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This article covers a rarely-seen but interesting arcade game: Wyvern F-0 by Taito. This game used a unique graphics system to produce a presudo-3D effect.

Has anyone else heard of this game?

I read a lot of Harlan Ellison (worked on The Outer Limits, 80's Twilight Zone, Babylon 5), and I was wondering what people thought of this quote from him:

[S]cience fiction is the only 100% hopeful fiction. That is to say, inherent in the form is, "There will be a tomorrow". If you read a science fiction story, it says, "This will happen tomorrow". Now that’s very positive, that’s very pragmatic, "We’ll be here tomorrow. We may be unhappy, we may be all living like maggots, but we’ll be here." So that means it’s 100% positive.

Ellison has even said that his short story I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream is optimistic, because in the climax, there is still room for self-sacrifice and defiance to authority.

I guess it comes down to whether you think a bleak future is better than no future at all.

Shameless plug for my work if you like Ellison or want to learn more: https://ndhfilms.com/ellison

I spotted these mountain goats today on the west side of Loveland Pass.

EDIT: Here's another photo:

This payphone may be found at the City Market gas station south of Granby. It is pretty close to the Ski Granby Ranch. The phone had dial tone, no broken buttons, and rings when called. I was able to call a friend with it.

The phone number is (970) 887-9907.

I saw a giant, spiky yellow ball moving along the shoulder of the road near Montezuma, Colorado (east of Keystone Resort). They were kind enough to pose for this picture.

Sawmill Road is between Ward and Gold Hill in Boulder County. It's very steep, and connects to Lefthand Canyon Drive. I didn't have a date stamp on this picture, but I took it in 2023.

Hi @retrogaming,

Here's our Spring issue for 2024.

Retro Gaming articles in this issue:

• Coverage of ATG Expo 2024 in Waco, TX by AT Gonzalez. He saw an original Soviet-era Tetris computer.
• Grappling to New Heights: Roc’n Rope’s Unintentional Birth of the “Wire Action” Genre by Leland Tursi
• Views From the Road: Cricket's Draft House & Grill in Waco, TX
• Reader responses to last issue's article on the reverse-engineering of Sinistar.

Cover art by Chris Bordenca

These were my reflections on the Dark Horse Saloon in Boulder. Roger Ebert, a writer who I admire and who influenced my life in a big way, would hold court at the Dark Horse when he was in town for the Conference on World Affairs. I will be sad to see it go, so I thought I'd put down a few words while I still had time.

Standstill on the toll road today between I-25 and Quebec. People were driving backwards on the shoulder to take the York exit.

Anyone else get caught in that this morning?

An interview with Sefton Eisenhart, author of the new crime story The Chaos of Heat I asked him about what he enjoys reading, his writing setup, fanzines, and the authors who inspire him.

A review by YouTube channel SoftwareAgentsHQ. I like the game's smooth sprite animation.