COMPUTER CHRONICLES REVISITED 99 — SHANGHAI, TOWER OF MYRAGLEN, EARL WEAVER BASEBALL, AND FERRARI FORMULA ONE

Even in the late 1980s, two of the biggest names in third-party game development were Electronic Arts and Activision.

CHRONICLES REVISITED PODCAST 9 — THEY'RE STILL A ONE-PRODUCT COMPANY

During the early seasons of Computer Chronicles, Ashton-Tate was one of the Big Three business software companies together with Microsoft and Lotus Development Corporation.

CCR SPECIAL 12 — THE VGHF SURVEY OF THE VIDEO GAME REISSUE MARKET IN THE UNITED STATES

Only about 13 percent of video games published in the United States prior to 2010 remain commercially available today, according to a study published on July 10 by the Video Game History Foundation (VGHF).

COMPUTER CHRONICLES REVISITED 98 — WRITENOW, VIDEOWORKS II, 4TH DIMENSION, AND MULTIFINDER

Apple CEO John Sculley’s quest to extend the Macintosh’s reach in the business market took an important step in November 1987 with the launch of MultiFinder, an extension to the System Software 5 operating system that finally enabled a form of multitasking on the Mac.

COMPUTER CHRONICLES REVISITED 97 — BYLINE, HIGGINS, JULIE, AND MR. GAMESHOW

The November 1987 edition of the Computer Chronicles holiday buyers’ guide began with Gary Kildall showing Stewart Cheifet the Sony XV-T600 Picture Computer, a $600 machine that added pictures and titles to home VCR movies.

COMPUTER CHRONICLES REVISITED 96 — APPLESHARE, ETHERTALK, AND THE APPLETALK PERSONAL NETWORK

Apple had a few false starts when it came to local area networks in the 1980s.

COMPUTER CHRONICLES REVISITED 95 — GRAPEVINE AND EASYLAN

Local area networks were a regular topic during early seasons of Computer Chronicles.

CHRONICLES REVISITED PODCAST 8 — AN APPLE II IN EVERY DUGOUT

Steve Boros managed the Oakland Athletics in 1983 and 1984, and the San Diego Padres in 1986.

COMPUTER CHRONICLES REVISITED 94 — COMDEX/FALL '87

The second annual Computer Chronicles episode to focus on the fall COMDEX show in Las Vegas aired in November 1987, just a few days after the event concluded.

COMPUTER CHRONICLES REVISITED 93 — THE LASERWRITER PLUS, LASERJET II, AND LASERLINE 6

Even as stock markets around the world crashed in October 1987, business owners could still take comfort in the fact that laser printers had finally broken the sub-$2,000 barrier.