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The Educational Games Research Blog recently took the time to compile a list of the ten most influential educational games of the 80’s,a wonderful list that honors a slew of games that many gamers likely grew up playing. I know for a fact that I’ve played and enjoyed at least half of the games on the list.

The list contains both popular and forgotten favorites. Some of the most notable of the ten cited are The Oregon Trail, Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?, SimCity...

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Whenever I get nostalgic for those bygone days of videogames known as the early 1980s, I question my sanity when I come across things like this bit of videogame inspired lovliness.

In an old box of comic books I unearthed for an upcoming garage sales, I found issue 304 of Flash published by DC Comics, Inc., in December 1981. On the cover it features the dark profile of one of the weirdest comic book villains - Colonel Computron. Oh yeah, you read that right. Col. Computron - reducing Flash to a poorly pixelated videogame. The cover reads:

“When Colonel Computron plays the game, Flash… the name of the game is DEATH!“

Now that is some ‘80s greatness right there.

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Earlier this week (July 12, 2007), Funkitron, Inc. announced the development of a new trivia title, The ‘80s Game with Martha Quinn, featuring the image and voice of former MTV VJ, Martha Quinn. The game, to be available for download in Q3 2007 for PC, will include approximately 3,000 trivia questions from several genres: ‘80s movies, television, sports, politics, music and celebrities. ‘80s Game with be produced by Funkitron and licensed from Intellinitiative which produces a popular board version of an ‘80s-themed trivia game.