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STLV2027: Spock II vs. Big Head Spock - The Smackdown

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Tough question. Never underestimate Big Head Spock though.

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Yes, and yes we'll figure something out!

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With stories foreshadowing today's box office hits!

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Scott Tipton @scotttipton.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

#STLV26 Thursday at 1 PM: GOLD KEY PARTY: CRAZY TREK COMICS. A loving look at the wild, weird, and wonderful world of vintage Gold Key Star Trek comics. A very visual voyage into some of the kitschiest and most bizarre Star Trek stories ever told! @inglorioustrek.bsky.social @scotttipton.bsky.social

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Coming to STLV: TREK TO VEGAS this week? Come out to the Rio and see us at the @inglorioustrek.bsky.social booth, and we'll scrawl all over your comics! You can find @davidtipton.bsky.social and me signing at the following times: Thursday, Noon - 1 pm Friday, 10 am - 11 am Saturday, 2 pm - 3 pm

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David Tipton @davidtipton.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Shelf-clearing sale! I've put up a complete brand-new 3-volume trade paperback of Doctor Who: Prisoners of Time from 2013 for sale on eBay. Not only are all three volumes signed by me, but making the set unique is I am including printed scripts for issues #1 and #2. ebay.io/m/5duN8l #doctorwho

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Doctor Who: Prisoners of Time Vol. 1, 2, 3 trade paperbacks SIGNED (IDW, 2013) 9781613776537| eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Doctor Who: Prisoners of Time Vol. 1, 2, 3 trade paperbacks SIGNED (IDW, 2013) at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!

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Star Trek Comics @startrekcomics.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

New (Last Week) From IDW's Classic Collections, Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Mirror War. A 312 page tpb collection containing issues 1-8 of TNG's The Mirror War, the 4 issues of the Warriors of the Mirror War series, and photos of all the various covers. Great collection really priced right!

Front cover of IDW's Classic Collection, Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Mirror War. Art by Gavin Smith.

Rear cover of IDW's Classic Collection, Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Mirror War. Art by Zach Howard and Nelson Dániel

Publishers copyrights page and story credits page from IDW's Classic Collection, Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Mirror War.

Art and dialogue pages from IDW's Classic Collection, Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Mirror War.

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David Tipton @davidtipton.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Shelf-clearing sale! I've put a brand-new trade paperback of Star Trek: Mirror Images from 2009 up for sale on eBay. Not only is this copy signed by me, but making it unique is I am including a printed script, also signed, for issue #1. ebay.io/m/G7KYNm #startrek #trekcomics

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Star Trek: Mirror Images SIGNED WITH SCRIPT FOR ISSUE #1 trade paperback | eBay

Star Trek: Mirror Images by Scott Tipton and David Tipton graphic novel - 2009 trade paperback edition.

Star Trek Comics @startrekcomics.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

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First US mail pickup in 4 months. First mail call up... Direct from author @davidtipton.bsky.social, a signed copy of IDW's Apr 2003 Star Trek: The Mirror War trade paperback, along with a signed copy of the issue 1 script. Great seeing how comic scripts are made. Cover art: @jkwoodward.bsky.social

From Apr 2023, front cover of IDW's Star Trek: The Mirror War. Cover artist JK Woodward.

Inside copyright and credits pages, signed by writer David Tipton, from IDW's Apr 2023 tpb, Star Trek: The Mirror War.

Signed by author David Tipton, pages 1 and 3 of IDW's Apr 2023 script of Star Trek: The Mirror War, issue #1.

Virgin JK Woodward cover and first page of IDW's Apr 2023 Star Trek: The Mirror War.

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Brian Jay Jones @brianjayjones.com · 22/06/2026

OTD in 1979, THE MUPPET MOVIE opened in theaters across the United States. Jim Henson noted (with typical understatement) that its reception was "Great!" and it was one of the most profitable films of the decade. But getting the Muppets to the big screen in the first place was hard work.

The movie poster for THE MUPPET MOVIE, which opened OTD in 1979.

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Mark @markmtz.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

60 days of Star Trek comic original art to celebrate 60 years of Star Trek. Day 50/60: Star Trek: The Mirror War #1 page 6, IDW Publishing, September 2021. Art by Gavin Smith. Featuring Mirror Reg Barclay bashing Reg Barclay on the head with a pipe wrench.

Mirror Troi has a word with prime Reg Barclay, then Mirror Reg Barclay bashes Barclay on the head.

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Battle Armor Dad @battlearmordad.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

These Two Droids

Star Wars Retro Collection R2-D2 and C-3PO

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Scott Tipton @scotttipton.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

In stores today, a new edition of THE MIRROR WAR, our Next Generation Mirror-Universe epic! From David Tipton, Gavin Smith, and yours truly, along with a few friends! Get it at your local comic shop or bookstore, or pick it up on Amazon!

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Ruben Schmitt @krautundruben.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Brilliant artwork made this SNW collection excellent. No. 23 of my #startrek anniversary reads: "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Omnibus" by @scotttipton.bsky.social, @davidtipton.bsky.social, @mikechenwriter.bsky.social, Fabio Mantovani, Greg Scott, Angel Hernandez et al.

My Fable review of "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Omnibus, Vol. 1" (4.25 stars): "A strong compilation of which the two long main stories could easily have been tv episodes. Angel Hernandez' illustrations and visual storytelling together with Nick Filardi's striking colours are the stars here."

Book cover for "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Omnibus". The cover features illustrated portraits of the main cast — Captain Benjamin Sisko, Kira Nerys, Odo, Jadzia Dax, Julian Bashir, Miles O'Brien, Worf, Quark, and Jake Sisko — arranged against a vibrant rainbow-striped background set in space. The Starfleet characters wear the First Contact uniforms but Odo doesn't have the high collar of his Bajoran uniform from Season 3. At the bottom, the USS Defiant and Deep Space Nine are depicted flying above a dusty alien surface. The title "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Omnibus" appears at the top in bold gold and white lettering.

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David Tipton @davidtipton.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Was watching an episode of Hawaii 5-0 ("Ten Thousand Diamonds and a Heart") from 1971, and could not help but notice Tim O'Connor (Dr. Huer from Buck Rogers in the 25th Century) with a mustache and also Logan Ramsey (Roman proconsul Claudius Marcus from Star Trek's “Bread and Circuses”). #startrek

Logan Ramsey on Star Trek "Bread and Circuses"

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David Tipton @davidtipton.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Turned on my TV this morning, and Perry Mason was on. These two women were guest stars. I was looking at the one on the right, and I thought, hm, she looks familiar. Oh, yeah, that's a Talosian. memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Meg_Wyl... #startrek

Meg Wyllie as Ninevah Stone in the Perry Mason episode "The Case of the Nebulous Nephew" from 1963.

Meg Wyllie as "The Keeper" from Star Trek, "The Cage," filmed in 1964.

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David Tipton @davidtipton.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Parker Brothers multi-platform video game ads for comic books and magazines from 1983: Frogger, Popeye, and Q*bert. Parker Brothers made versions of their games for a wide variety of video game consoles and computers of the time. #videogames #retrogaming #atari #intellivision #colecovision

Parker Brothers 1983 ad for Frogger, showing screenshots for multiple systems.

Parker Brothers 1983 ad for Popeye, showing screenshots for multiple systems.

Parker Brothers 1983 ad for Q*bert, showing screenshots for multiple systems.

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David Tipton @davidtipton.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

No, definitely not. Not only will you miss good episodes, but you’ll miss series-long story arcs that run from season 1 until the end.

Star Trek Comics @startrekcomics.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

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New to me and completing my run of IDW's Star Trek: Burden of Knowledge, fm Jul 2010, issue #2 RI, this elusive beautiful virgin CVR by @joecorroney.bsky.social. Written by : @davidtipton.bsky.social & @scotttipton.bsky.social. Art: Frederica Manfredi Colours: Andrea Priorini Letters: Chris Mowry

Front cover of IDW's Jul 2010 Star Trek: Burden of Knowledge #2 RI virgin cover. Art by Joe Corroney.

Inside front cover of IDW's Jul 2010 Star Trek: Burden of Knowledge #2, with credits, title, art, dialogue, and Captain's Log.

Back cover of IDW's Jul 2010 Star Trek: Burden of Knowledge #2 RI virgin cover. Art by Joe Corroney.

Front cover of IDW's Jul 2010 Star Trek: Burden of Knowledge #2 regular cover. Art by Joe Corroney.

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David Tipton @davidtipton.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Road Runner by Atari for the Atari 2600, released in 1989. This 16K side-scrolling chase game was among the final games released by Atari Corp. for the 2600. #atari #retrogaming #retrogames #videogames #atari2600

Front box, Atari 2600 Road Runner, showing Wile E. Coyote chasing Road Runner.

Back box, Atari 2600 Road Runner, with game screenshots and text describing gameplay

Sample pages of instructions for Atari 2600 Road Runner

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David Tipton @davidtipton.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

The DEEP SPACE NINE OMNIBUS is now available in comics shops and bookstores! The OMNIBUS includes two graphics novels I wrote with @scotttipton.bsky.social: FOOL'S GOLD & TOO LONG A SACRIFICE. www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-De...

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David Tipton @davidtipton.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

International edition of Venture for the Mattel Intellivision, released by CBS Electronics (under license from Coleco) in 1983. Yet another different box art variation: Winky fighting a green dragon. Multilingual instruction manual included. #intellivision #videogames #retrogaming #venture #coleco

International edition of Venture for the Mattel Intellivision, front box art, showing Winky fighting a green dragon.

International edition of Venture for the Mattel Intellivision, back box art, with a screenshot and multilingual game descriptions.

International edition of Venture for the Mattel Intellivision: instructions: Using Your Controls and Here's How to Play

International edition of Venture for the Mattel Intellivision: instructions: Scoring and The Fun of DIscovery

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David Tipton @davidtipton.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Shelf-clearing sale! I've put a brand-new trade paperback of Star Trek: The Mirror War up for sale on eBay. Not only is this copy signed by me, but making it unique is I am including a printed script, also signed, for issue #1. ebay.us/m/QgG1d6 #startrek #trekcomics

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David Tipton @davidtipton.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Well...not always. Here's a non-Universal one, Donkey Kong Junior, where they didn't use the cabinet side art. That's one proud looking Mario holding the key. Also a little unusual: back of the box says how large the game is: "8K ROM". Didn't see that often in early 80s video games.

CBS Electronics Donkey Kong Junior for Mattel Intellivision front box. Unusual Mario, Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Junior art here, with a screenshot on the front. Mario holds the key to the cage holding Donkey Kong as Donkey Kong Junior climbs the vines.

CBS Electronics Donkey Kong Junior for Mattel Intellivision back box. 4 screenshots and a description of gameplay.

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David Tipton @davidtipton.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

U.K. release of Venture for the Mattel Intellivision, released by CBS Electronics (under license from Coleco) in 1983. Different box art: Winky fighting a green serpent! Different Intellivision cartridge shell also. #intellivision #videogames #retrogaming #venture #coleco

Venture, U.K. release for Intellivision, front box: green serpent and Winky

Venture, U.K. release for Intellivision, back box: screenshot and game description

Venture for Intellivision, U.K. release: cartridge

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David Tipton @davidtipton.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Comic-book ads for Kool-Aid Man for the Mattel Intellivision and the Atari 2600. #intellivision #videogames #retrogaming #koolaidman

Sneak preview ad for Kool-Aid Man video games for Mattel Intellivision and Atari 2600.

Ad with mail-in coupon for Kool-Aid Man video games for Mattel Intellivision and Atari 2600.

Ad for Kool-Aid Man video games with screenshots for Mattel Intellivision and Atari 2600.

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David Tipton @davidtipton.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Kool-Aid Man for the Mattel Intellivision: screenshots of Kool-Aid Man breaking through the brick wall. #intellivision #videogames #retrogaming #koolaidman

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David Tipton @davidtipton.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Kool-Aid Man for the Mattel Intellivision, released in 1983. "Help the children avoid the dangerous THIRSTIES and collect all the makings for a batch of KOOL-AID® soft drink mix. Hooray! KOOL-AID MAN™ comes to the rescue!" #intellivision #videogames #retrogaming #koolaidman

Kool-Aid Man for the Mattel Intellivision: front box showing Kool-Aid Man bursting through a brick wall and saying "OH, YEAAHH!"

Kool-Aid Man for the Mattel Intellivision: back box with screenshots and game description

Kool-Aid Man for the Mattel Intellivision: pages from the manual explaining gameplay

Kool-Aid Man for the Mattel Intellivision: screenshot of gameplay

David Tipton @davidtipton.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Sears TELE-GAMES version of Night Stalker, also released in 1982. "SUPER VIDEO ARCADE" was the Sears-branded name for the Mattel Intellivision. Typical Sears TELE-GAMES design and color scheme here. #intellivision #videogames #retrogaming #nightstalker

Sears TELE-GAMES Night Stalker for Intellivision: front box showing a man fighting a bat, a spider, and a robot.

Sears TELE-GAMES Night Stalker for Intellivision: back box with a screenshot and description of the game

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David Tipton @davidtipton.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Night Stalker for the Mattel Intellivision, released in 1982. "Your man is trapped in the maze! Spiders, bats and robots are tracking him down! The robots and creatures never stop. Shoot one . . . another appears!" #intellivision #videogames #retrogaming #nightstalker

Night Stalker for Intellivision: front box showing a man fighting a bat, a spider, and robots.

Night Stalker for Intellivision: back box with a screenshot and description of the game

Night Stalker for Intellivision: pages from the instruction manual explaining gameplay

Night Stalker for Intellivision: screenshot

David Tipton @davidtipton.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

French release of Mouse Trap for the Mattel Intellivision, released by CBS Electronics (under license from Coleco) in 1983. Different box art! #intellivision #videogames #retrogaming #mousetrap #coleco

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David Tipton @davidtipton.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

U.K. release of Lady Bug for the Mattel Intellivision, released by CBS Electronics (under license from Coleco) in 1983. Different box art! #intellivision #videogames #retrogaming #LadyBug #coleco

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David Tipton @davidtipton.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Lady Bug for the Mattel Intellivision, released by Coleco in 1983. "Will the Lady Bug gobble up all the dots and thwart her pursuers or become a tasty tidbit for them?" #intellivision #videogames #retrogaming #LadyBug #coleco

Lady Bug for the Mattel Intellivision front box, showing the arcade version of Lady Bug

Lady Bug for the Mattel Intellivision back box, including a description of the game:
Here's How to Play:
You're in control of a hungry Lady Bug. Using the disc, help her traverse a tricky maze, gobbling up dots and hearts. But-also in her path are poisonous skulls. And just when she thinks she's in the clear, ravenous insects begin to pursue her! Dodge them by passing through the turnstiles. But be careful about it or they'll sneak through right behind her and continue the chase! Will the Lady Bug gobble up all the dots and thwart her pursuers or become a tasty tidbit for them?

Lady Bug for the Mattel Intellivision screenshot #1

Lady Bug for the Mattel Intellivision screenshot #2

David Tipton @davidtipton.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Mouse Trap for the Mattel Intellivision, released by Coleco in late 1982/early 1983. "Will your mouse make it through the maze . . . or be a snack for the cats?" #intellivision #videogames #retrogaming #mousetrap #coleco

Mouse Trap for the Mattel Intellivision: front of box, showing the arcade version of Mouse Trap by Exidy

Mouse Trap for the Mattel Intellivision: back of box, with a screenshot and description of the game

Mouse Trap for the Mattel Intellivision: pages from the manual

Mouse Trap for the Mattel Intellivision: screenshot

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David Tipton @davidtipton.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Centipede for the Mattel Intellivision, released by Atarisoft in 1983. "An insidious invasion of multiplying insects (centipedes, jumping spiders, poisonous scorpions, and frenzied fleas) pose different perils to the mushroom patch." #intellivision #videogames #retrogaming #centipede #atari

Centipede for Intellivision by Atari, front box

Centipede for Intellivision by Atari, back box

Centipede for Intellivision by Atari, sample page from instructions

Centipede for Intellivision by Atari, screenshot

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David Tipton @davidtipton.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Defender for the Mattel Intellivision, released by Atarisoft in 1983. A decent version of Defender with an impressive title screen. Too bad Atarisoft made only a few Intellivision games! #intellivision #videogames #retrogames #retrogaming #defender #atari

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David Tipton @davidtipton.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

The 1983 TV commercial for Mario Bros uses the theme song for the early 1960s TV sitcom "Car 54 Where Are You?" but with Mario Bros. lyrics. 2/2 www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnU-... #atari #atarivcs #atari2600 #atari5200 #retrogaming #retrogames #videogames #MarioBros

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Mario Bros. Atari 2600 & 5200 1983 Commercial

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David Tipton @davidtipton.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Atari comic-book-style ad for Mario Bros. for the Atari 2600 and Atari 5200, released in 1983. It's a comic version of the Atari TV commercial for Mario Bros. 1/2 #atari #atarivcs #atari2600 #atari5200 #retrogaming #retrogames #videogames #MarioBros

Atari comic-book ad for Mario Bros for the Atari 2600 and 5200.

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David Tipton @davidtipton.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Congo Bongo for the Mattel Intellivision, from 1983. Sega’s only Intellivision game. Rough graphics, and only 2 of the arcade’s 4 levels are included, but it does play like Congo Bongo. #congobongo #intellivision #retrogaming #retrogames #classicgaming #videogames

Congo Bongo for the Mattel Intellivision front box art

Congo Bongo for the Mattel Intellivision back box art

Congo Bongo for the Mattel Intellivision screen 1

Congo Bongo for the Mattel Intellivision screen 2

David Tipton @davidtipton.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Venture, an Exidy arcade game ported by Coleco to the Mattel Intellivision and released in 1982. A decent Intellivision version of one of the first arcade dungeon exploration loot-and-shoot games. #intellivision #retrogames #retrogamer #retrogaming #ClassicGaming #videogames

Front box for Venture, an Exidy arcade game ported by Coleco to the Mattel Intellivision, showing the original arcade game.

Back box for Venture, an Exidy arcade game ported by Coleco to the Mattel Intellivision, showing a screenshot of the game.

Screenshot of Venture for Intellivision. Winky enters a room with skeletons and treasure.

Two pages of the instructions for Venture, an Exidy arcade game ported by Coleco to the Mattel Intellivision.

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David Tipton @davidtipton.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

I like how the denizens of the dungeon are divided into Bad Monsters, Nasty Monsters, and Horrible Monsters. (2/2)

From the instructions for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Treasure of Tarmin for the Mattel Intellivision: a guide to the monsters of the dungeon with icons.

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David Tipton @davidtipton.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Treasure of Tarmin for the Mattel Intellivision, released in 1983. A first-person perspective dungeon-exploration RPG, with 3-D corridor mazes. This was a big step up for console video games. (1/2) #intellivision #retrogames #retrogaming #videogames

Front box art of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Treasure of Tarmin for the Mattel Intellivision, showing a castle, a wraith, a giant scorpion, and a giant.

Back of the box for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Treasure of Tarmin for the Mattel Intellivision, showing screenshots of the castle map and the maze map.

Two pages from the instructions for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Treasure of Tarmin for the Mattel Intellivision explaining the castle map and the maze map.

Screenshot from Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Treasure of Tarmin for the Mattel Intellivision showing a skeleton in the dungeon maze.

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David Tipton @davidtipton.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Ads for Star Trek: 25th Anniversary, an adventure video game by Interplay from 1992 for MS-DOS, Mac OS, and Amiga. Originally released on floppy disks, the later CD-ROM release featured voices of the original series actors. #startrek #videogames #retrogaming

Ad for Star Trek: 25th Anniversary showing the box cover art and various features, including full 256 color VGA graphics and thousands of state-of-the-art, 3D digitized, space action scenes.

Ad for the enhanced CD-ROM version of Star Trek: 25th Anniversary.

Screenshot from Star Trek: 25th Anniversary showing bridge combat.

Screenshot from Star Trek: 25th Anniversary showing landing party action.

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David Tipton @davidtipton.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Ad for home versions of SEGA's Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator from 1983, with COMBAT CONTROL PANEL controller overlay. "Don't leave Earth without it." Also pictured: Atari 2600, 5200, & ColecoVision versions. #atari #atari2600 #atari5200 #colecovision #videogames #retrogames #retrogaming

Ad for Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator by SEGA from 1983 shows the COMBAT CONTROL PANEL controller overlay with a nebula background.

Atari 2600 graphics for SEGA's Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator

SEGA's Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator: graphics for Atari 5200 and 8-bit Atari computers.

SEGA's Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator: ColecoVision graphics.