{"id":1093,"date":"2014-11-24T14:52:48","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T19:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/?p=1093"},"modified":"2014-11-24T15:12:18","modified_gmt":"2014-11-24T20:12:18","slug":"retro-scan-of-the-week-family-quizagon-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/archives\/1093\/retro-scan-of-the-week-family-quizagon-night","title":{"rendered":"<span id=\"retro_color\">[ Retro Scan of the Week ]<\/span> Family Quizagon Night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/images\/retroscan\/quizagon_large.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/images\/retroscan\/quizagon_small.jpg\" alt=\"Quizagon family Apple II IBM PC Commodore 64 VIC-20 computer game advertisement - 1983\" class=\"retroscan\"\/><\/a><span class=\"freecaption\"><em>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Whoa\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s in these brownies, Grandma?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Thanksgiving is almost upon us again, so it&#8217;s time to gather around your home PC for a game of&#8230;<em>Quizagon<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p>Yes, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jYZUZI_6myk\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Quizagon<\/em><\/a>.  A game I&#8217;ve never played, nor will I for the foreseeable future.  It looks like a hexagon-themed family trivia game, which is not my bag, man.  But what a great photo.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, I&#8217;m going to host a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Seven_Cities_of_Gold_%28video_game%29\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Seven Cities of Gold<\/em><\/a> marathon on an Atari  800XL with my brother.  We plan on exploring a completely new continent while interacting vigorously with the natives.  Meanwhile, my brothers- and sisters-in-law will be playing <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sonic_%26_All-Stars_Racing_Transformed\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Sonic &#038; All-Stars Racing Transformed<\/em><\/a> on my dedicated gaming PC that is hooked to the flat-screen living room TV.  It&#8217;s a great kart game to play on Steam with four Xbox 360 controllers that&#8217;s easy to set up and jump into.  Fun times shall be had by all.<\/p>\n<p>By the way, I first used this amusing scan in a <a href=\"www.technologizer.com\/2009\/11\/22\/a-1980s-home-computer-family-celebration\/\" target=\"_blank\">2009 Thanksgiving-related slideshow<\/a> I did for Technologizer (hoping I&#8217;m not repeating it on <em>VC&#038;G<\/em>).  If you&#8217;re in the mood, here&#8217;s some other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/archives\/1015\/vcgs-thanksgiving-superpost\" target=\"_blank\">Thanksgiving-related material<\/a> from the <em>VC&#038;G<\/em> archives.<\/p>\n<p><center><em>[ From Compute! &#8211; November 1983, p.15]<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>Discussion Topic of the Week:<\/strong> Do you have any family video gaming planned for this Thanksgiving?  If so, what are you going to play?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Whoa\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s in these brownies, Grandma?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Thanksgiving is almost upon us again, so it&#8217;s time to gather around your home PC for a game of&#8230;Quizagon? Yes, Quizagon. A game I&#8217;ve never played, nor will I for the foreseeable future. It looks like a hexagon-themed family trivia game, which is not my bag, man. 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