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arconinternet · 22 hours

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Various Questron Books (Books, 1980's/1990's)

Books compatible with a series of educational electronic toys. You can digitally borrow them here.

You can read an article about a similar product, the Challenger, including an interview with its co-creator, here.

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arconinternet · 22 hours

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Nu, Pogodi! (Atari 8-bit, Datri Software, 1998)

Simulation of the Soviet Game & Watch knockoff based on the Soviet 'Nu, Pogodi!' cartoons. You can play it in your browser here.

Tip: press F1 to start. Other controls are given at the bottom of the screen at the start.

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arconinternet · 2 days

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Depeche Mode - The Singles 81-85 (ZX Spectrum, Danish Cracking Department, 1988)

Fittingly, originally distributed on audio cassette tapes. You can play it in your browser here.

Controls: M for menu, than A-G to select song. Hold M during a song to return to the menu.

#internet archive #in-browser #zx spectrum #music #depeche mode #computer history #computing history #1988 #1980s #80s

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arconinternet · 2 days

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The Illustrious Career of Roland Rat (Videos, 1983-1988)

You can watch a bunch of videos here.

#internet archive #video #videos #vhs #vhs tapes #vhs aesthetic #british tv #british television #puppet #puppets #puppetry #rat #rats #1980s #80s

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arconinternet · 3 days

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The Fabulicious Day Series (Videos, 1996)

You can watch all ten of these Christian children's VHS tapes here.

#internet archive #video #videos #vhs #vhs tapes #vhs aesthetic #puppet #puppets #puppetry #obscure media #christian media #cw christianity #tw christianity #1996 #1990s #90s

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arconinternet · 3 days

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The Pee/Py & GIty Series (DOS, Family Production, 1994/1996)

You can play these cute Korean beat-em-ups in your browser (including the bugfixed Taiwanese version of the first game) here.

Tip: I find they run too slowly in Firefox, and that in Chrome, Taiwanese-1 and Special run best.

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arconinternet · 4 days

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Tamper (DOS, Vorco Technologies, 1993)

You can play it in your browser here.

May run slowly in Firefox.

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arconinternet · 4 days

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150 Greatest British Kids' TV Intros (Video, various years, compiled 2014)

You can watch it here. Info at three minutes in; ranking starts at 3:26.

#internet archive #video #videos #tv intro #british tv #kids tv #childrens tv #children's tv #children's television #tv history #television history #ranking #2014 #2010s #10s

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arconinternet · 5 days

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Mad Jack the Pirate - The Complete Series (Videos, 1998-1999)

You can watch this obscure cartoon that's straight-up Blackadder for the whole family here.

#internet archive #cartoon #cartoons #animation #obscure cartoons #obscure animation #pirate #pirates #blackadder #bill kopp #1998 #1999 #1990s #90s

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arconinternet · 5 days

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Floor 13 (DOS, PSI Software Designers, 1991)

You can play it in your browser here.

#internet archive #in-browser #dos #dos games #game #games #video game #video games #videogame #videogames #computer game #computer games #retro games #retro gaming #retro graphics #1991 #1990s #90s

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arconinternet · 6 days

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Prince of Destruction (Classic Mac, Andrew Barry/BadgerCom Software, 1995)

You can play it in your browser by following these instructions:

Run this in-browser emulator.

2. Download Prince_Of_Destruction.sit from here.

3. Drag the file onto the emulated desktop, then open The Outside World, then Downloads, and drag the file you find there onto Macintosh HD.

4. Open Macintosh HD, open the file you moved there, then when it's finished decompressing, open the Prince of Darkness folder that appears.

5. To get a better look at the files, either click-and-drag from within the new window to the upper right, or select 'by Date' under the View menu. Open Prince of Darkness.

6. Under Name, type Free License, and under Registration, type 44G66FCD20F5C0ED, then click Register Now.

Tip: Full instructions are included. Mouseover the Apple logo in the flower left, then click Full Screen when it appears to avoid keypress conflicts with your browser and/or OS - exit fullscreen with Esc. The engine's long-lost scenario builder tool can be found here.

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arconinternet · 6 days

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Becoming a Master: The Ultimate Pokemon Experience (Videos, 1999)

You can watch both tapes here.

Tip: Tape 1, before the credits, ends with a ton of web links. Stick THOSE in your Wayback Machine and smoke 'em! (GeoCities links may also have been backed up by other archiving projects, listed here.)