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Paleotronic’s 12 Years of Retro-Christmas Year Twelve: 1991

December 24, 2018 paleotronic 0

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

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Paleotronic’s 12 Years of Retro-Christmas Year Eleven: 1990

December 24, 2018 paleotronic 0

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…]

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Paleotronic’s 12 Years of Retro-Christmas Year Ten: 1989

December 23, 2018 paleotronic 0

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…]

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Paleotronic’s 12 Years of Retro-Christmas Year Nine: 1988

December 20, 2018 paleotronic 0

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…]

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A Christmas Cover Story: 55 Classic Computer and Video Game Magazine Covers

December 18, 2018 paleotronic 0

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…]

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Paleotronic’s 12 Years of Retro-Christmas Year Eight: 1987

December 17, 2018 paleotronic 0

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…]

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Paleotronic’s 12 Years of Retro-Christmas Year Six: 1985

December 12, 2018 paleotronic 0

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…]

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Paleotronic’s 12 Years of Retro-Christmas Year Five: 1984

December 10, 2018 paleotronic 0

Our fifth instalment of our 12 Years of Retro-Christmas visit to the past includes the Macintosh, Apple IIc, PCjr, calculator watches and more! Click on each image for the full-sized copy or download the PDF Version

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Paleotronic’s 12 Years of Retro-Christmas Year Four: 1983

December 9, 2018 paleotronic 0

Our fourth instalment of our 12 Years of Retro-Christmas includes the Coleco Adam, Tandy Model 100, the Sound Burger and much more… Click on each image for the full-sized copy or download the PDF Version

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Paleotronic’s 12 Years of Retro-Christmas Year Three: 1982

December 6, 2018 paleotronic 0

Our third instalment of our 12 Years of Retro-Christmas includes ET: The Extra Terrible, the Colecovision, Spectrum, Commodore 64 and much, much more… Click on each image for the full-sized copy or download the PDF Version [more…]

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Our Holiday issue explored The Print Shop, Christmas and Party games and much, much more!

turtleSpaces 3D Logo Interpreter

turtleSpaces is a new expanded implementation of LCSI Apple Logo II that features 3D OpenGL graphics, shapes, lights, cameras, location detection, multiple turtles and much, much more! Great for teaching kids how to code. Check it out at turtlespaces.org

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