Right on, brother! I played STAR FIRE as well at age 11 in 1979 and it was amazing. Star Raiders was the first game I got for my Atari 800XL in 1984, been waiting for something like this for decades. We're finally close :D

This is great! I'd used the method you linked to, but did not know about this one. ANY little shortcut like this that makes things more efficient is always helpful, thanks.

I think mine was 72637.xxx (can't remember the last 3), 300-baud at $6/hour in 1985. Ever play MegaWars? It was amazing to play against other people and be able to chat in-game. Us 300-baud dudes thought you 1200 guys must have been rich :D Didn't they jack up the price to $12/hour or something like that for the…

This is great! Been a LH reader for years, and there have been some tremendous travel hacks that have really helped me when traveling to Africa. It'll be great to have these types of stories all in one place, thanks guys!

It truly is, I can't help but smile even 10 years later after first seeing it back in 2004. Must've been a blast to be there.

Exactly, haha. Yeaaaah, that glorious mullet I had in 1989 would definitely not be so glorious today. Seemed to impress the ladies at the time, or maybe they were just being nice.

That's a GREAT idea, will have to try that!

TEC makes great stuff! I have a few of their products, as well as a similar isotope fob...that thing truly is cool :)

Good point, I did think he was perfect for that DS9 character...and DS9 wasn't a bad place to end up!

Back in the day, you needed one of these cards to get those games running buttery smooth...

Oh man...Voodoo 3. I had something along those lines, made quite a difference. Agreed about XvT!

Hahaha that's awesome.

Agreed! :D

I would love to play that! Didn't know only 10 were made, so the chance of doing so is nil. Great photos, thanks for sharing!

More Krull nerdity: Main character Colwyn (center in top photo) was played by Ken Marshall, who later played Lt. Commander Eddington of the secretive Section 31 on DS9.

Indeed it does :D

Agreed! There's such potential for amazing Star Wars games. Pretty cool how we get to share that universe with our kids now, I was 9 in 1977 and saw it opening week...mind = blown like many of us wide-eyed kids back then.

I did the same thing in stores when they had a PC set up, haha. Of course, it was preferable to have a 66MHz machine to play it on, which I did not have so had to get the beefiest graphics card I could find. Then there were the DOS files and IRQ settings to configure...great memories, indeed :)

There's no hope for humanity.

This is great, thanks Thorin. I have a pretty old computer that renders the old GMaps much faster than the new one.