- Long Beach, in Pacific County, one of Washington’s oldest seaside resorts, has drawn visitors, first from Oregon and later from all over the Northwest, to its 28 miles of open beach, clam digging grounds, and town full of attractions, for more than a hundred years. Hemmed in by hills and water, early visitors had to travel there via sternwheelers and stage coach, and later rail, until the 1920s when roads connected the town to Washington’s interior. Long Beach began as a resort community for wealthy Portlanders. Once Oregon’s coastal resort towns began to develop, more visitors from Washington residents began to flock to its beaches. After declines suffered in the 1980s following the near-failure of razor clam and salmon fisheries and the 1979 energy crisis, Long Beach has shifted its focus to the spectacular local environment and the community’s unique history to attract visitors.
- Pac-Man Arcade Enhanced (Atari 2600) (Internet Archive)
Everyone’s familiar with the now infamous version of Pac-Man that Atari unleashed to its legions of 2600 fans. If you’ve ever wished for a version of Pac-Man truer to the original, Rob Kudla has modified the much better Ms. Pac-Man and turned it into the Pac-Man Atari should have released. This is a fairly significant hack, and here are the changes Rob made to Ms. Pac-Man: Changed the graphics Altered the theme music Changed audio code to improve authenticity Changed playfield color and layout Got rid of extra tunnel and three extra mazes Made fruit sit in the middle of the screen without moving Added the siren If you’re a Pac-Man fan, you owe it to yourself to get this version!