Mortal Kombat Trilogy (NES)

I posted previously about "demakes" on the Atari 2600 which are basically just clones of newer games on an older system. There can be a fine line as to what is legal and not, particularly when selling such products. But then there are those who just don't give a crap.

Mortal Kombat Trilogy was released officially on various home platforms in 1996 and 1997 but these were 32-bit releases on the PlayStation, Saturn, Nintendo 64 and DOS/Windows. There were no official releases on older platforms. However, that didn't stop Cony Soft from developing an unlicensed bootleg version for the original Nintendo in 1998.

Cony Soft, a Hong Kong based company that went by a variety of other names made a number of bootleg games for the NES from 1993 through at least 1998. Most of them were fighting games. I suppose there must have been some demand for them somewhere at some point but it's hard to imagine that they are very good. Though I suppose given the limits of the system, Mortal Kombat doesn't look half bad on the NES.

PC World (February 1993)

By 1993, PC World was pretty ubiquitous. You could find it in grocery stores, book stores, etc. It was probably the most popular magazine dedicated to PC compatible computers. I bought my first PC in 1993 several months after this issue hit the stands. The February 1993 issue of PC World includes:

PC World (February 1993)

Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (405-408)

I believe all of these photos were taken in the late 1950s or 1960s an were all taken in Michigan.

The first photo was taken in 1957 and is labeled 'Big Mac 1957' which is a nickname for the Mackinac Bridge which connects the upper and lower peninsulas of Michigan. This five mile long bridge first opened in 1957.

Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (405-408)

Byte (August 1982)

If you were looking for technical coverage of a variety of computers in the 1980s then Byte was the magazine for you. The August 1982 issue of Byte includes:

Byte (August 1982)