SIMON . I used to have one of these as a kid and was the craze of it's time... Really really rusty at the game but scored 15 on my first go... probably try again another time
I had the game as a kid, too...I went to a toy shop the other day and bought a "modern" version of it for my daughter...looks different but it`s still fun to play.
-Hal-
Posted by LeDaemon (Member # 198) on :
I remember it. I never owned one though. My earliest recollection of a hand held electronic game I owned was Mattel Football 2. I got it back in 1978 or so I believe. I remember having a Coleco football too. Shit, come to think of it I had Mattel versions of hockey and basketball from way back when.
You get the idea... really ooold skool.
Posted by Hal (Member # 3484) on :
^ looks cool...I love handhelds.
My first one was this one back in 1981:
-Hal-
Posted by FootLongSub Zero (Member # 19380) on :
Handheld? Ummmm my SIMON was the non-handheld.... a big old thing that could no way fit in the ol' pocket
HAND-HELDS
I rember having the flip "Donkey Kong" I got for my 9th birthday I think....
Swapped it for a weekend with a school friend of mine for his "Crazy Kong"
The idiot broke it, I asked him what happened, he said that It was dirty and washed it in water ... I took mine back and ended up keeping his too... What a loss (at the time) Posted by LeDaemon (Member # 198) on :
Those games in the 80s were those early LCD (liquid crystal display) screens that had the characters in all black. Those just a few years earlier had the LED (Light Emitting Diode) displays which nothing more than little red lights. If my daughter has a Nintendo DS so if she saw one of our old games she would think we were a bunch of morons for wasting so much time with simplistic distractions!
That Simon game you originally brought up was really popular way back then I recall. I don't remember how the thing kept score. Perhaps you can refresh my memory on that one.
Posted by sofatater (Member # 4209) on :
I remember seeing those games. Never played them. I'm a little older than most of you. I was in the Navy when Pong and Frogger were popular. I had friends that we used to call "Vidiots". One guy had an Atari system hooked up to his t.v. and it literally never got turned off. There was someone in his household playing the damn thing 24/7. No B.S. (When I first got out of the Navy I stayed with them for a couple of weeks until I got an apartment.)
Posted by FootLongSub Zero (Member # 19380) on :
quote:Originally posted by LeDaemon: If my daughter has a Nintendo DS so if she saw one of our old games she would think we were a bunch of morons for wasting so much time with simplistic distractions!
Yeah with the evolution of handheld gaming today. Now you got McDonalds Kids Happy Meals comming with LCD games that do about the same...
--------------------------------------- I can vaguely remember having this game Firefox as your post also included somthing about LED games... Cherished that game for while til it (as all toys) just dissapears....
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While I was hunting around for that pic, I stumbled across this one. When I was about 7-ish I was in hopital and this older kid had this game... To me he was the coolest dude for having it... Pacman
Posted by Hal (Member # 3484) on :
^ I also remember that Pacman game from a catalogue but I`ve never played/seen it live. Would have loved to have it as a kid.
Not a handheld but do you guys remember this one? I played it with my brother in the early 1980s but it was a pain to first "programme" the coordinates of the ships into the computer memory.
-Hal-
Posted by Hal (Member # 3484) on :
Also check out this cool website for old retro stuff:
quote:Originally posted by sofatater: I remember seeing those games. Never played them. I'm a little older than most of you. I was in the Navy when Pong and Frogger were popular. I had friends that we used to call "Vidiots". One guy had an Atari system hooked up to his t.v. and it literally never got turned off. There was someone in his household playing the damn thing 24/7. No B.S. (When I first got out of the Navy I stayed with them for a couple of weeks until I got an apartment.)
Sounds like we're from the same generation as far as vid games goes. I remember playing pong the first time probably back in '76 at a restaurant. It was one of those table versions that you would sit at and would have cigarette burns on it and rings from drinks people had set on them. Remember those other early games like Night Driver and that first vector games like Space Wars or Lunar Lander? I was nuts over those as a kid.
Posted by Fate111 (Member # 2627) on :
I remember the game Simon but never had it as a kid, nor did I play it much with people who did have it because I never really cared for the game.
I remember the Coleco Football handheld game. I wanted one of those really bad. I ended up getting a Radio Shack ripoff a couple of years after the popularity of the Coleco version waned.
I did have a Pacman handheld game though that looked like the game cabinet of the original arcade version of Pacman.
Posted by Cain (Member # 8492) on :
Ha i rememeber all of those things too. I was really addicted to that Mattel football game until i got my first Atari system.
Posted by FootLongSub Zero (Member # 19380) on :
quote:Originally posted by Hal: ^ I also remember that Pacman game from a catalogue but I`ve never played/seen it live. Would have loved to have it as a kid.
Not a handheld but do you guys remember this one? I played it with my brother in the early 1980s but it was a pain to first "programme" the coordinates of the ships into the computer memory.
-Hal-
I really really wanted that game when I was a kid... I used to be mezmorised by the commercial when it came on T.V. I hinted to mum, dad and the rest of the family for it but NEVER got it... Would of really enjoyed playin' it with my brother too....
Oh well when I was old enough to get a job and save up, I got an altered version of it for my brother for christmas... Had fun with this one.. Starwars Galactic Battle
Posted by sofatater (Member # 4209) on :
Yeah, Le Daemon I remember those old table top models. They sure made a lot of money for the bar owners. You could never get to one. There was always a list of people waiting to "challenge the winner". This statement will surely date me. When I was a senior in high school, I had to use a slide rule for calculations 'cause a pocket calculator cost a couple hundred bucks (and it really didn't fit in your pocket). Posted by Toetapper (Member # 6473) on :
Had a friend who had a "Simon" when it came out, I was easily in my 20's then, as was my friend. Although primitive by many measures, it would still provide a good mental challenge to most anyone who tried it.
Posted by FootLongSub Zero (Member # 19380) on :
quote:Originally posted by LeDaemon: I remember it. I never owned one though. My earliest recollection of a hand held electronic game I owned was Mattel Football 2. I got it back in 1978 or so I believe. I remember having a Coleco football too. Shit, come to think of it I had Mattel versions of hockey and basketball from way back when.
You get the idea... really ooold skool.
Just had a go of this game. Didn't have the patience to learn to play... How did you manage this game with all those red dots/dashes all over the screen
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What about this calculator classic game. I was really young when my much older brother had this game so I had to be supervised when playing this one but as all toys/hanhelds.... they just dissapear...
I think the demo melody was 'When The Saints Go Marching In'...
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. I used to have one of these as a kid and was the craze of it's time... Really really rusty at the game but scored 15 on my first go... probably try again another time
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... I took mine back and ended up keeping his too... What a loss ![[Cry]](cry.gif)
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