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Thursday, May 7, 2026

Laser Invasion (NES, 1991)

Laser Invasion was a 1991 game by Konami for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It's sort of a strange hybrid 1st person shooting game. You can use the controller but much of it is really designed for the NES Zapper light gun (or Konami's own LaserScope which is a head mounted version of the same thing).

There are a three main parts to this game. In the first part you pilot a helicopter (and shoot stuff) but landing the helicopter at the end of the stage is a specific challenge as well. In the second part, the screen scrolls right to left while you try to shoot the bad guys. The third part is a sort of a 1st person explore and escape the maze type of thing. The game consists of missions which usually include all three parts. All in all it's a pretty average game at best. It's something you might want if you really like light gun games but something to avoid otherwise.

Digital Archaeology: Floppy Disk #14 – DEC84.DOC

This post includes the contents of DEC84.DOC. Similar to the last few posts in this series, this appears to be a report that gives details on the usage of the SIG (how many hours each user spent in the SIG, etc.). This is in the form of an e-mail from someone named KELLY who was presumably an employee of Delphi. The e-mail is dated January 18th, 1985.

Digital Archaeology: Floppy Disk #14 – DEC84.DOC

Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (229-232)

All of the photos in this set were taken in the early 1970s and were probably all taken in Michigan.

The first photo was processed in June 1972 and features the ticketing area for a ferry that goes from mainland Michigan to Mackinac Island.

Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (229-232)

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Compute! (February 1983)

Compute! was a popular computer magazine for home computer users in the 1980s. In 1983 it was subtitled "The Leading Magazine Of Home, Educational, And Recreational Computing". It covered various popular home computer systems and even had spinoffs dedicated to particular systems such as the Commodore 64 and Apple II. The February 1983 issue of Compute! includes:

Compute! (February 1983):