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1980s Articles Books Featured

Finding The 100th Monkey

This CD is dedicated to the dinosaurs, who mutely warn us that a species which cannot adapt to changing conditions will become extinct. Sometime in the early 2000s, a punk band in Spokane Washington released an EP in a kraft paper sleeve with an ominous quote printed on the back, framed by medical anomaly illustrations. […]

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1970s Advertisements Featured Moving Pictures

1970s Lay’s TV Ad – Sloppy Joe

An advertisement from the 1970s for Lay’s Potato Chips showcasing their new quick meal product. Why it was selected – Advertisements are no strangers in the Nevermind Museum. As trivial as they may seem, each one was created to move us in one form or another using the era’s sights and sounds. Like the television […]

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1980s Featured Games and Software

1981 – Set the Hostages Free

Set the Hostages Free is a text based action game. The goal of the hero is to rescue the hostages. To do so the player must shoot to the bandits moving around the square area within just 15 shots.

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1980s Featured Games and Software

President Elect: 1988 Edition

A playable turn-based computer simulation of a 9-week presidential campaign with seven historical scenarios (from 1960 to 1988) and options for hypothetical and ahistorical simulations. Overview – President-Elect: 1988 Edition is an updated version of the original President-Elect adding the campaign data for the upcoming (at the time) 1988 election. The game is a comprehensive computer simulation […]

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1990s Decade Featured International Moving Pictures PSAs

1999 Full Stop PSA (England)

This PSA was created to promote the “Full Stop” campaign in England against child abuse.  This video is loud and viewer discretion is advised. Why it was selected – This Public Information Film, as PSAs are known in England, was highly controversial with over 150 complaints lodged by English citizens, 46 made by people who […]