In 2006, I made a screen capture of this nifty ANSI title screen from the BBS door game "Solar Realms Elite."

Seven years later, I realized this was a CUSTOM title screen, not SRE's default. Questions abounded: Where did it come from? Who had made it?

Well, a further 13 years on, I have finally solved the mystery! Join me on this voyage of retrocomputing discovery!

https://breakintochat.com/blog/2026/06/14/the-mystery-of-the-solar-realms-elite-title-screen/

#bbs #gamedev #gamehistory #history #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #textmode #ansiart #ansi

Essay: Erfindung und Erfindungen des Computer- und des Homecomputerspiels

Mit entsprechender Perspektive auch auf Schweizer Spiele von 1970-2000 werden Aspekte wie Monetarisierung, Boxen, Datenträger, Spielsituation, Genres, Stile, Hardware, Grafik, Ton, Spielmechanik sowie Spiele-Entwicklung und zugehörige Werkzeuge beleuchtet.

https://www.amiga-news.de/de/news/AN-2026-05-00107-DE.html

#retrocomputing #retrogaming #gamehistory #gamedesign

Essay: The Invention and Innovations of Computer and Home Video Games (German)

A detailed examination of the development of computer games was published on Gamelab.ch. With a corresponding provision for Swiss games from 1970 to 2000, the article explores aspects such as monetization, packaging, storage media, gameplay, genres, styles, hardware, graphics, sound and game mechanics as well as game development and tools.

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-05-00107-EN.html

#retrocomputing #retrogaming #gamehistory

(Dropping this on out there as not sure if I'll be online much for Memorial Day)

Valve is in court arguing loot boxes are fun surprises. So how'd we get here? Deep dive from cartridges to horse armor to live service graveyards. The history matters if you want to understand what's happening now.

https://blog.ppb1701.com/the-game-was-never-free-how-the-industry-learned-to-sell-you-the-same-thing-twice

#gaming #lootbox #dlc #gamehistory #microtransactions #liveservice #stopkillinggames #steam #userhostile #gaminghistory #insertcoin #blog

If you’re into Atari Jaguar history, do yourself a favor and check out Clipped Claws by Boris K.📚🔥

You can tell It’s a real passion project — tons of detail from the devs, the sellers, and the players who were there. If you haven’t seen it yet, it’s worth a read.

Get it here: https://archive.org/details/clipped-claws

#AtariJaguar #ClippedClaws #retrogaming #Atari #GameHistory #freebook

For old timers and youngsters eager to learn, here is an amazing Game Source Code collection. I admire the effort a large group of people made to put it together for future generations.

It's a huge 1.2TB archive on the Internet Archive, containing source code from the 1970s to today.

This is an absolute goldmine.

https://archive.org/details/gamesourcecode

#GameDev #SourceCode #RetroGaming #Programming #GameHistory #InternetArchive #Coding #LearnToCode

Today’s On Hand podcast on the people’s card game - Euchre [YOO-ker]. ‘People’ because ‘bauers’/farmers/same color jacks rank higher than royal cards.

Webpage includes a YouTube link on how to play.

https://www.michiganpublic.org/podcast/on-hand/2026-04-17/where-does-euchre-come-from

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jucker_(card_game)?wprov=sfti1#History

bonus game link - Sheepshead is another trick-taking game also based in Wisconsin and southern Indiana. Related to Schafkopf, Skat and Doppelkopf.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheepshead_(card_game)?wprov=sfti1#

#cardgames #tabletopgames #euchre #michigan #GameHistory #MidwestUS