This is a treasure trove of what life was like 22 years ago. It contains subtle hints to the video games are terrible for our kids meme of the time (while Barbie who is the worst roll model ever for girls was an institution) and that it makes them speak a weird unknown language. Also how the Japanese are trying to take over America – a common fear of the late 80s. Greg Fischbach, founder of Acclaim and Peter Main are interviewed. It’s long but kind of amazing to see how adults back then were fearing kids my age would turn out.


  • http://www.rickyjacy.com rick

    judging by how we all turned out, i think they were right to be worried :)

  • Ryan

    I liked this old piece. It was interesting to see stuff about how popular the console was released over a year before I was born. I think we all turned out alright too, and it’s nice to see the reporter liked it too and thought it wasn’t so bad after all.

  • http://www.bonus-level.com Paul

    Shit, what was that knight game in the video? I played the shit out of that when I was a kid. I had completely forgotten about it.