Very Stupid Calendar for Sale (January 14, 2025)

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Bandit LOAF

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Welcome to 2025, where retro gaming is "hip". And when something becomes popular it can start to generate a lot of useless, hastily assembled money-grabbing crap. Case in point is this 2025 "Retro Games Classic Gaming Calendar" from Red Rock Publishing:

The ultimate gaming calendar for all gamers, whether young or old! Here, the most legendary games of all time are brought back to life, whether for PC, Amiga, SEGA, PlayStation, XBOX, or other platforms - all through the new year!

Classics like WarCraft, Doom 3D, Monkey Island, Pacman, StarCraft, Super Mario, Quake, Diablo or Dune: In this calendar, the unforgettable giants of gaming history will accompany you throughout the new year, 365 days in a row.

Including a fold-out mega poster, all public and religious holidays as well as plenty of space to add your own notes, birthdays, etc. Format: Large Wall Dimensions: 59cm x 29.5cm
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Sounds great, except… take a close look at February! The game of the month is supposed to be Elite but it's represented by a Wing Commander I screenshot!





Want your own very stupid calendar? If you're in Europe, you're in luck! Copies are currently available on Amazon UK and other European Amazon storefronts. The MSRP is £12.99. If you're looking to track down a copy elsewhere, the ISBN is ‎ 979-8893610666. For the record, we bought one!




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Original update published on January 14, 2025
 
That is... embarrassing. Apart from the Wing Commander problem, there are some other issues...

1. The box they used boldly says it's the Commodore 64 version. You don't have to spend much time around old games and classic hardware to know that screenshot isn't the Commodore 64 Palette!
2. At the bottom of the page there are PC system requirements for Elite Plus. There too, you don't have to know much about these platforms to know they don't match.
3. Anyone who does know enough classic gaming history to know about Elite would know it was first written on the BBC Micro.

Then with the screenshot, the dithering on the hand means it's not the PC MCGA version. Is the screenshot from the Amiga or Sega CD?
 
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