Games of the 70s

I had to stop watching this video at least, what, 10 times? Toys and games I didn't remember. Never even saw. And certainly don't see now. Toys and games that looked like they were, like, really fun. I mean, that first one, the one in this picture, from Ideal? Bing Bang Boing! "the first open-end action game ever created." You remember that? Is that cool or who? "Open-end action game" - how mesmeringly relevant. And why isn't it a whole line of components that you can bounce balls off of? - neat, maybe electronic components already, electro-mechanical even, with voice chips?

It wasn't just nostalgia, you know. How can you be nostaligic for something you never experienced? But it was sad for me. O, I know about Ideal Toys. I used to work for them even. Sold and folded into an older mold.

Hate to see a good game die.

And it goes on, the video. Those Kenner SST cars with Sonic Sound. "Sonic Sound?" You mean kids actually thought there was something called "Sonic Sound"? Ah, to be young and gullible. And on and on, demolition cars and film projectors, and then, Masterpiece, the game - yet one more reminder of good games that are no more, for no good reason at all.

Sigh.


fun scouting by Gameskeeper Marc

from Bernie DeKoven's FunLog