Steve Wozniak in Nintendo Power

March 23, 2008 - 5pm

I went out in search of used Nintendo games yesterday. The second store was a goldmine of poorly organized collectibles, junk, rare unlicensed carts, and random accessories I hadn’t known existed. It was as if a garage sale had exploded in a game rental place twenty years ago, and no one bothered to clean it up.

After picking through a heap of vintage consoles and computers (think 128K memory on down), I discovered the January 1991 issue of Nintendo Power–with Megaman III on the cover. I bought it for a buck, and found this gem inside:

Woz in Nintendo Power

Steve “Mr. T” (seriously–I couldn’t even make that up) Wozniak showing his high score aboard the Concord between London and New York. Classic.

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  1. That is awesome.

    I wish I could score as much as the Woz.

    Comment by atomicthumbs — March 24, 2008

  2. Man, and I thought I was good at Tetris.

    Comment by Christine — March 24, 2008

  3. Oh Woz, this is Wez..

    … I’d attempt to play tetris, but I fear the machine will explode from the sheer awesomeness of me touching it.

    I simply could not live with myself if anyone got hurt from the flying shrapnel of a Gameboy.

    - Wez

    Comment by Wez — March 24, 2008

  4. You should really take a look at the Commodore 64. Had some great games, especially Spy vs. Spy and Castle Wolfenstein. Was a PC ahead of its time, too.

    Comment by Richard — March 26, 2008

  5. Funny that Richard just mentioned Commadore 64. My mom was going to toss ours so I grabbed it. Would you like it Marc? It’s the drive, the keyboard, a joystick and a bunch of games. No monitor - we always used a tv. You can have it for the price of shipping it. Let me know if you’re interested or any of your friends.

    Comment by Jeremy — March 26, 2008

  6. Hell yeah, I’ll take it.

    I don’t have nearly enough old crap lying around.

    Comment by marc — March 26, 2008

  7. Sweet, I’ll call you soon and get that sent to you. We accepted an offer on our condo, so we have to find a new house now. At least the Commodore 64 will be one less thing to move!

    Comment by Jeremy — March 27, 2008

  8. try to get it for myself one! woz doing really good!

    Comment by Syed Ikhwan — May 29, 2008

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