When the Atari 2600 dominated the video game market, Activision offered patches for those who reached high scores in their games. To get one, you simply needed to take a photo of your TV screen and send the photo to Activision. It was an amazing promotion. One that I desperately […]
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In 1983, the box office was dominated by the final movie in the Star Wars Trilogy, Return of the Jedi. At home, Dallas was the TV show everyone was talking about and on the radio, The Police’s Every Breath you Take was burning up the charts.
Armory Dice Markers are great looking artifacts from a different time in gaming. It is nice to see that someone preserved them up until now and that people value them enough to pay a ludicrous amount of money for 4 used crayons.
Having the good fortune of being on vacation – it was made all the better by visiting Tee Rex, a vintage toy store in Eureka Springs!
Perhaps my most unexpected find yet (through a random search of course), is Awesome 80s Toy Commercials. Got Prime? You’re in for a treat!
Listen to the season 11 premier episode of the Retroist Podcast, CHiPs. Join Ponch, Jon and the rest of the California Highway Patrol as they fight crime, have fun and look great doing it.
In 1984, Role Aids publish and adventure based on the 1983 film, “The Keep.” I have run this adventure a couple of times over the years. Here is a little background info on this overlooked accessory.
Who would have guessed Mayfair Games would have taken 1983’s The Keep and turn it into a board game. That is exactly what they did however and you can take a look at it for yourself!
Being that it is Atari Day, it only seemed appropriate to share some info on an unreleased game – in this case that would be Snow White. Thankfully the prototypes have been found and we can see how the might have looked had it been finished!
It’s a audio cassette tape player, educational tool, and interactive device all in one. What is this trickery of 1980s technology, you ask? Why, the Talk’n Play Learning System!
Those of us that grew up in the late 70s or early 80s all know that arcade games were kind of a big deal. One of those reasons is you literally could find an arcade game in nearly every location imaginable – from the convenient store down the street to […]