{"id":459,"date":"2008-05-05T10:46:53","date_gmt":"2008-05-05T15:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/?p=459"},"modified":"2008-05-14T18:03:37","modified_gmt":"2008-05-14T23:03:37","slug":"retro-scan-of-the-week-genie-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/archives\/459\/retro-scan-of-the-week-genie-online","title":{"rendered":"<span id=\"retro_color\">[ Retro Scan of the Week ]<\/span> Online Gaming, 1992 Style"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/images\/retroscan\/genie_large.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/images\/retroscan\/genie_small.jpg\" alt=\"GEnie Online Gaming Service Ad\" class=\"centered\" \/><\/a><span class=\"freecaption\"><em>An excellent source of FDA Certified non-GMO 100% organic, free-range people.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Tired of trouncing lifeless, boring computer chips in your games?  Then you&#8217;ve come to the right place.  Here at GEnie, our entire subscriber base is clinically insane and writes exclusively in crayon.  Signing up is easy.  Here&#8217;s how:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>1. Set your modem for half duplex (local echo) at 300, 1200, or 2400 baud.<\/p>\n<p>2. Dial toll free &#8212; 1-800-638-8369.  Upon connection, enter HHH.<\/p>\n<p>3. At the U # = prompt, enter XTX99316, VideoG92 then press RETURN.<\/p>\n<p>4. Have a major credit card or your checking account number ready.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Make sure you get step #3 exactly right, or you might end up one kidney short after accidentally subscribing to <em>Nigerian Cyber Exchange<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><center><em><small>[ From Video Games and Computer Entertainment, November 1992 ]<\/small><\/em><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>Discussion topic of the week:<\/strong> When was the first time you played a computer game over a modem or computer network?  Describe your experience.<\/p>\n<p><small><em>If you use this image on your site, please support &#8220;Retro Scan of the Week&#8221; by giving us obvious credit for the original scan and entry.  Thanks.<\/em><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An excellent source of FDA Certified non-GMO 100% organic, free-range people. Tired of trouncing lifeless, boring computer chips in your games? Then you&#8217;ve come to the right place. Here at GEnie, our entire subscriber base is clinically insane and writes exclusively in crayon. Signing up is easy. Here&#8217;s how: 1. Set your modem for half [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,37,24,26,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bbs-history","category-computer-games","category-humor","category-retro-scan-of-the-week","category-retrogaming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459","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=459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}