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dub3's pixel tribute to HobbyConsolas in 1991: a Pioneer-era online magazine
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 1991 page

dub3 card · www.hobbyconsolas.com

HobbyConsolas (1991)

Best viewed in Mosaic.

Cost
6 RAM
Power
11
Rarity
Common
Family
Games
Era
Pioneer (up to 1994)
Collection
The Long Tail

What it does

On reveal: +4 Power to a random card in your hand.

On reveal happens once, when the card flips.

It costs 6 RAM to play and brings 11 Power to its lane. You get 1 RAM in round 1, 2 in round 2, and so on.

Games cards roll the dice. Sometimes the dice roll you.

The site, in 1991

The website of a Spanish video game magazine founded in 1991 by Hobby Press and later published by Axel Springer.

The first issue appeared in October 1991. It covered console games at first and added PC and mobile in 2012. Listeners of the radio show Game 40 named it best game magazine of 1997.

Pioneer era, up to 1994. Grey pages, blue links and a browser called Mosaic. Images were optional. So was colour.

The Long Tail: The niche, the local and the specialist. Most of the web, really.

Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 1991 page.

Put it on your site

Run HobbyConsolas, or just remember it fondly? Here's its button, 88 by 31 like it's 1991. Paste this into your page:

HobbyConsolas is a dub3 card

In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 1991, then plays a short scene. Want HobbyConsolas in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.