Introduction

Before you know it, you'll stumble across something that makes you feel very old. While recently reading through a pile of old comics I'd saved from my teenage years, I was alarmed to discover that I am now older than Johnny Alpha was on the day he died. That can't be so, I thought. These comics are only a few years old. Checking the cover, it dawned on me that they dated from around 1990. That's 15 years before I put this site together! It can't really be that long ago, can it? That's not possible!

Then, I started noticing the advertisements. Much of the joy in revisiting old comics and magazines is discovering long forgotten advertisements for (sometimes) long forgotten products. Around the time of Johnny Alpha's demise, 2000AD were running advertisements for various home computer systems, consoles and video games. If five years is a lifetime in computing, it stands to reason that 15 years is three generations. Looking back at the technology of 1990 equates to a family historian researching the childhood of their grandparents.

I have put this site together as a historical resource. I do not intend to restrict the content to the technology of 1990, nor do I intend to focus purely on computer games. However, that is how I shall begin. I hope you enjoy looking at the articles and advertisements from the past. Maybe some will elicit fond memories, or maybe younger readers will find it educational. I have added my comments and would be happy to include your comments if you care to take the time to share them with me. Please read the "About" page for more information regarding submissions.

It all seemed so cutting-edge at the time.

Dave.