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Released in 1975, the world's first digital camera, by Kodak, actually recorded images onto cassette tapes -- each image took 23-seconds to record. Click here to see an image of the viewing device.

The next step in this cumbersome process was hooking up that cassette player to this clunky computer that would somehow play the pic back onto a television set. Looks like Kodak has learned a lot about ease of use.

In The Magical Question Starring Mickey Mouse -- released on the SNES in 1992, the "player must move as in a typical platform game, defeating enemies either by jumping on them or by grabbing and throwing blocks at them." ScrewAttack takes a look back at this title after the break.

The disguises Mickey uses are a magician attire, which allows him to shoot magic, which can be charged; a fire fighter uniform that allows him to continually spray water; and alpinism clothes that allow him to use a grappling hook that can attach to certain surfaces and objects.

In Knight Rider for the NES, "terrorists are running rampant all over the United States of America and only a man and his robotic car can stop them from taking over." ScrewAttack takes a look back at this title after the break.

However, the game is very difficult to play and there is also a DRIVE mode that allows players to go on a Sunday drive through the stages. Despite the non-violent premise of the television show, the video game interpretation was deemed to be very violent for its era with its almost exclusive use of firearms to eradicate terrorists

In Tiny Toon Adventures for the NES, "the player plays as Buster Bunny in the effort to rescue Babs Bunny from her kidnapper, Montana Max." ScrewAttack takes a look back at this title after the break.

Players get the help of Dizzy Devil, Furrball, and Plucky Duck to get through a total of six levels, which is done at the beginning of each level.

In NFL Blitz 2000, "there are no timeouts, but the clock stops after every play, and extra points after touchdowns are claimed to be automatic, unless it is chosen to go for two points." ScrewAttack takes a look back at this title after the break.

Unlike standard football sims, Blitz played fast and furious. The only kicking in the game (punts and extra points) came automatically and, like Midway's NBA Jam series, players were able to pull off fantastic moves.

Super Soccer for the SNES "is innovative because of its viewing perspective, to this day unique in soccer video games: the field is shown plainly on a vertical view, and the opposite goal can be seen from anywhere in the field, making use of the Mode 7 chip." ScrewAttack takes a look back at this title after the break.

In Dr. Mario for the NES, gameplay consisted "of dropping two-sided vitamin capsules into an eight-block-by-16-block playing field populated by viruses of three colors (red, yellow, and blue)." ScrewAttack takes a look back at this title after the break.

There are six types of capsules, differentiated by their color: red-red, yellow-yellow, blue-blue, red-blue, red-yellow, and blue-yellow. The player must rotate and position these capsules on top of and alongside the viruses and other capsules in an effort to eliminate the viruses

X-Men for the SEGA Genesis, released in 1993, basically "takes place in the Danger Room, a training area for the X-Men inside the X-Mansion." ScrewAttack takes a look back at this title after the break.

In Mach Rider for the NES, the "player controls Mach Rider, who travels from sector to sector on a motorcycle, searching for survivors and destroying the enemies in his path." ScrewAttack takes a look back at this title after the break.

The number of points scored for destroying enemies and obstacles are determined by the power of the enemy destroyed and the type of obstacle destroyed. If the player "BLOCKS" an enemy by knocking it into a hazard on the track, they obtain more points, and this also replenishes Mach Rider's bullets

Mega Man in Dr Wily's Revenge for the Game Boy "follows the adventures of Mega Man as he confronts the evil Dr. Albert Wily and his newly revived Robot Masters and the first of the Mega Man Hunters." ScrewAttack takes a look back at this title after the break.

Mega Man in Dr. Wily's Revenge reuses Robot Masters from the console versions of Mega Man and Mega Man 2 - the initial four from the former, and the last four in the final stage (Quick Man, Bubble Man, Flash Man, and Heat Man) from the latter