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What's in That Game Box? - Treasure in the Canadian Rockies (1978)
Ever searched the Internet looking for what exactly you were missing from the old board game you pulled from your closet, only to find no succor in your time of need? Well, stop that fruitless searching through endless google results, as this week we look at one of the hard to find treasures from Copp Clark: Treasure in the Canadian Rockies. This is definitely a game from the Seventies. Check…
Happy New Year 2024! (A Wistful Look Back at the Year That Was!)
It’s been 12 years since I last updated my blog with a New Year’s post. Where did the time go? The last time I looked back at the year that was, I expressed my gratitude for online partnerships and friendships, and called some specific thoughts about my website and growing my social media profile, including working on a new channel on Google+! Of course, Google+ and my website are long gone.…
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Merry Tandy Christmas 2024 (1986!)
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Happy Festivus 2024!
It’s been a long time since I remembered the wonders of Festivus prior to the twenty-third day of December turning into the 24th. I don’t see a lot of Happy Festivus posts in my feeds, but maybe I’ve got the wrong friends! I think post COVID-19, there is a return to the idea that the 23rd of December is a time for shopping for those last-minute Christmas gifts that will be sold out on the 24th,…
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Atari wins the decades-long war with Intellivision!
The war is over! Details here: https://mashable.com/article/atari-acquires-intellivision
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Game Review: Puck Drop (Hockey General Manager Simulator)
In the golden era of the 90s, when pixels ruled and Gretzky was a household name, Bethesda Software gifted hockey enthusiasts with a gem – the Hockey League Simulator. Crafted as an add-on for the Gretzky Hockey series, this fantasy hockey management game stood on its own, captivating players with its strategic brilliance. Little did I know back then, as I spent countless hours drafting, trading,…
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Radio Shack in the 1990s
Fun fact: I worked for Radio Shack as a Store Manager (and eventually a District Manager) in the 1990s. In Canada, the mall signs all showed “Radio Shack”, but we were a separate division called “Intertan”, short for International Tandy. I still have very fond memories of my time in the store! It turns out I have a recording from sometime in the 90s showing the store that I managed, which was…
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Texas Instruments Speak & Spell
Kids in the 80’s not only had the power of 8-bit gaming to access, they also had handheld games and educational toys. One of the most popular educational toy was the Speak and Spell line of talking devices made by Texas Instruments, first introduced to the public in 1978. It’s interesting to me that the Speak and Spell line was a result of work done way back in 1976 by TI on building a speech…
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Would you buy a NEW Atari 2600?
We are definitely living in an interesting timeline, as we are now able to purchase a NEW Atari 2600 game console. It comes with a 10-in-1 game cartridge, and is incredibly backwards compatible with most Atari 2600 AND Atari 7800 games. (Full list HERE) It even has DB9 ports to allow for using original joysticks and other controllers, but you can buy new ones if you want! It’s available to order…
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What's In That Game Box? - Nuclear War (1983 Edition)
Ever searched the Internet looking for what exactly you were missing from the old board game you pulled from your closet, only to find no succor in your time of need? Well, stop that fruitless searching through endless google results, as this week we look at the 1983 version of Douglas Malewicki’s classic game of mass destruction, Nuclear War. Nuclear War started it’s bombing run in 1965, and…
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Catalog Cavalcade: SSI Fall 1988 / Winter 1989 Brings the Retro Want List
Strategic Simulations, Inc (SSI for short) brought AD&D goodness to the world with the Gold Box series of games, but they also were well known for being masters of wargaming. Back in 1988 you could put your order in through their catalog service for multiple platforms: Apple II, Apple IIGS, Atari 8-Bit, Atari ST, Commodore 64/128, Commodore Amiga or IBM PC. Want to play Roadwar 2000 on your…
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Yesterday's Copy Protection Schemes - Spellcasting 101: Sorcerers Get All the Girls
Who remembers playing pc games where the importance of getting the main character bedded drove the storyline? Not every titillating game was a winner, but the Spellcasting series by Steve Meretzky certainly were! The quest to get Ernie Eaglebeek hooked up with Lola Tigerbelly, graduate his first year of Sorcerer University, and solve the mystery of what happened to the Sorcerer’s Appliance, made…
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Obsolete Comic Review: Darkseid vs Galactus The Hunger
The history of comic books from 1961 to today has been a struggle between the two large comic book publishers: Marvel Comics and DC Comics (National Periodicals). There have been blips on the radar, such as the hype-driven debut of Image Comics in the early 1990s, but such blips did not last, and the struggle between the two comic leviathans quickly resumed. Most years the competition for…
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What is a SLASH Re-Release Game?
HISTORYBased in Minneapolis, the SLASH Corporation was a game company which repackaged and resold classic 1980s PC titles from such companies as Sierra On-Line, LucasArts Entertainment, Electronic Arts, The Software Toolworks, and others. Its President (founder?) was Charles F. Bond, and it existed as an independent company from 1991 to 1995. In June of 1996, GT Interactive Software Corp…
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Kijiji a Great Place to Find CRT Monitors
Monitor – DEll 17 ” on Kijiji https://www.kijiji.ca/v-monitors/mississauga-peel-region/monitor-dell-17/1535387023?utm_campaign=socialbuttons&utm_content=app_ios&utm_medium=social&utm_source=ios_social
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Online Garage Sale for more magisterrex.com inventory!
Online Garage Sale for more magisterrex.com inventory!
It’s been several years since I shuttered magisterrex.com, boxed up all my inventory and called it a day. I thought about bringing the site back, but I no longer have that kind of time, as much as I enjoyed it! However, I’ve finally started to reach into the vault and pull out the magisterrex stock that has been sitting waiting and it’s time to sell it off. BUT…it’s all on Kijiji, and not on…
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Obsolete Comic Review: Justice League of America: Crisis on New Genesis
Obsolete Comic Review: Justice League of America: Crisis on New Genesis
A few years ago I wrote a series of Obsolete Comic Reviews for a website that has since itself become obsolete. The good news is that nothing is truly ever lost on the Internet. Below is the recovered review from 2011. Justice League of America 183-185: Crisis on New Genesis With the excitement surrounding the new Justice League relaunch as part of the 52 lineup, sometimes it’s easy to forget…
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