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![screenshot from the 1983 Atari 2600 video game](https://www.remindmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Activision-Decathlon-screen-shot-pole-vault-Atari-2600-770x433.jpg)
Do Anyone Else’s Wrists Still Hurt From Playing ‘The Activision Decathlon’ 40 Years Ago?
Early ’80s computers and home consoles had cool Olympics-inspired games, including ‘The Activision Decathlon,’ which left sore wrists and broken joysticks in its wake.
![Randy Bruce Traywick, better known as Randy Travis, performs at the Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo grounds on July, 1987 in Cheyenne, Wyoming. A country and gospel musician, singer, songwriter and an actor, Travis won six Grammy awards prior to a massive stroke in 2013. The image is an in-camera triple exposure](https://www.remindmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/randy-travis-770x433.jpg)
Randy Travis Releases Touching New Song With Help of AI
Listen to his new song here!
![screenshot from the 1983 Bally Midway arcade video game Journey. It depicts video game versions of members of the rock band Journey with black-and-white digitized photos of their actual faces on top of their computer graphic-created bodies. The band is performing onstage in front of a wild audience, with a bouncer attempting to keep them from reaching the stage.](https://www.remindmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Journey-Escape-video-game-1983-Bally-Midway-770x433.jpg)
Remember Those Early ’80s Video Games Featuring Journey?
Journey Escape, a 1982 cartridge for the Atari 2600, and Journey, Bally Midway’s 1983 arcade game, both starred classic rock group Journey and featured synthesized versions of some of their songs.
![black and white image of a teenage girl writing a letter to her boyfriend in 1942. She is lying on her stomach on a blanket outside on some grass as she write this, wearing a 1940s bathing suit, with some open books in front of her.](https://www.remindmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Teenage-girl-writing-letter-to-boyfriend-1942-770x433.jpg)
How Did You Meet/Date Your Crush/Steady Before Smartphones?
Rotary dial landlines, letter-writing, passing notes in class, hanging out where you thought the person might be and more old-school tactics for meeting and talking to that special someone.
![image from the commercial for Apple's new Macintosh commercial that aired during the Super Bowl on Jan. 22, 1984. In the center of the image is a blond-haired woman wearing red shorts and a white tank top that has an artistic illustration of the Macintosh computer on it. She has a determined look on her face as she runs down an aisle in a dark, dystopian, '1984'-like world, with helmeted stormtroopers behind her in the distance in pursuit. The woman is clutching a hammer in both hands as she runs, preparing to throw it at a giant screen (not seen here) on which Big Brother is giving a propaganda speech.](https://www.remindmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Apple-Macintosh-computer-1984-commercial-Big-Brother-Ridley-Scott-770x433.jpg)
Remember the ‘1984’-Inspired Commercial That Helped Launch Apple’s Macintosh?
Directed by Ridley Scott, the commercial aired just once, but made quite an impact and remains memorable.