Posts Tagged ‘vintage’

Find your first computer at the Computer History Museum

June 28, 2009

Fun.  See your old Commodore 64 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California.

Official website of the Computer History Museum

Videogame Theater presents “Pac-Man: The Insatiable Hunger”

June 14, 2009

Like so many other celebrities, Pac-Man’s fame came at a price.  Bonus trailers at the end for the upcoming features on Q-Bert, Mario vs. Donkey Kong, and Frogger…who is apparently a terrorist.  Mildly amusing.  Check out this live action version of the Pac Man story here.

Retro Advertising: Cherry Coke commercial from 1985

February 17, 2009

I remember when Coca Cola started selling Cherry Coke in 1985.  I loved it instantly.  I still can’t get enough Cherry Coke.  Mmmmmmmmmm……..cherry-syrup-flavored cola.

Video Wars-“Don’t Copy that Floppy”-classic anti-piracy ad from 1992

November 17, 2008

16 years have passed since this awful video. The means to copy and distribute all media, including software, has advanced exponentially, yet the doomsday scenarios in this video have yet to materialize. Long, but definitely worth it. Bonus: awful hip-hop moralizing.

Courtesy of Ghotiboy, a loyal Chum reader and contributor who looks and smells like a pirate.

Vintage sex education tape for people with disablities: referred to as “trainables”

August 3, 2008

NSFW..probably.  Very, very creepy.