About a year and a half ago I had a serendipitous night in Japan during which I discovered a second-floor bar that was filled with old-school video game consoles: Sega Genesis Mega Drive, the original Nintendo Entertainment System and more. Hours went by while I played Mario Bros., not wanting to switch it up once I got the cartridge to actually load.
Punch Cards, Game Boy Pocket and ... iPhone 5? Re/code’s Weekly #tbt (Throwback Tech).
Allow me to wax nostalgic about Nintendo for a bit.
Nintendo holds a special place in the hearts of children of the ’80s, despite the company’s current challenges. So thanks, Emma Kessler (@ekess2015), for sending in a pic of your Game Boy Pocket for this week’s #tbt — Throwback Tech.
(These kids, however, aren’t nearly as impressed.)
There were other great submissions this week as well: Some punch cards from Steven Sinofsky’s freshman year at Cornell (circa 2007, we believe); a Philips ISIS cellphone, which in the late ’90s was known for its impressively long battery life; and even … an iPhone 5? I guess it’s all about perspective!
https://twitter.com/stevesi/status/486975868049162243
https://twitter.com/kona314/status/486996750322778113
https://twitter.com/ekess105/status/486982028622323712
https://twitter.com/iSanjivBatra/status/487303620225159168
https://twitter.com/SHI_Intl/status/486933297553874946
https://twitter.com/jess/status/486978183145598976
https://twitter.com/splorp/status/486901797445844992
https://twitter.com/KatiDahm/status/486888446611296257
https://twitter.com/ashleymayer/status/486977766449897472
And if you’re wondering what last week’s #tbts were, you can find them here.
This article originally appeared on Recode.net.
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