Thirty one years ago a decade long love affair for gamers with a love for coloured text on a black screen began...
Retro|Spective: Digitiser
The tongue in cheek service was known for not only the scale of success it quickly attracted but also its humour, humour that often pushed the envelope of what the service would normally permit. Cancelled in 2003 by a senior editor who took over the prior year and immediately took issue with the services humour, the end of Digitiser rang a clear echo of the poor guided standpoints that saw the entire service throttled in the days when it was fighting for survival against the rise of the internet.
The site made liberal use of the Reveal button on viewers TV remotes, often revealing one of the numerous characters that had been created by the services runners - most notoriously by creator Mr Biffo
Perhaps the clearest example of the humour that accompanied the daily dose of gaming news and letters was its final message
Did you use the service and what are your memories of it?
Most importantly...
Retro|Spective: Digitiser
The tongue in cheek service was known for not only the scale of success it quickly attracted but also its humour, humour that often pushed the envelope of what the service would normally permit. Cancelled in 2003 by a senior editor who took over the prior year and immediately took issue with the services humour, the end of Digitiser rang a clear echo of the poor guided standpoints that saw the entire service throttled in the days when it was fighting for survival against the rise of the internet.
The site made liberal use of the Reveal button on viewers TV remotes, often revealing one of the numerous characters that had been created by the services runners - most notoriously by creator Mr Biffo
Perhaps the clearest example of the humour that accompanied the daily dose of gaming news and letters was its final message
Did you use the service and what are your memories of it?
Most importantly...
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