Retro-Christmas Year Ten: 1989
Our tenth instalment of our 12 Years of Retro-Christmas visit to the past includes the Sega Megadrive / Genesis, handheld consoles, funky joysticks, Tetris and much more! Click on each image for the full-sized copy [more…]
Nintendo
Paleotronic’s 12 Years of Retro-Christmas Year Nine: 1988
Our ninth instalment of our 12 Years of Retro-Christmas visit to the past includes the Nintendo Entertainment System (it really became popular in 1988!), Mario, all sorts of arcade games like Afterburner, and the Korg [more…]
Apple II
Spending a Retro-Christmas with microM8
Christmas graphics and sound demos were common software for 1980s home computers. Most of them were public domain and circulated by users groups, while there were a few commercial offerings, such as the Ziggy Christmas [more…]
Computers
A Christmas Cover Story: 55 Classic Computer and Video Game Magazine Covers
December was a big time for 1980s computer and video-game magazines. Their shiny covers stood out at newsagents and magazine stands, hoping to encourage Christmas shoppers to purchase them as stocking stuffers for friends, relatives [more…]