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Tuesday, August 11, 2026

T&C Surf Designs (NES)

Town & Country Surf Designs: Wood & Water Rage was released in 1987 and reminds me a little bit of California Games. In part, this game seems to be an advertisement for the surfboard manufacturer of the same name. Where California Games has multiple events, this game has only two: skateboarding and surfing.

The skateboarding subgame is the better of the two. In it you maneuver through an obstacle course while performing as many tricks as you can. The surfing subgame works in much the same way. You are attempting to ride the wave all the way to shore while performing tricks and avoiding obstacles. It's kind of like the surfing part of California Games with a few more complexities.

Overall, the game isn't great and there isn't a enough to keep you interested for very long. The graphics are well done and the music is pretty good if limited but there just isn't enough game. This would be a good game to rent if such games were still rented.

You'll have to emulate or find an original NES cart for this one because there have been no re-releases I know about. However, there was a somewhat better sequel called Town & Country II: Thrilla's Surfari released for the NES several years later in 1992.

Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (381-384)

All of the photos in this set were taken from the early 1970s to the early 1980s.

The first photo was processed in October 1980. It's not clear exactly where it was taken but since most of the photos in this batch have been from Michigan, I'm inclined to think this is one of the Great Lakes.

Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (381-384)

Monday, August 10, 2026

PC World (October 1997)

PC World was probably the most popular PC specific magazine in the U.S. and the late 1990s was still pretty early days of the Internet (at least in terms of widespread public access). To me, the 1990s to the early 2000s will always be the golden age of the PC. The October 1997 issue of PC World includes:

PC World (October 1997)

Saturday, August 8, 2026

Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (377-380)

All of the photos in this set were taken in the 1960s in the Lansing, Michigan area.

The first photo was processed in March 1966 and is labeled 'Kipke Birthday 66'. I believe this might be the photographer's father.

Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (377-380)