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The Video Game Revolution
SH10151 writes "PBS will be airing a special, The Video Game Revolution, this week. "The Video Game Revolution examines the evolution and history of the video game industry, from the 1950s through today, the impact of video games on society and culture, and the future of electronic gaming." Just a heads-up for all the game junkies out there."
They've mentioned Street Fighter 2, go here and click the 1991 tab. They also mentioned the first RTS game, Dune II, rather than Command and Conquer.
The Saturn Net.Link was indeed available. Support was mainly limited to FPS and RTS, IIRC; never owned one and too lazy to rummage through the magazine stack.
That said, the SNES and Genesis also had the XBand 3rd-party line of modems, so by this time a game-use modem attatchment wasn't completely new.
Doom I think was where modding really started picking up. Wolfenstein 3D had mod tools available, but it was not as popular as doom mods. Barney Doom and others were available on BBSs in the early days.
I think what made Deer Hunter a milestone was that it made people realize how pervasive gaming had become. The people interested in computer games weren't just pale overweight nerds, it was also the beer drinkin' gun shootin' blue collar man.
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Uh, yeah it shows the picture of the Saturn and not the PSX, but did you even read the notes? It specifically says that the Saturn didn't sell well and that the Playstation went to sell 2 million consoles that year.
The nostalgia downloads section has some wallpaper and buddy icons of suprisingly good quality if anyone cares.
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