The Sharp X68000: The Retro Japanese Sister of the Mac and Amiga
In my final year of art school (which was 1987) I had a friend from Japan who owned the Sharp X68000 — in fact the computer was only ever sold in Japan. As you can see in the commercial above this...
View ArticleIt’s the 80s and Max Headroom is Flamboyantly Fighting the Cola Wars
As a television series Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future was one of my favorite shows from the 80s. Of course the character of Max pre-dates that series — he got his start with a talk show in...
View ArticleContra: The Rebirth of a Ramboesque Retro Game
Contra Rebirth is a WiiWare title that’s based on the 1987 Konami arcade game Contra ((魂斗羅) where you get to play an mutant killing commando (as a game the plot owed a great deal to the popular films...
View ArticleSamurai Cats Love Their Space Heaters
The quality of this Dainichi stop motion animation commercial for Blue Heaters from 1987 is amazing — keep in mind that this was done several years before Tim Burton did The Nightmare Before Christmas...
View ArticleTacky Cartoon Jammies of the 80s
What you’re looking at is page 48 from the 1987 JCPenny catalog which showcases many popular cartoons from the era! The first two on the top are characters from Brave Starr (Marshall and Tex-Hex), in...
View ArticleFictional Ad Agencies: A TV History of Mad Men
The latest season highly anticipated season of Mad Men is set to open this weekend so we decided to take a look at the time honored tradition working at a fictional ad agency. Once upon a time ad...
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