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Say Yes to Roids
November 17, 2011 by Jimmy J · 1 Comment
Video Game T-Shirt #7: Asteroids
Availability: Currently Available on Defunkd (click above)
Available to Play Online: Yes
Released: 1979
Platforms: Every platform in existence.
Gameplay: Maneuver your triangle shaped spaceship away from asteroids and flying saucers while blasting them anytime you get the chance. If you get in trouble use the hyperspace button and randomly warp your vessel to a new location on the screen. Beware though, that new location could mean on top of or directly in the line of danger.
Fact: In 1982 15 year old Scott Safran of New Jersey set a world record of 41,336,440 points on the arcade version of Asteroids. He passed away in 1989, but in 2002 Twin Galaxies awarded his family members in honor of his Asteroids achievement. His amazing record stood for 27 years, finally broken in 2010.
- Check out and play our last video game t-shirt Space Invaders.
Space Invaders
May 17, 2011 by Jimmy J · Leave a Comment
A gallery of vintage video game tees and screen shots for the original joystick wielders.
Video Game T-Shirt #6: Space Invaders
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Released: 1978
Platforms: Every platform in existence.
Gameplay: Use your laser canon to annihilate waves of descending aliens while taking shelter under your defense bunkers. Don’t forget to blast the mystery ship for bonus points. The game can’t be finished – it just gets faster after each completed screen.
Fact: The inventor cites a dream for his inspiration about the game. In it Japanese school children were attacked by aliens while waiting for Santa.
- Check out and play our last video game t-shirt Q-Bert.
Q*Bert
February 21, 2011 by Jimmy J · Leave a Comment
A gallery of vintage video game tees and screen shots for the original joystick wielders.
Video Game T-Shirt #5: Q*Bert
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Available to Play Online: Yes
Released: 1982
Platforms: Every platform in existence.
Gameplay: Use your joystick to navigate the foul-mouthed main character around the pyramid constructed of two dimensional cubes. Change the color of each cube’s platform while avoiding obstacles (balls), enemies (Coily the snake and his posse) and the inclination to commit suicide by jumping off the play area (after listening to the game’s wacky sounds for too long.)
Fact: One of the the game’s first titles was Snots and Boogers because the original concept allowed Q*Bert to shoot from his/her nose.
- Check out and play our last video game t-shirt Frogger.
Frogger
November 3, 2010 by Jimmy J · 2 Comments
A gallery of vintage video game tees and screen shots for the original joystick wielders.
Video Game T-Shirt #4: Frogger
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Available to Play Online: Yes
Released: 1981
Platforms: Every platform in existence.
Gameplay: Navigate your cast of frogs back to their lily pads without becoming road kill or a casualty of creatures in the water. Oh, and make sure not to fall in the water because these frogs have no idea how to swim? The highlight of the game is when you mount a pink frog then escort her back to your pad to score…….extra points.
Fact: The game was originally titled Highway Crossing Frog.
- Check out and play our last video game t-shirt Pac-Man.
Pac-Mania
August 13, 2010 by Jimmy J · 1 Comment
A gallery of vintage video game tees and screen shots for the original joystick wielders.
Video Game T-Shirt #3: Pac-Man
Availability: Check Defunkd for Pac Man T-Shirts
Available to Play Online: Yes
Released: 1980
Platforms: Every platform in existence.
Gameplay: Waka Waka Waka Waka Waka Waka Waka Waka Waka. Go through a maze gobbling up Pac-dots and avoiding the ghosts: Blinky, Pinky, Inky and…Clyde? Use the four power pellets to make ghosts digestible, otherwise contact with them will cost you a life.
My mom ended up getting addicted to this game because they had a table top version at her place of work. She ended up buying me the Atari 1200 version and played it more than I did. It was quite common to come home from a hard day at school and find her playing it in my room.
“Computer games don’t affect kids, I mean if Pac Man affected us as kids, we’d all be running around in darkened rooms, munching pills and listening to repetitive music.” – M. Brigstocke
Facts: Rumor has it in 1982 Ronald Reagan wrote a letter to an 8-year old boy congratulating him on his Pac-Man high score. A score that was only possible if he passed through the split screen mode (video below) which is caused by a programming glitch at the highest level. The very idea of this has caused a heated debate in video game circles because no player has ever demonstrated the feat is possible.