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ASoo
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BLinD-RawR
ALLEYCAT BLUES50532 Posts
oh my god do I try, I try all the time, In this institution | ||
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada16859 Posts
Joe Theisman won teh super bowl. You think he is hard to listen to now.. imagine having to listen to him yap about winning the super bowl. The NFL's 1st modern day black QB won his 5th Grey Cup in a row. RGee who? Steve Podborski became the first North American to win the World Cup season title in downhill skiing. Italy won the World Cup. its the only year the Vancouver Canucks lost in the Stanley Cup finals and half the vancouver police force didn't have to quell a riot. But, most importantly, our favourite software publisher that we all know and love... and love giving money to..... they became a super power in 1982. They released Enduro, Chopper Command, Pitfall ,and River Raid. These 4 games were 10,000X better than any other Atari 2600 games ever made. This gave the brand legendary status. 1982 was awesome. | ||
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_fool
Netherlands678 Posts
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[UoN]Sentinel
United States11320 Posts
On August 21 2015 14:09 JimmyJRaynor wrote: 1982 was a big year guys. Joe Theisman won teh super bowl. You think he is hard to listen to now.. imagine having to listen to him yap about winning the super bowl. The NFL's 1st modern day black QB won his 5th Grey Cup in a row. RGee who? Steve Podborski became the first North American to win the World Cup season title in downhill skiing. Italy won the World Cup. its the only year the Vancouver Canucks lost in the Stanley Cup finals and half the vancouver police force didn't have to quell a riot. But, most importantly, our favourite software publisher that we all know and love... and love giving money to..... they became a super power in 1982. They released Enduro, Chopper Command, Pitfall ,and River Raid. These 4 games were 10,000X better than any other Atari 2600 games ever made. This gave the brand legendary status. 1982 was awesome. Thriller came out. That fucking cancer Brezhnev finally died. Judas Priest went mainstream. Ms. Pac-Man in North America. | ||
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada16859 Posts
The Commodore 64 came out in January 1982 and is the #1 reason for the B.S./made-up "video game market crash of 1983". There was no "crash". People played more games in 1983 than ever before. Because the Atari2600 was owned by a media company ( Time-Warner) some narrative had to be invented about why it went into a huge decline in 1983. So they invented the "video game crash of 1983". The bottom line is the Commodore 64 is 100X better and you could pirate every game. The Commodore 64 was the #1 game machine from the day it was released and crushed the competition. | ||
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Shellshock
United States97276 Posts
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Lorning
Belgica34432 Posts
On August 21 2015 23:31 Shellshock wrote: this blog sucks more than prime Don't worry I'll make a culture club one soon just for you | ||
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[UoN]Sentinel
United States11320 Posts
On August 21 2015 23:17 JimmyJRaynor wrote: Those are some good additions. Thriller is called in "#1 selling Album" of all time. whatever an "Album" is. LOL The Commodore 64 came out in January 1982 and is the #1 reason for the B.S./made-up "video game market crash of 1983". There was no "crash". People played more games in 1983 than ever before. Because the Atari2600 was owned by a media company ( Time-Warner) some narrative had to be invented about why it went into a huge decline in 1983. So they invented the "video game crash of 1983". The bottom line is the Commodore 64 is 100X better and you could pirate every game. The Commodore 64 was the #1 game machine from the day it was released and crushed the competition. Well no it was more in relation to consoles. The Commodore 64 was part of the crash because it took so many sales away from consoles, and even had trade-in promotions to get people to part with their consoles. | ||
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catplanetcatplanet
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there are an incredible number of misunderstood bands from this time period and a flock of seagulls are no exception people ought to listen to at least the debut LP before passing judgement, and their follow-up "listen" is quite strong as well. The debut is quite dark and it's easier to appreciate this song's real theme of reaching for unattainable fantasies within the context of the album as a whole. the guitarist, Paul Reynolds I think, really gave the band a unique sound as well | ||
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[UoN]Sentinel
United States11320 Posts
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catplanetcatplanet
3830 Posts
On August 22 2015 00:19 [UoN]Sentinel wrote: Modern Talking best 80s group. get out | ||
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada16859 Posts
On August 21 2015 23:36 [UoN]Sentinel wrote: Well no it was more in relation to consoles. The Commodore 64 was part of the crash because it took so many sales away from consoles, and even had trade-in promotions to get people to part with their consoles. the story from my 40+ year old relatives and my 2v2 playing partner is that the C64 was piracy heaven. it was easy to own 200+ games for the C64 and impossible to do so on a console where piracy was non-existent. Although the C64 is called a "computer" it was a game machine. Modems were uncommon because you had to pay giant long distance telephone charges in 1982. You could only contact other local computers and there was no standards. A Commodore64 computer could not call up an Atari800 Bulletin Board and use it... or an Apple2 bulletin board.. etc etc. Printing was possible, but academic institutions viewed the primitive dot-matrix printer output an unacceptable document. The Dot-Matrix printer also could not do footnotes and a bibliography in an acceptable way. There was no laser printer. The C64 was labelled a computer because it had a keyboard. In 1982/3 it was never used in the way we use computers today. Essentially, the C64 and Atari 400/800 were game machines. | ||
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fluidrone
France1478 Posts
 I agree with 'fan, the "simple" blog policy has been "so so" in respect to closing or not closing. Mmmm, also 80ies forever | ||
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada16859 Posts
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SetGuitarsToKill
Canada28396 Posts
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada16859 Posts
Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love | ||
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