"Feh, I give this fad two years tops, nothing will replace Parcheesi" - The president of Parcheesi corp (who I just made up) in 1976
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Showing posts with label video games. Show all posts
Showing posts with label video games. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Monday, July 29, 2019
Odyssey Video Games
The Odyssey video game system was the #1 choice of dads who purchased a video disk player instead of a VCR.
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Monday, July 10, 2017
Thursday, September 01, 2016
Parker Brothers Video Games
I had three of the four games on this page, I'll leave it to your imagination which one I passed on.
Thursday, January 29, 2015
Parker Brothers Video Games
Parker Brothers really seemed to dominate my video game purchases in the early eighties and seeing this toyfair ad from '83 made me smile.
They had my favourite arcade game of all time (Tutankham) and the Star Wars license, so my loyalty was assured...
If I didn't have one of their games, it surely was on my wishlist, someday you will be mine Spider-Man!
Thursday, September 18, 2014
Nightshirts: 1982
My heart belongs to a woman whose heart once belonged to Bo. Sometimes I'm a bit suspicious...
Friday, December 09, 2011
Child World Toy Sale from 30 years ago
Seeing that it's close to Christmas, let's take a trip back 30 years and see what toys were on special with the 1981 Child World Flyer, celebrating the best playthings that 1981 had to offer.
You'll find a lot of familiar faces in this one including Star Wars figures, Mego Superheroes, Intellivision, Jordache dolls, Fisher price and oodles more.
Other Toy Flyers and Circulars from the 70s
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Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Video World of Sports
An open message to all children of the 1990s, this is what we had and we liked it dammit! Sure, Super Mario was cool but did his console have a wood grain finish? I didn't think so...
Thursday, December 03, 2009
The Ultimate Home Gaming System
I'd like to find one now and present it my "X-Box" raised offspring...
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Atari Wars
I am a veteran of the video game wars, fought mostly on my schoolyard. I, being of the clan of Atari, waged daily combat against those who had sworn allegiance to George Plimpton and quoted from the Book of Mattel. Mostly about how much superior the Intellivision system really was. I can remember HATING kids who had Intellivision and those damned commercials, I don't know why I took it so personal, I guess it was because I had no defense against "If it's said on TV,it must be true!"
My best friend at the time had Intellivision, and since he was Switzerland we played it all the time, it was a fun system and I liked a lot of the games, there I said it.
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Friday, September 19, 2008
Even More Vintage Toy Store Pictures
When you're done strolling through the new update, please check out our five previous Toy Store Galleries for more strolls down memory lane. Everything from pictures of long gone department store fronts to toy aisles brimming with star wars, G.I. Joe, Tonka Trucks and Mego Superheroes.
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Caveman Game Consoles
I imagine if you were to make one now, it would be the size of a quarter.
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
All About Donkey Kong
Like a lot of kids, I was arcade obsessed in 1982, I even recall buying magazines about Donkey Kong. The kid who got Colecovision could guarentee popularity for much of 1983 (this expired by '84)
Those table top arcade games by Coleco that inspired hours of drooling for me. I remember really liking the commercials featuring "Video Man", who would use his powers to shrink the arcade games to table top size.
The years have not been kind to Video Man, with his supercuts hairstyle and silver members only jacket he looks kind of like a dorky uncle you avoid at family reunions. Again, the memory cheats...
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