30
Dec
When I was a kid I remember always looking through the Sears Christmas “Wishbook” catalog, getting excited about what I wanted for Christmas. There’s a great post online with some scans of the video game section of a 1983 catalog. It really brings back the memories from when I was young. These really were the [...]
17
Dec
I was never very good at Tron. I could usually make it to the third level before it blew me away. Ever since I restored my current machine, I’ve made a more serious attempt at actually becoming good at this game. Well, I hit a milestone tonight with a score of 119,750. It was pretty [...]
13
Dec
Since I pretty much burned myself out on Donkey Kong over the last few months, I spent some good quality time studying Tron. My scores are starting to become respectable. Tron is one of those games that definitely has patterns that will help get through certain levels. However, you still need to master some basic [...]
13
Dec
I’ve had my Blackberry Storm for a few weeks now, and I noticed something funny the last time it locked up. Any of you Williams arcade fans recognize this?
1. Donkey Kong
2. Joust
3. Ms. Pac-Man
4. Berzerk
5. Tron
6. Crazy Climber
7. Robotron: 2084
8. Donkey Kong Jr.
9. Q*Bert
10. Burgertime