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The shop has a Panasonic machine that looks like it belongs beside a serious stereo, not under a child's television. Road Rash has filmed actors and real rock music. The Need for Speed lets you inspect exotic cars before you race them. The screen suggests the next generation has arrived early. Then the clerk tells you the price: about $699 on the street. That number became the 3DO's entire reputation. It also… Read more

The Architects and the First War Few stories are as beloved, as strange, and as fiercely protected as that of Star Control. It’s a tale that begins with two brilliant, complementary minds, explodes into one of the most revered sci-fi epics of all time, and culminates three decades later in a landmark legal battle settled, bizarrely, by a shared love of bees. This is the story of Star Control and its magnum… Read more