PC-RR and the importance of digital archives

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Published on February 9, 2022 2:00:16 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gL6ALkcTFAU

Game:

Train Simulator Classic (2009)

Duration: 10:25

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Is Timberwolf showing us yet more CGA weirdware, or is he getting a soapbox? Why not... both?

I show you PC-RR, a piece of railway modelling software from the very earliest days of PC gaming. And then use it to take you on a journey through bulletin boards, accidental piracy, and the importance of context in retrogaming.

It's basically six minutes of me waving ancient artefacts in front of a camera.

Music by Reed Mathis, via YouTube Audio Library.

Archives mentioned in this video -

Internet Archive: https://archive.org/
Retromags: https://www.retromags.com/
Super Page 58: https://www.superpage58.com/

If I didn't mention Yesterzine in the description of a video talking about why the surrounding context in which videogames existed is important I would probably be In Trouble, so here is a channel all about it: https://www.youtube.com/user/Duds2k1

Revenge of the Chapteroids:

0:00 I think we're gonna need a smaller train
0:25 PCs to the rescue
0:48 Monochrome 1980s gaming time!
2:00 Upload-induced inconsistency
2:28 "A little imagination". Probably more like a lot.
3:03 Fake History
4:13 The actual point of the video
4:57 How the tapes got circulated
5:28 Unexpected golf
6:13 Memory failure with no error correction
6:45 Soapbox rant time!
7:31 Context as viewed through questionable music choices
8:14 Dreams and tape circulation
9:10 Timberwolf apparently grew up in black and white
9:47 We somehow shudder to a conclusion

Games featured:

Train Simulator
PC-RR
4D Sports Driving / Stunts
Jack Nicklaus' Greatest 18 Holes Of Major Championship Golf
Jack Nicklaus Signature Edition
Mobil 1 Rally Championship

Yes, this did really exist. I think.

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