ToxLaximus 1 Posted October 6, 2012 Technology A new drug Crack appears ( A derivative of Cocaine ) and is increasingly found in US Cities. First transatlantic fibre optic cable laid able to carry 40,000 telephone calls simultaneously. Stephen Hawking Publishes " A Brief History Of Time ". The first major computer virus infects computers connected to the Internet. The Hubble Space Telescope is put into operation. The US Stealth Bomber is unveiled. Using Carbon Dating it is established that the Turin Shroud Can Not Be the Burial Cloth of Christ. Popular Films Rain Man Who Framed Roger Rabbit Big Twins Crocodile Dundee II Die Hard The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! Beetlejuice Dangerous Liaisons A Fish Called Wanda Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood Popular Musicians Enya Robert Palmer Erasure Kylie Minogue U2 The Beach Boys Bros Michael Jackson with " Dirty Diana " Gloria Estefan Chicago with " Look Away " George Michael with " father Figure " Guns N' Roses George Harrison Also Red Dwarf sci-fi series started in 1988 and is also being remade soon ... http://uk.ign.com/articles/2012/10/04/red-dwarf-trojan-review Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thygrrr 1 Posted October 6, 2012 Popular Video Games Carrier Command Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ToxLaximus 1 Posted October 6, 2012 Amiga Game I had in 1988 (press title for link) Buggy Boy Captain Blood Carrier Command Falcon Star Wars Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
anton-korduan 10 Posted October 6, 2012 Another really great game for Amiga in this time: VIRUS (also known as "Zarch", adepted from the "Archimedes", in these days one of the most powerful mainfraims) This name is nowadays not so useful... but in 1988 there where no PCs and no Internet and no Virus, like we know now... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Raptor 10 Posted October 6, 2012 Really nice idea. :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ToxLaximus 1 Posted October 6, 2012 LOL, another remake! Mac and Me :p Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ToxLaximus 1 Posted October 7, 2012 (edited) 1986-1987 Sledge Hammer tv series, classic. Everything in the 80's was cheesy and had a turbo, good old 80's. Edited October 7, 2012 by ToxLaximus Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
