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a meditation on videogame history. patreon: www.patreon.com/moshboy ko-fi: ko-fi.com/moshboy/ also find me on mastodon: mastodon.social/@moshboy
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h.u.r.g. (high level user friendly real time games designer), zx spectrum (1984) www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/55440/H-...

a boy sitting or standing in front of a glowing screen, his eyes wide, one hand on the top corner of the screen, the other on the keyboard. behind him, a world of game design possibilities: robots, planes, racing cars, soccer players, space craft, motorcycle racers, warriors and soldiers from past eras.
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handsome.city

It's always a good cover design idea to make the main character of the scene look like they're saying the name of the game. Here is a prime example.

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AKadamkingxv.bsky.social

"Yes this is how acronyms work. Stop asking questions."

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CTchrisftaylor.bsky.social

Passed me by at the time, probably just as well :) 'It cost £14.95, which to a 13-year-old in provincial Yorkshire felt as imposing as a down payment on a house' 'H.U.R.G. was the future. And it seemed to hint that, at least in some ways, the future was going to be shit.'

The ‘H.U.R.G.’ Deception or: The Day the Future Died
The ‘H.U.R.G.’ Deception or: The Day the Future Died

In 1984, I knew with absolute certainty that my life was about to change. The arrival of a paradigm shift had been announced to me through the pages of Your Computer magazine, and the tawdry provincia...

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Fultravod.bsky.social

I'm pretty sure I'm on the 48K Spectrum, but they didn't test for things like that when I was a kid.

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TSsmeg.bsky.social

No one has ever looked more excited to use a computer

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