Honestly, this one escaped my notice until recently. As a kid, I paid some attention to the video games released to computer setups that I could never afford, but I didn't catch this one. I was lucky to have an Atari 2600 years after its heyday, let alone a Commodore in 1984. That didn't keep me from pining for the
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I remember this ad for the GI Joe video game running in Marvel comics, with a Joe version on a facing page featuring Hawk. The game doesn’t quite live up to the promise of the epic battle between the two factions, though it is unique in allowing you to play against one another. Cobra Commander looks a bit more fierce
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Thanks to the wondrous Internet Archive, we can all play hundreds of emulated classic video games online. We can even embed them on goofy blogs like mine–oh, and into tweets too! We’re living in an age of an embarrassment of riches when it comes to on-demand time wasting. Isn’t it glorious? GI Joe saw a game released for the Atari
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