User:ShadyCrack

Retrocomputing enthusiast.

Game dev survivor.

Formative:
 * Apple II (6502)
 * 1981: Space Eggs, Castle Wolfenstein, Sabotage
 * 1982: Beagle Bag
 * 1983: Buzzard Bait
 * 1985: Autoduel, Elite
 * 1987: Maniac Mansion
 * 1988: Wasteland
 * 1984: Transformers
 * 1985: M.U.S.C.L.E., Entertech AK Centerfire
 * 1986: Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer Holiday Demo (6809E)
 * 1987: Sega Master System (Z80)
 * Quartet, Fantasy Zone II, Maze Hunter 3D, Space Harrier 3D, After Burner, Out Run, Alex Kidd in Miracle World, HangOn/Safari Hunt, Ghostbusters, Rescue Mission, Rambo III, World Grand Prix, Ghost House
 * 1987: Zillion
 * 1988: Golvellius, Miracle Warriors
 * 1986: Lazer Tag
 * 1987: Starcom
 * Golden age of arcade video games
 * 1992: TurboGrafx-16 (65C02)
 * Misfits, GWAR

Aspirational:
 * USRobotics Courier Dual Standard

Other machines:
 * Raspberry Pi
 * IBM P70
 * Macintosh SE
 * SGI Octane

=Arcade= Martin's Aquarium:
 * 1980: Battlezone
 * 1981: Centipede
 * 1981: Rally-X
 * 1981: Tempest
 * 1982: Front Line
 * 1982: Jungle Hunt
 * 1983: Congo Bongo

Sears Arcade:
 * 1982: Tron (Z80)
 * 1982: BurgerTime
 * 1983: Track & Field
 * 1983: Dragon's Lair
 * 1983: Discs of Tron

Lenny's Penny Arcade, Sea Isle City:
 * 1976: Sea Wolf
 * 1982: Mr. Do!
 * 1982: Robotron: 2084 (6809)
 * 1982: Dig Dug
 * 1983: Bagman?
 * Pokereno (Seidel)

Avalon Arcade:
 * 1983: Elevator Action
 * 1984: Punch-Out!!
 * 1985: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (68010)
 * 1985: Gauntlet
 * 1986: 720° (DEC T-11)
 * 1987: Double Dragon
 * 1987: After Burner
 * 1988: Bad Dudes
 * 1989: Hard Drivin' (dual TMS34010)

Other Avalon Arcade:
 * 1986: Rampage
 * Video poker

Stone Harbor Arcade:
 * 1992: Space Lords

Wildwood or Ocean City Boardwalk:
 * 1991: Time Traveler

Pizza Hut:
 * 1983: Food Fight
 * 1984: Bomb Jack
 * 1985: Commando (Z80, dual YM2203)
 * 1985: Yie Ar Kung-Fu

Chuck E. Cheese:
 * 1981: Frogger
 * 1982: Pole Position
 * 1982: Joust (6809)
 * 1982: Q*bert
 * 1982: Donkey Kong Jr.
 * 1982: Baby Pac-Man
 * 1982: Popeye
 * 1983: Donkey Kong 3
 * 1983: Spy Hunter

United Skates of America:
 * 1978: Space Invaders
 * 1982: Ms. Pac-Man
 * 1984: Kung-Fu Master
 * 1985: Rush'n Attack
 * 1985: Hang-On
 * 1985: Speed Buggy
 * 1985: Ghosts n' Goblins (Z80, dual YM2203)

Embassy Suites, D.C.:
 * 1981: Defender (6809)

Movie Theater:
 * 1982: Zaxxon
 * 1989: S.T.U.N. Runner (TMS34010)

Video Store, Elkins Park:
 * 1985: Metro-Cross

Lorenzo's, Elkins Park:
 * 1986: Ikari Warriors

7-Eleven, Glenside:
 * 1985: Gun.Smoke (Z80, dual YM2203)

Game shop, Glenside:
 * 1988: Tetris

Challenges:
 * 1988: Toobin'
 * 1990: Smash TV (TMS34010)

Laundromat, Pennsburg:
 * 1988: Assault

Ground Round:
 * 1984: Star Wars: Return of the Jedi

Pizza takeout:
 * 1983: Mario Bros.

Plymouth Meeting Mall Arcade:
 * 1988: Cabal

ACME:
 * 1984: Mr. Do's Wild Ride

Disney Contemporary Resort Hotel:
 * 1985: Space Harrier

Unknown:
 * 1981: Kick (Z80)
 * 1983: Star Wars (6809)
 * 1983: Mr. Do's Castle
 * 1985: Paperboy (DEC T-11)
 * 1986: Out Run
 * 1987: Alien Syndrome
 * 1987: RoadBlasters (68010)
 * 1988: NARC (TMS34010)
 * 1993: Cyber Sled
 * 1996: Virtual On: Cyber Troopers

=Home console= Pat's:
 * 1977: Combat Atari 2600
 * 1982: Carnival Atari 2600?
 * 1987: Top Gun NES
 * 1987: Metroid NES
 * 1987: Punch-Out!! NES
 * 1987: Contra NES

Del's:
 * 1977: Combat Atari 2600
 * 1982: Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Atari 2600

JK's:
 * 1984: Macintosh, MacPaint
 * 1987: The Legend of Zelda NES
 * 1988: Town & Country? NES

JM's:
 * 1982: Raiders of the Lost Ark? 2600
 * 1987: Kid Icarus NES
 * 1987: Top Gun NES
 * Pitfall! C64

Al's:
 * 1985: Gyromite NES
 * 1985: Super Mario Bros. NES
 * 1985: Excitebike NES
 * 1986: Balloon Fight NES
 * 1987: Metroid NES
 * 1987: Kid Icarus NES
 * 1987: Deadly Towers NES

Ian's:
 * 1987: Wings of Fury Apple IIc

=Ones that got away= =Rides=
 * BeBox
 * Tron arcade machine
 * 1993 VW Corrado
 * Nintendo red neon sign
 * Fallout: New Vegas "neon" sign
 * Gilt Starbucks metal card
 * Nov 1980: Schwinn 16" mini Scrambler, US$129 1980
 * May 1981: blue Team Mongoose serial 302604, US$340 1981
 * June 1986: Redline RL-20A serial 86011952, US$250 1986
 * June 1997: 1987 Honda Accord LX-i US$3800 1997

=Machine journey=
 * 1980: Apple II Plus, US$1195 1980?
 * circa 1988: 286 with 65 MB hard drive
 * Anchor 2400 baud modem
 * 1990: "expensive PC"
 * 1991-1992: "D’arcy" 386?
 * Sept 1993: Stargate computers, 486?, Front 242 case?, US$1717 1993
 * ?? black Pentium 100?
 * circa 1995: Front 242 case
 * Gravis UltraSound
 * circa 1997: BeBox
 * circa 1998: Red Inwin 500
 * circa 2003: ThinkPad T20?
 * circa 2003: Aluminum Shuttle XPC
 * 2008: Acer Aspire One
 * Mid-2010 Mac Mini
 * 2017: black Corsair
 * 2019: Oculus Rift S

=Tech moments=
 * 1987: Apple IIGS with rainbow Bose RoomMate speakers
 * 1987-88: Amiga 500 (B. Dalton/Software Etc)
 * 1988?: 1200 baud Hayes modem login to bookstore BBS
 * 1989?: 2400 baud download of space shuttle GIF
 * 1992:
 * AT&T UNIX PC in corner of classroom
 * NeXTstations at CMU
 * WPI X11 workstations
 * WPI passwd cracking
 * 1993: SPARCstation IPCs in computer lab
 * 1995: SGI Indy at work
 * 1996?:
 * BeOS video-mapped cube demo
 * Sun RPC hack
 * 1997:
 * Quake running on 3dfx card, online play
 * Ultima Online
 * 1999: Sega Dreamcast
 * 2021: VMs, Docker