The above advert is from 1985. It is so remarkably awful and fantastic at the same time. What a time to be alive… Original tweet.
Retro
High Score
This docuseries traces the history of classic video games, featuring insights from the innovators who brought these worlds and characters to life… More here. A decent series so far, as the review below states. In isolation, High Score has some… Read More ›
Microsoft Flight Simulator (as it was)
Lots of talk about the new Microsoft Flight Simulator, but did you know that you can try the original in a web browser. Enjoy.
Stormy Weather in color
The Nicholas Brothers’ tap dance scene from the movie “Stormy Weather” (1943). Cab Calloway and his orchestra performing “Jumpin’ Jive”. Somehow I had never seen this before. Give yourself a few minutes and watch this if you haven’t either. The… Read More ›
ZX Spectrum Next – Issue 2
The ZX Spectrum Next is the evolution of the original Spectrum, the computer Sinclair would perhaps have made if given the chance at the time. Designed by Rick Dickinson (1957 – 2018) and Phil Candy, the Next embodies the very… Read More ›
Motorola AURA (2008)
A first-of-its-kind circular display. A stainless steel casing that took two weeks to etch. And a Swiss-inspired mechanism that means it opens just as smoothly in 2020 as it did twelve years ago. Motorola didn’t get much wrong with its… Read More ›
Pac-Man | Design Icons
While a nascent games industry was laser focused on emulating the success of Taito’s Space Invaders, one designer tried to make something completely different – and ended up creating our second design icon: Pac-Man. Brilliant.
Too Smart for Their Time
In the late ‘90s, Microsoft’s research division started work developing the SPOT platform, which it planned to integrate into everything from GPS navigation units to coffee makers. To expedite its arrival, instead of working with big telecommunication companies to implement… Read More ›
15 Old Computer Sounds…
In the ’90s, there were distinct sounds associated with computers that we don’t think about today, but they’re lodged deep in our memories. Let’s go back to some computer sounds you probably haven’t heard in decades… More here. Thanks to… Read More ›
The early days of home computing
There were no design conventions for the earliest home computers, no rules for how they’d look,” says Alex Wiltshire, author of Home Computers, a new book that explores the rapidly changing face of the household machine between its birth in… Read More ›
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