If you remember the old 'Reach out - reach out and touch someone' long distance ad jingle, you probably just sang those words in your head! Look back at some of these vintage TV commercials, and find out how the ditty came together here!| Click Americana
Born in 1946, Jeffrey Stanton was a child of the post–World War II generation, growing up in an era when science and technology were shaping both industry and imagination. From an early age, he was drawn to how things worked, an interest that pointed him toward engineering. After graduating from James Madison High School in […]| Retro365
Atari’s fourth and final game from July 1980 follows in the footsteps of games like Night Driver, Outlaw, Indy 500 and numerous others in being a home conversion of a 1970s arcade game that is much, much better known today by its VCS counterpart. And much like Outlaw before it, Circus Atari – or […]| | Atari Archive
3-D Tic-Tac-Toe, by Carol Shaw – yes, the same Carol Shaw who would write seminal classic River Raid – is in some ways the most ambitious of the four games Atari published in July 1980 – a group that includes Night Driver, Golf, and Circus Atari – though it certainly doesn’t seem like it at […]| | Atari Archive
A few years ago, I experienced a water leak in my basement after several consecutive days of heavy rain. To prevent the moisture from damaging them, I brought a couple of items home. One of these i…| Oldcomputr.com
Burning The Ground Exclusive Today’s Pride Month feature transports us straight to a fantasy realm of disco lights, roller skates, and synth-drenched euphoria—“Xanadu” by Olivia Newton-John & E…| Burning The Ground: DjPaulT's 80's and 90's Remixes
The movie Le Mans starring Steve McQueen debuted on June 23, 1971. McQueen's character Michael Delaney drives a Porsche 917K.|The movie Le Mans starring Steve McQueen debuted on June 23, 1971. McQueen's character Michael Delaney drives a Porsche 917K.| This Day In Automotive History
It’s been over a year, but Atari has returned to the world of sports with the company’s take on plain old, windmill-free golf.| Atari Archive
These days, nearly every racing game published is designed around the player’s viewpoint being either behind the car or in the driver’s seat itself. While Night Driver did not originate this perspective, it without question popularized it both in arcades and in Atari’s home conversion. Yes, Night Driver is a return to the realm of […]| | Atari Archive
Warren Robinett’s BASIC Programming may be the oddest fit for the VCS out of any cartridge released on the platform – certainly it’s the oddest first party release. It’s not really a game in any sense of the word; rather, it’s a version of the BASIC computer language designed to run on the VCS. I’ll […]| | Atari Archive
Of all the original games Atari put out for the VCS, Adventure may be the one that most people are familiar with today. Warren Robinett’s third and final VCS game – though seemingly the second to actually be released – serves as a counterweight to the arcade action of its March 1980 brethren Space Invaders […]| | Atari Archive
The Atari VCS was supported commercially on the market for a mind-boggling 14 years, starting in 1977 and ending its run in 1991. There are a handful of incredibly notable moments in time during the system’s life on the market, and March 1980 might be the most important one for the console’s fortunes – and […]| | Atari Archive
The year 1980 may have been peak Malaise, but this Chevrolet Camaro Z28 offered the most Z horsepower since 1974.| ClassicCars.com Journal
The odds of wheeling on your favorite trail near an old-school G-Wagen, like this 1980 Mercedes-Benz G 280 GE, are low.| ClassicCars.com Journal
Découvrez le premier PC au monde dans sa version desktop | Centenaire IBM France - 2014 : 100 ans d'IBM en France #IBMfr100
It will be a sad day when I run out of late 70's-early 80's made-for-tv movies (that I haven't already seen) to watch, but then I will most likely just watch my favorite ones over and over like I do with everything else. One such gem is a forgotten 1980 "science fiction" classic, The Girl, The Gold| Rabbit's Foot