Nicole Express / is on Nostr

meow // game development // retro computing and gaming // aspect star, space ava

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2024-08-25 14:24:14

New blog post! A 1970s game console with banana yellow cartridges. Not the Channel F, though. Bandai's TV Jack 5000, a game console that defies the usual cartridge/console divide expectations! https://nicole.express/2024/tv-jack-and-tv-jill.html
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2024-08-13 12:52:13

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2024-08-01 17:09:43

If you manage to drive on every mile of the interstates, you get a message "NOW YOU HAVE DRIVEN ALL THE HIGHWAY" and get to go to America stage 2
NOTE: may only work if you are a blue-haired anime girl

2024-07-14 14:50:57

The Epoch Cassette Vision: a new blog post! (Wow I phrased it slightly different there) It's the follow-up to the TV Vader post, and it took a little longer than expected. Take a look! https://nicole.express/2024/cassette-a-nova.html
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2024-06-28 12:33:18

It's my birthday, and I got you a present: a new blog post on Apple ][ graphics. I hope you enjoy! https://nicole.express/2024/phasing-in-and-out-of-existence.html
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2024-06-02 13:00:44

New blog post! I try to kill ducks with the power of Nintendo and flash bulbs, but they're immortal. What the heck am I talking about? Read on to find out! https://nicole.express/2024/no-screen-one-cpu-no-problem.html
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2024-05-19 14:38:10

New blog post! I take a look at the Yamaha MDP-10, a boombox that plays floppy disks, and my computer crashes while trying to play Sonic and Knuckles. Connection? You'll have to read it to find out https://nicole.express/2024/elementary-midi-watson.html
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2024-03-05 15:28:57

the thing that bothers me is how poorly video game history is documented; i mean, the earliest sega console I can find any information on is the SG-1000, but what happened to SG-1 through SG-999? completely lost