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Archive for the ‘C64’ Category

July 6th, 2008

Whatever happened to Strategic Simulations Inc.?

I’ve been asking this question since the early 2000s, and I don’t know for the life of me why I didn’t bother looking the answer up with Google, or any other search engine for that matter. Maybe it’s because I don’t want to ruin the mystery. It turns out, however, that the disappearance of Strategic […]

By Joel -- 0 comments

July 3rd, 2008

Street Fighter II: Ken’s Touch of Death Combo

I found this really nick trick for Ken Masters on Street Fighter II for the arcade, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, and Sega Genesis. It’s called the Touch of Death Combo, and I’ve been trying it out (trying being the operative term). The move actually entails two combos: the first disables an opponent, the second knocks […]

By Joel -- 1 comment

April 30th, 2008

Video game consoles, then and now

Did you know that there have been at least 63 video game consoles and personal computers in the past 50 years? Well, I didn’t … honestly. So imagine my surprise when I came across this video:

The author of this mish-mash, however, missed the entire Apple line of personal computers. I owned an Apple IIc, so […]

By Joel -- 1 comment

February 9th, 2006

Stuck on “Everyone’s a Wally”?

Admit it, “Leather Godesses of Phobos” has left you entirely stymied… It’s ok, we’ve all been there…
Well, C64 fan, suffer your embarrasment no more, for Gnome has revealed a cave, a secret cave bursting with walkthroughs to all the Commodore 64 games you remember so fondly… And about eleventy billion you’ve never even heard of… […]

By Jonic Linley -- 3 comments

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