operation Survive » Search Results » o http://operationsurvive.com Competitive Gaming of Today and Yesterday Mon, 05 Apr 2010 13:30:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Google Shows what HTML5 can do with Quake 2! http://operationsurvive.com/google-shows-what-html5-can-do-with-quake-2/ http://operationsurvive.com/google-shows-what-html5-can-do-with-quake-2/#comments Mon, 05 Apr 2010 13:29:07 +0000 Terbo http://operationsurvive.com/?p=196 I got an IM from a good friend who knows I have a special appreciation for Quake 2, so he sent me this story today.

“A trio of Google engineers have ported id Software’s gib-filled first-person shooter Quake II to browsers— you know, for kicks—as a way to show just what HTML5 compatible web browsers are capable of.”
Read Full Story on kotaku.com

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Order It Now.

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]]> http://operationsurvive.com/xbox-live-game-room-buzz/feed/ 0 Relive Retro: Colecovision vs Atari 5200 http://operationsurvive.com/relive-retro-colecovision-vs-atari-5200/ http://operationsurvive.com/relive-retro-colecovision-vs-atari-5200/#comments Thu, 25 Mar 2010 02:22:40 +0000 Terbo http://operationsurvive.com/?p=178 Today I’d like to introduce a new category to the blog; Relive Retro. Where I’ll introduce forgotten moments in retro gaming. I wasn’t born till 1983 so I’m not hip to all the things that happened in the early 80s but it’s amazing what a little online research can teach you.

We’ve all see our share of competitor marketing wars like Verizon vs ATT&T and Microsoft vs. Apple, to name a few modern ones. When you think console wars you might think Sega Genesis vs. Super Nintendo or Playstation vs. Nintendo 64 but the 80s had it’s share of wars as well.

Below are two commercials; one by Colecovision bashing Atari and another by Atari bashing Colecovision. Since I was barely breathing at the time this took place I can’t say who blew the first blow but based on these commercials it sounds like it was Colecovision.

Colecovision TV ad:

Atari 5200 TV ad:

I find the Atari commercial to be funny yet sad at the same time… “Not pole position? NOT THIS POLE POSITION!”

Frogger for Atari 5200 (left) and Colecovision (right)

If you’d like to learn more about this feud I found this post referencing a magazine article about it.

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Ever since hearing the music from the first two levels of Mario Brothers I’ve always enjoyed some 8bit tunes. I remember a few years back listening to midi files I’d download from some online music scene (this was before myspace blew up). It’s good to see that this type of music is really growing and getting some solid artists. If you’re interested in listening to some I’d start right here: http://www.last.fm/tag/8-bit


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