User:ShadyCrack
Retrocomputing enthusiast.
Game dev survivor.
Formative:
- Apple II (6502)
- 1981: Space Eggs, Castle Wolfenstein, Sabotage
- 1982: Beagle Bag
- 1983: Buzzard Bait
- 1985: Autoduel, Elite
- 1987: Maniac Mansion
- 1988: Wasteland
- 1981: Rubik's Cube, Smurfs
- 1982: Dark Tower, Dungeon!
- 1983: Crossbows and Catapults, Stompers 4x4
- 1984: Transformers, Kronoform watch
- 1985: M.U.S.C.L.E., Entertech AK Centerfire, Starriors
- 1986: Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer Holiday Demo (6809E), Lazer Tag, Rubik's Magic
- 1987: Sega Master System (Z80)
- Quartet, Fantasy Zone II, Maze Hunter 3D, Space Harrier 3D, After Burner, Out Run, Alex Kidd in Miracle World, HangOn/Safari Hunt, Ghostbusters, Rescue Mission, Rambo III, World Grand Prix, Ghost House
- 1987: Zillion
- 1988: Golvellius, Miracle Warriors
- 1987: Starcom
- 1989: Sega Genesis (68000)
- Golden age of arcade video games
- 1992: TurboGrafx-16 (65C02)
- Misfits, GWAR
Aspirational:
- USRobotics Courier Dual Standard
Other machines:
Arcade
[edit]Martin's Aquarium:
- 1980: Battlezone
- 1981: Centipede
- 1981: Rally-X
- 1981: Tempest
- 1982: Front Line
- 1982: Jungle Hunt
- 1983: Congo Bongo
Sears Arcade:
- 1982: Tron (Z80)
- 1982: BurgerTime
- 1983: Track & Field
- 1983: Dragon's Lair
- 1983: Discs of Tron
Lenny's Penny Arcade, Sea Isle City:
- 1976: Sea Wolf
- 1982: Mr. Do!
- 1982: Robotron: 2084 (6809)
- 1982: Dig Dug
- 1983: Bagman?
- Pokereno (Seidel)
Avalon Arcade:
- 1983: Elevator Action
- 1984: Punch-Out!!
- 1985: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (68010)
- 1985: Gauntlet
- 1986: 720° (DEC T-11)
- 1987: Double Dragon
- 1987: After Burner
- 1988: Bad Dudes
- 1989: Hard Drivin' (dual TMS34010)
Other Avalon Arcade:
- 1986: Rampage
- Video poker
Stone Harbor Arcade:
- 1992: Space Lords
Wildwood or Ocean City Boardwalk:
- 1991: Time Traveler
Pizza Hut:
- 1983: Food Fight
- 1984: Bomb Jack
- 1985: Commando (Z80, dual YM2203)
- 1985: Yie Ar Kung-Fu
Chuck E. Cheese:
- 1981: Frogger
- 1982: Pole Position
- 1982: Joust (6809)
- 1982: Q*bert
- 1982: Donkey Kong Jr.
- 1982: Baby Pac-Man
- 1982: Popeye
- 1983: Donkey Kong 3
- 1983: Spy Hunter
United Skates of America:
- 1978: Space Invaders
- 1982: Ms. Pac-Man
- 1984: Kung-Fu Master
- 1985: Rush'n Attack
- 1985: Hang-On
- 1985: Speed Buggy
- 1985: Ghosts n' Goblins (Z80, dual YM2203)
Embassy Suites, D.C.:
- 1981: Defender (6809)
Movie Theater:
- 1982: Zaxxon
- 1989: S.T.U.N. Runner (TMS34010)
Video Store, Elkins Park:
- 1985: Metro-Cross
Lorenzo's, Elkins Park:
- 1986: Ikari Warriors
7-Eleven, Glenside:
Game shop, Glenside:
- 1988: Tetris
Challenges:
Laundromat, Pennsburg:
- 1988: Assault
Ground Round:
Pizza takeout:
- 1983: Mario Bros.
Plymouth Meeting Mall Arcade:
- 1988: Cabal
ACME:
- 1984: Mr. Do's Wild Ride
Disney Contemporary Resort Hotel:
- 1985: Space Harrier
Unknown:
- 1981: Kick (Z80)
- 1983: Star Wars (6809)
- 1983: Mr. Do's Castle
- 1985: Paperboy (DEC T-11)
- 1986: Out Run
- 1987: Alien Syndrome
- 1987: RoadBlasters (68010)
- 1988: NARC (TMS34010)
- 1993: Cyber Sled
- 1996: Virtual On: Cyber Troopers
Home console
[edit]Pat's:
- 1977: Combat Atari 2600
- 1982: Carnival Atari 2600?
- 1987: Top Gun NES
- 1987: Metroid NES
- 1987: Punch-Out!! NES
- 1987: Contra NES
Del's:
- 1977: Combat Atari 2600
- 1982: Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Atari 2600
JK's:
- 1984: Macintosh, MacPaint
- 1987: The Legend of Zelda NES
- 1988: Town & Country? NES
JM's:
- 1982: Raiders of the Lost Ark? 2600
- 1987: Kid Icarus NES
- 1987: Top Gun NES
- Pitfall! C64
Al's:
- 1985: Gyromite NES
- 1985: Super Mario Bros. NES
- 1985: Excitebike NES
- 1986: Balloon Fight NES
- 1987: Metroid NES
- 1987: Kid Icarus NES
- 1987: Deadly Towers NES
Ian's:
- 1987: Wings of Fury Apple IIc
Ones that got away
[edit]- BeBox
- Tron arcade machine
- 1993 VW Corrado
- Nintendo red neon sign
- Fallout: New Vegas "neon" sign
- Gilt Starbucks metal card
Rides
[edit]- Nov 1980: Schwinn 16" mini Scrambler, US$129 (equivalent to $480 in 2023)
- May 1981: blue Team Mongoose serial 302604, US$340 (equivalent to $1,140 in 2023)
- June 1986: Redline RL-20A serial 86011952, US$250 (equivalent to $690 in 2023)
- June 1997: 1987 Honda Accord LX-i US$3,800 (equivalent to $7,200 in 2023)
Machine journey
[edit]- 1980: Apple II Plus, US$1,195 (equivalent to $4,400 in 2023)?
- circa 1988: 286 with 65 MB hard drive
- Anchor 2400 baud modem
- 1990: "expensive PC"
- 1991-1992: "D’arcy" 386?
- Sept 1993: Stargate computers, 486?, Front 242 case?, US$1,717 (equivalent to $3,600 in 2023)
- circa 1995: Front 242 case
- ?? black Pentium 100?
- circa 1997: BeBox
- circa 1998: Red Inwin 500
- circa 2003: ThinkPad T20?
- circa 2003: Aluminum Shuttle XPC
- 2008: Acer Aspire One
- Mid-2010 Mac Mini
- 2017: black Corsair, GTX 1070 (150 W, 7.2 trans)
- 2019: Oculus Rift S
- 2024: GTX 4070 SUPER? (220 W, 35.8 trans)
Tech moments
[edit]- 1987: Apple IIGS with rainbow Bose RoomMate speakers, Master System 3D glasses
- 1987-88: Amiga 500 (B. Dalton/Software Etc)
- 1988?: 1200 baud Hayes modem login to bookstore BBS
- 1989?: 2400 baud download of space shuttle GIF
- 1991: Turbo Pascal
- 1992:
- AT&T UNIX PC in corner of classroom
- NeXTstations at CMU
- Redboxing
- WPI X11 workstations
- WPI passwd cracking
- SCO Xenix
- 1993:
- 5.25" floppy Linux
- 19.2k Xyplex
- SPARCstation IPCs in computer lab
- 1994: NCSA Mosaic on X workstation
- 1995: SGI Indy at work
- 1996?:
- BeOS video-mapped cube demo
- Sun RPC hack
- Virtual Boy
- 1997:
- Road Runner cable modem
- Quake running on 3dfx card, online play
- Ultima Online
- 1999: Sega Dreamcast
- 2021: VMs, Docker
- 2024: Meta Quest 3
- room boundary mapping
- Pistol Whip dark ride shooting gallery
- The 7th Guest VR
- Red Matter turning on reactor, peering through wall portal looking into room next door
- Asgard's Wrath 2 iridescent glow on arms
- Arizona Sunshine 2 pistol sights
- Synth Riders room mapping
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