I just added ~140 ANSI "telecomic" strips to the 16colors archive.

don lokke jr - artist - 16colo.rs ANSI/ASCII art archive

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These #ANSIart #textmode political cartoons were created by Don Lokke Jr. in 1992 and 1993. He created new installments weekly and sold them to BBS sysops. Pretty unusual time capsule, and it feels sort of timely as the 2024 election nears. #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #textart #pixelart #ibmpc #ansi #comics #politics #year1992 #year1993 #bbs #bbsing

Breaking news: I've got a cool update to my IGS series! This morning, Tony Rau sent me a 2.5-minute video he recorded in 1987, showing Ralph Mariano, his Atari ST hardware for the "Bounty BBS", and his ABCO workshop. It's a pretty awesome visual time capsule. I've added the video near the top of Part 3 ("The adventure begins").

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Instant Graphics and Sound, Part 3: The adventure begins - Break Into Chat

Temporarily abandoned by a frustrated creator, Instant Graphics gets new life when a Florida pair create a new drawing tool and add sound effects.

#atari #atarist #dev #gamedev #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #computers #textmode #textart #history #bbs #bbsing #igs

I'm pumped! Today Emory University published a blog post about my experience learning more about several Jewish educational computer games for the Apple II from the early 1980s, which I came to Atlanta to study last month. https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/marbl/2024/09/16/renaud/ You can learn more about the games here:

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Unearthed: Kirschen's Apple II games for Gesher - Break Into Chat

Ever wonder what the Jewish version of Pac-Man might look like? In the early 1980s, video games were exploding in popularity with kids and microcom...

Or play them at the @internetarchive:

Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine

#kirschen #breakintochat #digipres #gamedev #retrogaming #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #appleii