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Van Burnham @supercade.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

I'm offering an additional "Cyber Weekend" discount for preorders of the Deluxe 25th Anniversary Special Edition of Supercade v.1 so if you haven't already preordered, visit shop.supercade.com and enter code THANKS! at checkout for $10 credit, active through midnight Monday ⚡️ #gamedevs #gamebooks 📚

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schweinebrot.bsky.social @schweinebrot.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Yeah! It arrived and looks great. Thanks @supercade.bsky.social !

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Van Burnham @supercade.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

International pre-orders for the deluxe editions of Supercade are now LIVE in the Shop… order now and get your name in the new books plus pre-order discount! ⚡️⚡️⚡️ shop.supercade.com 💥💕🕹️📚👾 #kickstartergames #games #gamehistory #videogames #80s #videogamebooks #indiedev #gamedev #retrogaming #gaming

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Van Burnham @supercade.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

THANK YOU to everyone who supported the Kickstarter, late pledges are enabled for those who missed it and International pre-orders for the deluxe reissue of “Supercade: A Visual History of the Videogame Age 1971-1984” are now LIVE at the Supercade Shop! 💥💕🕹️📚👾 shop.supercade.com #kickstartergames

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Jon Irwin @winwinirwin.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Only 45 minutes left to pledge to @supercade.bsky.social's reissue of Volume 1 on Kickstarter! I contributed a bunch of short pieces to Volume 2 which is also rad -- but this is where it all started. Check it outtttttt www.kickstarter.com/projects/van...

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Supercade: A Visual History of the Videogame Age 1971-1984

The reissue of Supercade, the first book to illustrate and document the history, legacy and visual language of videogaming's golden age

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Van Burnham @supercade.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

NEW REWARDS ADDED!!! Several backers have requested options for more books so I’ve included two new ULTRABOX tiers of full factory cartons... perfect for holiday gifts or bulk purchase with added discount! 💥💕🕹️📚👾 #kickstartergames #gamehistory #videogames #80s #retrogames #atari #videogamebooks

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Van Burnham @supercade.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

🚨 Supercade Deluxe Kickstarter Ends Tomorrow!!! 🚨📚👾 - eepurl.com/jbkArl

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Van Burnham @supercade.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

FINAL 48 HOURS!! 🚨 The Kickstarter campaign for the deluxe reissue of Supercade ends on March 31st at 10PM PT so be sure and secure your copy to get your name in the awesome new edition plus exclusive perks… kck.st/41OKjlk #kickstartergames #gamehistory #videogames #80s #retrogames #videogamebooks

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Supercade: A Visual History of the Videogame Age 1971-1984

The reissue of Supercade, the first book to illustrate and document the history, legacy and visual language of videogaming's golden age

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Mike Mika @mikejmika.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

I often hear "Where did you get this book?" when someone is looking through my copy of Supercade, and I'm like "Tough luck, Bub. It was a Kickstarter." Now you can get a new version, re-mastered, re-issued, re-awesomed. Only 7 days left, too! www.kickstarter.com/projects/van...

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Supercade: A Visual History of the Videogame Age 1971-1984

The reissue of Supercade, the first book to illustrate and document the history, legacy and visual language of videogaming's golden age

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sail, body up to the clouds (Ryan) 🗺️🕹️🏳️‍🌈 @ullerrm.shitpost.nexus · 30/03/2025

THIS. @supercade.bsky.social officially got the publishing rights back from MIT Press yesterday, I am so hyped to see what she does with a second edition!

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Van Burnham @supercade.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

The original Supercade is now OUT OF STOCK in the Penguin Random House warehouse, which means it is officially OUT OF PRINT until the remastered reissue is published… support the new deluxe editions and help unlock additional print upgrades. Please pledge now! 💥💕🕹️📚👾 #kickstartergames #gamehistory

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Van Burnham @supercade.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Less than $500 away from unlocking the next print upgrade for the deluxe reissue of Supercade! Please pledge and support the preservation of game history… 💥💕🕹️📚👾 #kickstarter #kickstartergames #gamehistory #videogames #retrogames #videogamebooks #retrogaming #80s #videogameculture #supercadedeluxe

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Van Burnham @supercade.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Check out the awesome video @robotkid.bsky.social made to promote the deluxe reissue of Supercade! Link in bio… ⚡️⚡️⚡️ #kickstarter #kickstartergames #gamehistory #videogames #retrogames #videogamebooks #supercadedeluxe

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Jodie Troutman @longtalljodie.com · 20/03/2025

I cannot emphasize enough how much you should pick up this reprint of SUPERCADE if you're at all interested in this era of video games. This edition will be full of upgraded photography and extra essays and it's absolutely worth your time.

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Van Burnham @supercade.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Done. Please help support an awesome dev and good cause 🔥🔥🔥

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Chris Kohler @kohler.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

The Kickstarter for the all-new revision of Van Burnham's pioneering book Supercade is off to a rip-roaring start. I'll be contributing some essays to this expanded edition -- not sure what yet, so I'm taking suggestions

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Van Burnham @supercade.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

WOOWOWOWWW!!! Fully funded in FOUR HOURS, breaking the record set by the sequel. I’m just speechless. There is still time to secure the Day One discount and perks! THANK YOU to all who have backed the campaign, your support makes it possible for me to preserve game history! Link in bio… ⚡️⚡️⚡️

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sail, body up to the clouds (Ryan) 🗺️🕹️🏳️‍🌈 @ullerrm.shitpost.nexus · 14/12/2024

a tiny bit of good news today: i finally got my copy of @supercade.bsky.social’s Supercade vol2, and it is SO PRETTY yall

a random page from _Supercade: a visual history of the videogame age (1985-2001)_, concerning Rampart and Smash TV

a copy of the first book (1971-1984) is in the background

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boatmeme @memetix.com · 15/12/2024

Received my Supercade Collector's Edition last week. Well worth the wait! Thanks @supercade.bsky.social for seeing it through. The books are truly lovely with some fantastic images. Love 'em!

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ianoid @ianoid.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

One of my favorite entries in @supercade.bsky.social Supercade a visual history of the videogame age 1985-2001 is of course by @chriskohler.net #ZZT

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Van Burnham @supercade.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

If you are in LA stop by Barcade in Highland Park for Family Day!

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Van Burnham @supercade.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Hosted an awesome event last night at the gallery with Hey There and the Ayzenberg crew… Highlight was my eight-year-old friend Theo who was obsessed with the Commodore PET. Photodump!

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Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Buy 2 Get 1 Free Zelda books on Amazon: The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia $23.60 buff.ly/3Ze26RX Encyclopedia $20.60 buff.ly/4hOfPWz Tears of the Kingdom CE Guide $26.85 buff.ly/3Z1yAyA Link to the Past Manga $16.99 buff.ly/4hNChiu

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Eurogamer @eurogamer.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

PlayStation 2 officially surpasses 160m sales, retaining its best-selling console crown www.eurogamer.net/ps2-official...

A promotional shot of the PlayStation 2 showing the console looming monolith-like against a fiery red sky.

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Nintendo Life @nintendolife.com · 24/11/2024

Final Fantasy VII Switch Update Removes "Restrictions For Sharing Features".

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Final Fantasy VII Switch Update Removes "Restrictions For Sharing Features"

Update today

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Bitmap Books @bitmapbooks.com · 24/11/2024

NES/Famicom: a visual compendium Nintendo’s console changed the world of video gaming forever. Buy now: www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/... Thanks to Neil and the team at RMC - The Cave for the awesome photoshoot venue: www.rmcretro.com #bitmapbooks #nes #famicom @rmcretro.bsky.social

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Van Burnham @supercade.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

I’m spinning up a preorder campaign for the deluxe reissue of the original Supercade in hardcover literally RIGHT NOW! ⚡️⚡️⚡️

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The Video Game Library 📚 @thevideogamelibrary.org · 23/11/2024

406. SUPERCADE: A VISUAL HISTORY OF THE VIDEOGAME AGE (1971-1984) 👉 www.thevideogamelibrary.org/book/superca... @supercade.bsky.social #Arcade #Supercade #GameHistory #Arcades #VideoGames #Gaming #Booksky #Atari #Intellivision #Coleco #Magnavox #Nintendo

A gloriously illustrated history of the videogame and its legacy for both our mindscapes and video technology.

It was a time when technology was king, status was determined by your high score, and videogames were blitzing the world... From Pong to Pac-Man, Asteroids to Zaxxon—more than fifty million people around the world have come of age within the electronic flux of videogames, their subconscious forever etched with images projected from arcade and home videogame systems.

From the first interactive blips of electronic light at Brookhaven National Labs and the creation of Spacewar! at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; to the invention of the TV Game Project and the myriad systems of Magnavox, Atari, Coleco, and Mattel that followed; through the rise of the Golden Age of videogames and forward into the imagination of millions, Supercade is the first book to illustrate and document the history, legacy, and visual language of the videogame phenomenon.

Exuberantly written and illustrated in full color, Supercade pays tribute to the technology, games, and visionaries of one of the most influential periods in the history of computer science—one that profoundly shaped the modern technological landscape and helped change the way people view entertainment.

Supercade includes contributions from such commentators and participants as Ralph Baer, Julian Dibbell, Keith Feinstein, Joe Fielder, Lauren Fielder, Justin Hall, Leonard Herman, Steven Johnson, Steven Kent, Nick Montfort, Bob Parks, Carl Steadman, and Tom Vanderbilt.

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Van Burnham @supercade.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

I’m launching a new Patreon this weekend to help make the collection sustainable while I spin up the future museum… would love your support and feedback! www.patreon.com/posts/superc...

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Van Burnham @supercade.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Excited to share that the AVOID MISSING BALL exhibition will be open to the public again for a limited engagement in December… please follow for more details!!! #odyssey #pong #atari #arcade #gamehistory #microsoft #xbox #pcgames #pcgaming #retrogaming #macintosh #bungie #halo #nvidia #supercade ♡

Supercade is excited to announce a new exhibition celebrating the rich history of videogames — AVOID MISSING BALL —curated in partnership with Ayzenberg at Space Gallery in Pasadena, California. This definitive survey of the first interactive game explores the dawn of digital culture and the pioneers who created a new medium.

On view will be a comprehensive archive of first-generation home gaming systems including Odyssey, Atari’s Pong, and myriad rare clones – some playable on vintage era-correct televisions – as well as an Atari VCS playing Video Olympics, Commodore Pet running Pong!, and several early Pong arcade games.

Also included is two-player immersive experience ACID PONG created by video artist Josh Randall (@robotkid), a psychedelic gaming trip challenging interaction and reaction. Randall embraces the inherent glitchiness of the technology and asks, “What if it was more glitchy?”

Also displayed in the gallery is a selection of digital prints from photographer Ira Nowinski’s iconic series “Bay Area Video Arcades”, generously on loan from Stanford University Library.

For more details…

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Jess Morrissette @decafjedi.com · 20/11/2024

I thought I'd dedicate a thread to the October 1983 issue of Videogaming & Computergaming Illustrated. It's a significant issue, I'd argue, because it's maybe the earliest instance of a gaming magazine really digging into matters of gender and sexuality in games at length. 🧵

The cover of Videogaming & Computergaming Illustrated magazine, October 1983 issue. The headline reads "Uncensored Videogames: Where Do You Stand?" A woman in a blue leotard and high heels stands posed dramatically on top of a computer motherboard, symbolizing the intersection of technology and provocative themes.

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Van Burnham @supercade.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Oh, and the original Microsoft Flight Simulator for both PC and Macintosh will be on view and playable for the MICROSOFT ADVENTURE exhibition at Space Gallery, reopening to the public for a limited engagement in December! ✈️ #microsoftflightsimulator #pcgames #ibm #macintosh #nvidia #halo #microsoft

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Van Burnham @supercade.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

The VHS (Video Home System) format was first introduced in 1976 by the Victor Company of Japan (aka JVC). After a brief battle with Sony’s “Betamax” standard it became the dominant home video format for consumer-level analog video recording through the 1990s. #vhs #homevideo 📸 @computerloverecords

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Retro Computers @retrocomps.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Apple 1 - Prototype

The prototype used to develop the Apple 1. The wooden case is adapted from a breadbox (the holes for mounting on a wall and some of the hardware for the sliding cover is still visible), the wiring is hand-soldered, giant Sprague capacitators like yellow soda cans are along the back, and the chips are hand-placed in a grid.

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Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Lunar Lander Beyond (Switch) is $9.99 on Amazon buff.ly/4fP1wzp Best Buy buff.ly/3Z85JIO Walmart PS5/Switch buff.ly/3APc0Qn #ad

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Van Burnham @supercade.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

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Chris Charla @iocat.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Random Saturday game, Bandai Electronics Packri Monster, a fun little maze game with intermissions. I really like the industrial design.

A wide silver plastic mini console with a small screen in the upper right and a joystick in the lower right for playing a Pac-Man like maze game. The game has a vacuum florescent display, and the maze is printed above the display on the plastic lens.

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Van Burnham @supercade.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

A little disappointed that you rebooted a better social platform and neglected to fix the one thing worse than the toxicity… we still can’t edit posts!!! Aaaarrgghhhhh. @bsky.app @why.bsky.team @jay.bsky.team Still grateful for the new start ✨

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Van Burnham @supercade.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Josh Randall aka @robotkid holding his prize after winning the Death Race tournament at Filmpower’s Death Race 2000 screening last night! Gremlin hunters unite!! 💀🪦

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