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Title: John's Arcade Episode#57 Post by: airsoftmodels on December 11, 2014, 12:01:32 pm I loved the discussion about the early 80's handhelds. my dad worked at JC Penney and he would buy my sister and I a game or two for Xmas. We ended up with about 5 each. My favorite was the Space Invader pictured below. Also, this online museum seems to have everything. http://www.handheldmuseum.com/index.html
(http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Entex/Entex-SpaceInvaderBlack.jpg) Title: Re: John's Arcade Episode#57 Post by: lesoleil70 on December 11, 2014, 06:24:59 pm Cool - Can't wait now to catch up with the podcast.
This was my personal fave as a kid, and even though my original one was given away to charity (why did I do that?) I bought one again years later and still have it. (http://www.kiranbe.com/image/cache/data/HNDHLD-GM001-3%20Vintage%20Tomytronic%203D%20Thundering%20Turbo%20Trio-max-800.jpg) Title: Re: John's Arcade Episode#57 Post by: BloodyCactus on December 12, 2014, 08:49:49 am as a kid I remember getting an Astro Wars, which was cool. It had a VFD so the graphics were 'fixed', but bright and colourful. thing was awesome. wikipedia says 1981 which would be right in my memory.
http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Grandstand/Astro.htm Title: Re: John's Arcade Episode#57 Post by: knaagi on December 12, 2014, 10:46:43 am as a kid I remember getting an Astro Wars, which was cool. It had a VFD so the graphics were 'fixed', but bright and colourful. thing was awesome. wikipedia says 1981 which would be right in my memory. http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Grandstand/Astro.htm I have the same game, but with "ASTRO WARS" written in red letters. Bought it 2 years ago on Ebay. Only bad thing is it has no volume knob and the sound can be annoying at it´s default volume. Title: Re: John's Arcade Episode#57 Post by: lesoleil70 on December 12, 2014, 03:13:51 pm Enjoyed ep 57, must admit I've missed a few of late - now I need to backtrack - especially to hear this famous rant.
Title: Re: John's Arcade Episode#57 Post by: John's Arcade on December 21, 2014, 01:47:04 pm This was my favorite of all the battery operated handhelds I owned. It was magical. I would play it for hours.
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