Disneyland memories

Disneyland memories

Disneyland memories are a joy to remember. How things have changed since this 1950s footage. The Disneyland park is barely recognisable. Disneyland 1950s. it had Fantasyland and Skyway but many parts of the park have expanded considerably since this early footage. It was named Disneyland when it opened on July 18, 1955. While Walt Disney was watching kids ride a merry-go-round, he ...

Arcade in the 30s

B  C  D  F  G  P  S // // single-plungerdly invents the pinball craze, while Bumper and Contact take the game two steps into the future. At the penny arcades, fortune telling machines like Mystic Pen and An Answer from Beyond promise Depression-era patrons a rosier future, and pitch-and-bat baseball games like All-Star Baseball let li'l sluggers live out their big league dreams. ...

Arcade in the 40s

B  D  F  G  H  M  P  R  S   // // The Voice-O-Graph lets amateur crooners save their performances on a cardboard record, Drive Mobile puts gamers behind the wheel, and Monkey Climb. well, it has climbing monkeys. Two popular sports get arcade makeovers in Basketball Champ and the puck-bowling pioneer Shuffle Alley, while pinball gets its first set of flippers in Humpty Dumpty. ...

Arcade in the 50s

Arcade in the 50s

B  D  F  M  P  R  S   // // Photo booths become a national craze, letting best friends and puppy lovers take home a four-strip keepsake. Shuffle games move beyond bowling with Deluxe Shuffle Targette , Auto Test lets practicing drivers learn the rules of the road, and Two-Player Basketball puts a new one-on-one spin on the old Basketball Champ ...

Arcade in the 60s

Arcade in the 60s

B  C  D  F  G  H  M  P  Q  R  S   // // The future can be yours, as long as Zoltan and Madame Morgana get their due. If action is more your style, Bazaar and Hayburners II give a few new reasons to play pinball. Little Pro and Mini Golf bring the links to the arcade, helicopter games test your piloting skills, while quiz games ...

Arcade in the 70s

Arcade in the 70s

A  B  C  D  F  G  H  I  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W   // // The era of the video arcade game is ushered in with Computer Space in 1971, but few really notice. Pong rights that wrong the following year, and a phenomenon is born. Games like Tank, Gun Fight, Breakout and Sea Wolf prove that video games are no flash in the pan, but Space Invaders ...

Arcade in the 90s

Arcade in the 90s

A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  V  W  X // // The future arrives with a tiger uppercut to the jaw in Street Fighter II, and the era of the one-on-one fighter kicks in. Mortal Kombat amps up the gore to "Fatality" level, while Virtua Fighter and Tekken take the combatants into three dimensions. Virtua Racing and later games like Daytona USA bring new ...

ZX Spectrum 16K or 48k

ZX Spectrum 16K or 48k - where the home computer games started

Whether a ZX Spectrum 16K or 48k it was cutting edge technology once upon a time. I remember reading a readers digest once in 1982 where it said they would give £100 to the best story. I so wanted a ZX Spectrum and guess what, they were priced at £99 at the time. I so ...

1980s PC Magazine

1980s PC Magazine

So did you start out in the 80s with Mac User, or was it Mac World. Maybe you were more into the PC world pushed by IBM. Or perhaps you even go back to 1975 with the magazine called BYTE, launched the first wave of periodicals for early computer hobbyists. What ever you were into you have to ...