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Articles about 1980s: December 2, 2008

10 influentual 1980’s edutainment games honored at Educational Games Research Blog

by Jenni Lada on Oct 23, 2008 at 06:32 PM

Number Munchers
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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‘80s Flashback: Flash vs. Colonel Computron

by PJ Hruschak on Aug 22, 2007 at 11:34 PM

gamertell flash no. 304 colonel computron

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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Martha Quinn to host online ‘80s trivia game

by Lucy Newman on Jul 26, 2007 at 12:33 AM

Gamertell 80s Game Martha Quinn Screenshot 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.

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