Comments on: [ Retro Scan of the Week ] Online Gaming, 1992 Style http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/459 The Retrogaming and Retrocomputing Blogazine Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:01:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on [ Retro Scan of the Week ] Online Gaming, 1992 Style by: Dylan http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/459#comment-15315 Thu, 08 May 2008 04:23:35 +0000 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/459#comment-15315 I heard the GEnie guy died while playing Battle Tech, but before he drew his last breath, his soul was sucked into the bowels of his XT and he now lives on in a Tron-like environment where he still suffers from bitter beer face. I heard the GEnie guy died while playing Battle Tech, but before he drew his last breath, his soul was sucked into the bowels of his XT and he now lives on in a Tron-like environment where he still suffers from bitter beer face.

]]> Comment on [ Retro Scan of the Week ] Online Gaming, 1992 Style by: Ghazban http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/459#comment-15312 Wed, 07 May 2008 21:21:05 +0000 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/459#comment-15312 My first online game would have to have been P-51 Mustang on the Coco back in 1984-1985ish. No internet, no GEnie, no BBS - just modem-to-modem. It was totally awesome and completely expensive, what with all the long-distance charges. My dad still believes that somehow you can dial a computer number (local) and it will forward you to a different number (long distance) - somehow the phone company told him this! http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/p-51.html My first online game would have to have been P-51 Mustang on the Coco back in 1984-1985ish. No internet, no GEnie, no BBS - just modem-to-modem. It was totally awesome and completely expensive, what with all the long-distance charges.

My dad still believes that somehow you can dial a computer number (local) and it will forward you to a different number (long distance) - somehow the phone company told him this!

http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/p-51.html

]]> Comment on [ Retro Scan of the Week ] Online Gaming, 1992 Style by: Layne http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/459#comment-15311 Wed, 07 May 2008 18:59:03 +0000 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/459#comment-15311 I would have said that I've seen that guy before, but I think you have it spot on, Jim. Supporting Evidence: Has had the same hairline as "The GEnie Guy" - http://www.ukgameshows.com/atoz/programmes/w/whose_line/wliia3.jpg Dimples/mouth wrinkles/brow wrinkles are similar - http://www.freewebs.com/the_improv_zone/colin.jpeg His teeth even look similar - http://www.colinmochrie.com/index.cfm click on "Colin", near the bottom, click View Colin Photos, look at row 2, number 3 for best view. The last link was his web page, doesn't really say much about what he's doing, but it's touring (An evening with Colin and Brad). Layne I would have said that I've seen that guy before, but I think you have it spot on, Jim.

Supporting Evidence:
Has had the same hairline as "The GEnie Guy" - http://www.ukgameshows.com/atoz/programmes/w/whose_line/wliia3.jpg
Dimples/mouth wrinkles/brow wrinkles are similar - http://www.freewebs.com/the_improv_zone/colin.jpeg
His teeth even look similar - http://www.colinmochrie.com/index.cfm click on "Colin", near the bottom, click View Colin Photos, look at row 2, number 3 for best view.

The last link was his web page, doesn't really say much about what he's doing, but it's touring (An evening with Colin and Brad).

Layne

]]> Comment on [ Retro Scan of the Week ] Online Gaming, 1992 Style by: Benj Edwards http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/459#comment-15310 Wed, 07 May 2008 17:14:49 +0000 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/459#comment-15310 From now on, we should just call him "The GEnie Guy." I wonder what he's up to these days? From now on, we should just call him "The GEnie Guy." I wonder what he's up to these days?

]]> Comment on [ Retro Scan of the Week ] Online Gaming, 1992 Style by: Jim Ulrich http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/459#comment-15309 Wed, 07 May 2008 16:57:09 +0000 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/459#comment-15309 It looks like Colin Mochrie from Who's Line is it Anyway. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ea/Colin_Mochrie_2006.jpg It looks like Colin Mochrie from Who's Line is it Anyway.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ea/Colin_Mochrie_2006.jpg

]]> Comment on [ Retro Scan of the Week ] Online Gaming, 1992 Style by: Captain Angry http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/459#comment-15308 Wed, 07 May 2008 15:08:25 +0000 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/459#comment-15308 Doom back in 94. "Try setting your modem to Hayes Compatable..." After that I played duke3d and Warcraft II with a buddy from my high school. He bought Diablo and didn't like it and sold me the copy, I got on BattleNet and it was all downhill from there. Doom back in 94. "Try setting your modem to Hayes Compatable…"

After that I played duke3d and Warcraft II with a buddy from my high school. He bought Diablo and didn't like it and sold me the copy, I got on BattleNet and it was all downhill from there.

]]> Comment on [ Retro Scan of the Week ] Online Gaming, 1992 Style by: Benj Edwards http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/459#comment-15301 Tue, 06 May 2008 18:05:19 +0000 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/459#comment-15301 Yeah, Kitsune. Tom Hanks. Yeah, Kitsune. Tom Hanks.

]]> Comment on [ Retro Scan of the Week ] Online Gaming, 1992 Style by: Geoff V. http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/459#comment-15300 Tue, 06 May 2008 14:22:03 +0000 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/459#comment-15300 Duke Nukem 3D. Oh god. I remember putting 100 pipe bombs around the only health pack and blowing guys to kingdom come. My cellmate and I agree that violent video games have little to no impact on impressionable minds. Duke Nukem 3D. Oh god. I remember putting 100 pipe bombs around the only health pack and blowing guys to kingdom come.

My cellmate and I agree that violent video games have little to no impact on impressionable minds.

]]> Comment on [ Retro Scan of the Week ] Online Gaming, 1992 Style by: Dylan http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/459#comment-15299 Tue, 06 May 2008 14:12:26 +0000 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/459#comment-15299 In 1992 my friday nights were spent trying to dial a BBS called Abandoned Land. I don't remember any online games, but I do remember some crazy shareware games that you could download like DUI where you had o hit moving dots that represented pedestrians and Bouncing Babies where you had to bounce babies thrown from a burning building into an ambulance...I played that game for hours. Had I known about GEnie at the time, I'm pretty sure I would have stolen my parents credit card to gain access and dropped out of the seventh grade to pursue online gaming as a full time occupation. I could have been like the guy in the GEnie ad when I grew up... Where did I go wrong? In 1992 my friday nights were spent trying to dial a BBS called Abandoned Land. I don't remember any online games, but I do remember some crazy shareware games that you could download like DUI where you had o hit moving dots that represented pedestrians and Bouncing Babies where you had to bounce babies thrown from a burning building into an ambulance…I played that game for hours. Had I known about GEnie at the time, I'm pretty sure I would have stolen my parents credit card to gain access and dropped out of the seventh grade to pursue online gaming as a full time occupation. I could have been like the guy in the GEnie ad when I grew up… Where did I go wrong?

]]> Comment on [ Retro Scan of the Week ] Online Gaming, 1992 Style by: Kitsunexus http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/459#comment-15298 Tue, 06 May 2008 06:20:43 +0000 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/459#comment-15298 Tom Hanks wants to rip my lungs out? Tom Hanks wants to rip my lungs out?

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