THURSDAY THURSDAY THURSDAY! It's an all-new, all VROOM! episode of Shujin Academy VGM Club! Join us as we listen to Barry Leitch's work on the Lotus and Top Gear series and check out some great tunes for the Amiga, SNES, and even the Nintendo 64! We'll sell you the whole seat, but you'll only need the gas pedal!
This month's Ten Pence Arcade featured game is Super Hang-On from #Sega in 1987.
The ride-on cabinet was pretty tempting and I often played it in the wild back in the day.
I'm playing the challenge on the #misterfpga arcade core via the #mistercade. Playing with the joystick is sub-optimal but it's a great game.
Back in the 90s, I played it most on the #amiga version which, like the #megadrive, was excellent. The Amiga version had mouse control as an option which simulated the analog handlebars really well, despite the cognitive dissonance.
Ad for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Infocom from 1985. "So put down that beer and hitchhike down to your local software store today. Before they put that bypass in."
Ad for the Atari 400/800 personal computers from 1981. "The Graphic Difference" ad shrewdly plays up the Atari computers' co-processors (ANTIC, CTIA/GTIA, POKEY) for graphics and sound.