I’ve got a ATARI 2600 clone from China which hasn’t got a cartridge slot, because the games are already built into the console itself.
Instead of “VIDEO COMPUTER SYSTEM” it’s written “VIDEO COMPUTER CONSOLE”. The console is very light and looks similar as the black “Darth Vader” design. On the right side it’s written “1200BUILT IN GAMES” but that’s not true at all, and between “1200″ and “BUILT…” is a space is missing. There are exactly 127 built in games. It took me a long time to find out each game’s names. Thanks to the WWW & CO I could puzzle out every game! There are many rare games, which are really hard to find today on cartridge.
Download the gamelist here (PDF, 72 KB).
I know SOUNDWAVE belongs to the bad DECEPTICONS. But in my opinion SOUNDWAVE is the best looking G1 Transformer! He can transform into a STEREO MICRO CASSETTE RECORDER! And he’s the only Transformer who had a vocoded voice.
This toy is the out of print SOUNDWAVE G1 Takara Tomy Encore 03 Reissue (2007). The original toy was released 1983. There was another reissue from TOYS”R”US with two cassettes, but I prefer the Takara version. 2007 Takara released also SOUNDWAVE as a built-in MP3 Player (TRANSFORMERS MUSIC LABEL). You can check the toy here.
A very nice and rare poster art printed by Lalande-Courbet for the film “Trafic” (1971) directed by Jacques Tati. I’m still waiting for a blu-ray release of this film and of course “Playtime” (1967) in 70 mm.
Actually the same art in cyan but with cars. I prefer the first one.
This is the title logo which appears in the beginning of the film. The dot of the “i” is squared.
The italian cover is an adaption from the french logo design.
This is the american film poster. The logo in the traffic sign is similar but has now two f (traffic) and comes in bright colors.
The Belgian film poster looks totally different and hasn’t got the logo.
The german poster, in my opinion the worst of all.
By the way, happy new year and thanks for all your comments!
Big news for Balduin music lovers: The official space of Balduin music has just moved to www.balduin.org.
Check it out, I put a lot of effort in it, that’s why I didn’t write any posts here so far!
On balduin.org you can listen every single track from Balduin. And soon there will be a new album coming out in April 2009. Feel free to comment about the new website. Stay tuned and have a happy time!
This is the cover of the game soundtrack of Shadow Of The Colossus, an epic score written and conducted by Koh Otani (大谷 幸). The japanese album title is called ワンダと巨像 大地の咆哮, which means Wander and the Colossus– Roar of the Earth. The album was released 2005 only in Japan on King Records.
Here I’ve found a short live performance with Koh Otani conducting the Eminence Orchestra.
Besides ICO and Okami, Shadow of the Colossus is still the best 3D platform game ever released. The PS2 game was released in North America and Japan in October 2005 and PAL territories in February 2006. I’m very excited what game Fumita Ueda and his developer team will bring next on PS3.
Originally a BBC internal library record in 1968 before a belated official release three years later, this reissued and remastered album contains some of the greatest adventures in electronic music ever.
Delia Derbyshire using reel-to-reel tape machines.
2nd album originally released 1975. Some of the equipment used in making this record:
Studer A80 8-Channel Master Recorder
Studer B62 1/4″ Stereo Tape Machines
EMS Synthi 100 ‘Delaware’
ARP Odyssey
EMS VCS3
Countryman Phaser
Glen Sound Mixing Console
AKG 451 Condenser Microphones
EMT Stereo Echo Plate
Malcolm Clarke with the “Delaware”
John Baker and Paddy Kingsland
If you haven’t seen the documentary “Alchemists Of Sound” about the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, then you can watch it right here:
