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Vintage Motorcycle Photos

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2008-09-05 11:04:45 by james in Retro Thing
Check out this page of stunning vintage motorcycles photographed at the Antique Motorcycle Club of America's Rhinebeck, NY Vintage Motorcycle Swap Meet Photographer Brian Lawrence also happens to be the president of the Rocky Mountain Section of the Canadian Vintage Motorcycle Group. For those interested in getting up close and personal with...
 
Tags: photographer brian lawrence, brian lawrence, vintage motorcycle swap, antique motorcycle club, canadian vintage motorcycle, rocky mountain section, photos, annual swap, millarville racetrack
 
 
 
 
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Celebrating (Almost) 90 Years of United Artists

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2008-09-04 16:49:59 by james in Retro Thing
The United Artists 90th Anniversary Prestige Collection ($609.99) includes 90 classic films from the UA back catalog. The set includes five 007 films, eight "Best Picture" Academy Award winners and a broad range of titles such as Spencer Tracy's "Judgement at Nuremburg, " Fiddler on the Roof" and "Night of the Hunter." Inexplicably, I count...
 
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Retrospective: Delta Warp for the NeoGeo Pocket

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2008-09-04 15:32:00 by TideGear Adam Milecki in Retro Thing
As an avid retro gamer, every now and then I come across a game by accident that really stands out. Often I check Google for more information on such games. It always makes me a little sad when I find very little said about these hidden gems. That's a big part of why I do this. These games deserve to be better known. For today's retrospective...
 
Tags: game, obscure game, favorite game genres, action puzzle game, action, puzzle game, delta, delta warp, neogeo pocket
 
 
 
 
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Churchill's Secret Weapon

2008-09-04 13:19:02 by james in Retro Thing
 
2008 Yahoo! World Rock Paper Scissors Championships @ Yahoo! Video Rock, Paper, Scissors' has been around for centuries. Known as Jan-ken-pon in Japan, it was a popular kids' street game even in the 17th Century Our friend Zoe just reminded us about the 2008 Yahoo! World RPS Championships , which take place in Toronto on October 25, 2008....
 
Tags: rock, yahoo, world rps society, prefer rock, world rps championships, popular kids, street game, 17th century, friend zoe
 
 
 
 
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Build Your Own Apollo Guidance Computer

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2008-09-03 12:00:17 by james in Retro Thing
Back in 2004, John Pultorak wrote a guide to recreating the flight computer that guided the Apollo moon landings This report describes my successful project to build a working reproduction of the prototype for the Block I Apollo Guidance Computer. The AGC is the flight computer for the Apollo moon landings, with one unit in the command module...
 
Tags: apollo guidance computer, apollo moon landings, flight computer, original agc, agc, original, john pultorak, 12k fixed memory, pultorak
 
 
 
 
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Rubber Space Invaderboard

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2008-09-03 10:37:30 by james in Retro Thing
I have absolutely no need for a bendy keyboard. However, that doesn't stop me from irrationally desiring the quirky 19.99 Bendiboard Retroboard Keyboard-board. It features rows of Taitoesque aliens and comes in svelte black-and-white, a patriotic Union Jack or slightly icky red-and-white. And it's rubber. And probably spillproof Bendiboard Retro...
 
Tags: space invaders extreme, slightly icky red-and-white, patriotic union jack, bendiboard retroboard keyboard-board, bendiboard retro, svelte black-and-white, taitoesque aliens, rubber, features rows
 
 
 
 
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Retrospective: Recca for the Famicom (NES)

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2008-09-02 13:07:15 by TideGear Adam Milecki in Retro Thing
We share a kinship in our love for what others consider obsolete. When treated properly, retro things don't age like people do. A good record can always make you want to dance or sing along. A good game will always be fun. We have respect for our "aged" hardware. We love to find where our favorite old things shine. There are some records that...
 
Tags: nes hardware-wise, nes hardware, game, game justice, recca, pretty game, hardware, nes, game system farther
 
 
 
 
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Upcoming: 5th Annual Vintage Computer Festival East

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2008-09-02 12:30:00 by james in Retro Thing
Christian Liendo writes, " The 5th annual Vintage Computer Festival East will be held on Saturday, September 13th and Sunday, September 14th, at the InfoAge Learning Center at Wall Township, New Jersey. The event is sponsored by MARCH and VintageTech Highlights include 'ENIAC: the Worlds Heaviest Personal Computer' and ' Memories of the Computer...
 
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Commodore 65: Like The C64, But It's One Louder

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2008-08-31 23:27:33 by bohus in Retro Thing
After the spectacular success of the Commodore 64, CBM barely knew what to do with themselves. They created the Commodore 128 that combined C64 functionality with unique high powered modes of its own, but it didn't really work out. Of course there was the mighty series of Amiga computers from the mid 80's onwards, but Commodore was convinced...
 
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Found Doctor Who Tapes Prove Who Really Invented Techno

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2008-08-31 00:57:27 by bohus in Retro Thing