Napoleon abdicated today, the 11th April, 1814. He had been ruler of 70 million people, 30 million of them French, the rest Spanish, Belgian, Dutch, some Italian and German. He had also ruled parts of Poland and Yugoslavia. Then he attacked Russia. After the disaster that was Russia he was outnumbered two to one by a coalition of Austrian, Prussian, Russians and Swedes at the battle of Leipzig, losing this battle. This too had come after the loss of Spain to Wellington(June 1813).
On the 31st March 1814 the Allies entered Paris. His Generals persuaded him to abdicate in favour of his 3 year old son. His 10 year Empire had come to a close.
He tried to poison himself on the 12th, but ended up vomiting and not dying. On the 29th he was on his way to exile on Elba.
He would return.
All-time favorite video game?
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Can you say Legend of Zelda? :mrgreen:
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I have had different favorites as the systems have come and gone:
Asteroids (Atari)
Double Dragon (Arcade)
Super Mario 3 (8 bit Nintendo)
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64)
Starcraft, Half-life, Age of Mythology and Half-life 2 (PC)How many of you think that “E.T.” for Atari lead to Atari’s demise in the 80’s?
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I used to own about 30 arcade machines in my home in the early 1990’s . I collected many of my favorites.
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tailgunner ( cinamatronics- vector based)
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Ripoff ( same)
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Star castle
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Gauntlet II
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bosconian
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omega race
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colony 7
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Starship 1
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lunar lander
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defender
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rally x
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indy 800
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tank 8
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robotron
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spy hunter
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atari football ( with the x’s and o’s and 4 players)
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breakout
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space fury ( sega)
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Starwars
i forgotten many of their names but theirs like a 100 other full size arcade machines that i used to have. -
firepower ( pinball)
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1942
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tron
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