This 404 Error page just got metafiltered. It is quite possibly the best link I’ve ever seen there. If you played computer games before graphics, you will seriously enjoy a visit.
Posts tagged “video games”
Sims
“Imagine a computer game in which you follow all the rules, but your characters still die, because someone has introduced a virus into the game. Not only that, but the person who invented the game is the one who is distributing the virus.”
Pitfall!
Activision has created an online version of Pitfall! to celebrate its 20th anniversary. You’ll need to get Shockwave to play, but it’s pretty cool. link via me-fi
Intellivision Video Game Console
For about a year and a half … somewhere between the Atari 2600 and Super Nintendo, between grade school and high school … there was Intellivision. My mom bought Jenny (my little sister) and I an Atari 2600 the second Christmas they were available. We lived in Holly Hill, FL – the closest thing to
Nintendo Endings
Jason, link-finder lackey, sends me The Worst Nintendo Game Endings Ever.
World’s Largest Tetris Game
Another crazy link from Jason: I am amazed that the world’s largest fully-functional Tetris game is in Rhode Island. On the trip from Jacksonville to Los Angeles I scored 508348 points with 420 lines at level 30 on my Gameboy Tetris … not that that makes me cool or anything …