March 14, 2005
Cathode Graffiti
Any kid who grew up with an Apple computer in the eighties knows what this is. TextFiles, for which I’ve previously expressed much admiration, offers this amazing and invaluable collection of crack screens (patience, it may take a little while to load).
Posted by mgk at March 14, 2005 06:15 PMWow! I feel young. I didn't even know they had crack screens in the Apple II days.
Posted by: Orin at March 15, 2005 01:28 PM | Link to CommentYou kids. In those days a 2400 baud modem meant something. And you know what? We were grateful.
Rather odd you should mention these just now ... you haven't looked at this, have you? http://turbulence.org/Works/mystery/games.php#g8
Posted by: nick at March 17, 2005 05:12 PM | Link to CommentNope, but I bet you know why I'm looking at crack screens. Boy do I have a chapter to show you. I'll get you a copy before I come up to Philly. d00d.
Posted by: MGK at March 17, 2005 05:36 PM | Link to CommentAnd suddenly, without warning, MGK's blog is taken over by 1337 5p34k3r5.
It's almost like a Far Side cart00n.
;-)
Posted by: Jason at March 21, 2005 11:26 AM | Link to CommentI do really encourage you to take a look at that game, Matt, which I bet is pretty related to your chapter, at least as regards what motivates it. Thanks to Java Web Start, you don't even have to download and run it in order to play it -- just click on "play online" and it'll run, if you have a recent enough Java Runtime Environment installed.
Matt,
Thanks for sharing this. I think I've seen textfiles.org before, but it really brings back the BBS days for me. I operated a BBS and I think I had many of the same utopian beliefs about the potential for digital space. As I read some of the text files it seems so naive, but it also speaks to the mood and aspiration of the early digital sub-culture.
Duane
Posted by: Duane Gran at March 31, 2005 11:17 AM | Link to Comment