{"id":128,"date":"2006-05-08T07:00:45","date_gmt":"2006-05-08T12:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/?p=128"},"modified":"2006-07-28T18:56:18","modified_gmt":"2006-07-28T23:56:18","slug":"retro-scan-of-the-week-permanent-video-game-instructions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/archives\/128\/retro-scan-of-the-week-permanent-video-game-instructions","title":{"rendered":"<span id=\"retro_color\">Retro Scan of the Week:<\/span> &#8220;Permanent Video Game Instructions&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"caption\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/images\/retroscan\/permastruct_large.jpg\" target=\"new\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/images\/retroscan\/permastruct_small.jpg\" alt=\"Permastruct\" class=\"centered\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption_text\">Wow &#8212; these instructions are so permanent that they have outlived the rugged plastic case they were grafted onto!  The instructions in question are actually stuck like a sticker on the flip side of the piece you see here.  I bet if a set of Permastruct (TM) instructions got caught in a nuclear blast, you&#8217;d inspect the site later to find only a smoldering pile of radioactive gravel and, of course, a concise guide on how to play <em>Bionic Commando<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Of particular note is the presumed Permastruct (TM) mascot&#8211; we&#8217;ll call him <em>Permaman<\/em> &#8212; with his back to the camera, throwing an awkward, off-balance punch at absolutely nothing while shouting vague sardonic threats at the Permastruct (TM) logo.  Tony the Tiger would get committed if found pulling a similar stunt on a box of Frosted Flakes.  But then again, Tony&#8217;s not permanent.  Permaman ain&#8217;t gotta take no crap from nobody.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wow &#8212; these instructions are so permanent that they have outlived the rugged plastic case they were grafted onto! The instructions in question are actually stuck like a sticker on the flip side of the piece you see here. I bet if a set of Permastruct (TM) instructions got caught in a nuclear blast, you&#8217;d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13,24,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-video-game-collecting","category-video-game-info-and-history","category-humor","category-retro-scan-of-the-week"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}