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This is a link post The Video Game Years - 1977
A look at the video game scene in 1977, the tech and software and the elements of pop culture that inspired it.

It's very Merkin, but stick with it. There's some good stuff. Never knew that Coleco as in 'Colecovision' was the Connecticut Leather Company, originally a shoe manufacturer.

Here's 1978:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BkxoHBm_j0&feature=plcp
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEPBLoSplaM&feature=plcp
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Q8_XIyE7gM&feature=plcp

and 1979:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQVjyFmwpiA&feature=plcp
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbD4DhhX1R4&feature=plcp
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4Q4GacaoKA&feature=plcp
(Jimbotfu Bummed in the gob again, Tue 21 Aug 2012, 17:03, Reply)
This is a normal post Biiiiiittttttt grinding
are the personalities so they be.....
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiLVr6utMGg&feature=player_embedded#t=656s
 (I helped save b3ta! dazbrilliantwhites has been meaning to change this..., Tue 21 Aug 2012, 17:16, Reply)
This is a normal post Absolutely
Reminds me of the interviews with the "Infinite Detail" technology guys from a while back. I actually feel nauseous at their smug self-assuredness, and pleasure at their own jokes. I just can't help shaking the feeling that they're all really happy, which will not do.

e.g.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVB1ayT6Fdc#t=30m40s

Also, holy-butt-suck, his voice!
 (I helped save b3ta! Marn, Tue 21 Aug 2012, 23:23, Reply)
This is a normal post I fucking hate these moronic children
For a start none of them were sentient in 1977. Secondly none of them has built a game, let alone a whole computer system. They qualify to mock the systems once they can create Pong from a pile of sand and igneous rocks.

Standing on the shoulders of giants and all they can say is 'Ha ha this giant has a bald spot'.

Edit: Once they get to the systems they know they're slightly more entertaing in a nostalgia kind of way.
 (I helped save b3ta! DinivanX Has stinging piss after drinking Pact Coffee, Tue 21 Aug 2012, 18:37, Reply)
This is a normal post I made pong out of descrete electronic components
Do I qualify?
 (I helped save b3ta! Cocodaye Miasere likes chips and peas, Tue 21 Aug 2012, 18:57, Reply)
This is a normal post Hell yes

(I helped save b3ta! DinivanX Has stinging piss after drinking Pact Coffee, Tue 21 Aug 2012, 19:00, Reply)
This is a normal post i made pong in my underpants
does this qualify?
 (I helped save b3ta! fluffybunnykiller Is feasting on the clitoris of life, Tue 21 Aug 2012, 22:25, Reply)
This is a normal post Yeah, fucking opinions.
Nobody should be able to mock anything unless they can construct it themselves to an equal or higher standard.
 (Jimbotfu Bummed in the gob again, Tue 21 Aug 2012, 23:14, Reply)
This is a normal post I think I may dig out the mega drive.
I haven't played road rash 2 in years. Defo going to dig it out.
 (I helped save b3ta! Sipowicz Official member of Team Seam, Tue 21 Aug 2012, 19:41, Reply)
This is a normal post Bash Biff for me

(I helped save b3ta! DinivanX Has stinging piss after drinking Pact Coffee, Tue 21 Aug 2012, 19:47, Reply)
This is a normal post Consider him Biffed.
Bashed. I meant Bashed.
 (I helped save b3ta! Sipowicz Official member of Team Seam, Tue 21 Aug 2012, 20:05, Reply)