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Author : emabolo
22 April 2018, 6:19 pm
Did you know there is an old game with a strange Italian title, Santa Paravia en Fiumaccio, set during the Italian Renaissance (1400)? I didn't, but I discovered that it's an intriguing title, with a captivating story worth telling.
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22 December 2017, 8:30 am
When I first heard about Colonization, I thought: ok, so this is just like Civilization, but instead of the entire world, you only have America; instead of barbarians you have the Indians tribes; instead of the whole span of the history of humankind, you have no more than 358 years. You don’t have technological advancements or scientific research, so that you won’t discover robots or jets. Why should I play it? I was very wrong.
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Author : Henry Blake
9 September 2017, 6:14 am
The Oregon Trail was developed way back in 1971 on university mainframes then jumped over to early 8-bit home computer systems. Continuing through 4 decades it has reappeared in many editions (at least 10), was a colossal commercial success in its heyday, and remains popular today, though interest is now largely relegated to the retro-gaming community.
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Author : Manu
16 December 2016, 6:08 am
In January 2017 [Commodore 64] will be 35 years old! The first version of the famous 8-bit home computer, listed in the Guinness World Records as the [highest-selling single computer model of all time], was presented at the Winter Consumer Electronics Show (CES), in January 1982.
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