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Posted 31 July 2007 - 06:52 AM

chances are, at some point in your youth, you owned a small portable electronic LCD video game.

at one point in time, such games like these were quite popular.

i owned several of such games, most were made by tiger electronics.

i still have my "double dragon" game by tiger electronics.

i have a few other generic games that i find cool,.one is a game called "ghost catcher" and it plays the classical song, fur elise, over and over again.

i even had a "teenage mutant ninja turtles" game by konami

one of the coolest games i remember having was "ninja gaiden" by tiger. i didnt have it very long and lost it. but i remember it being damn fun.

i also had a nintendo zelda game watch. it played a lot like the nes game. it was wild. i think i got it for christmas one year. even though i wanted the super mario bros watch..i wasnt complaining that i got zelda instead.
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Posted 31 July 2007 - 08:03 AM

Mattel Electronics Football. That thing was predictable but lots of fun. Christmas gift from money from Grandpop, 1978. ($35-40)
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Posted 31 July 2007 - 01:06 PM

I remember a whole lot of those games based upon Disney franchises at the time. And the LCD game is immortalized in Mr. Game and Watch on Super Smash Bros. Melee for the GameCube. Flat, two frame-animation goodness. tongue.gif
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Posted 31 July 2007 - 01:14 PM

I had this fancy-schmancy LCD Darth Vader head that came with a little blaster. You'd shoot at Imperial Storm Troopers, but they too had two frames of animation, and the computer rarely recognized a hit, and it always made a little blaster noise when I shot it. And I seem to remember the blaster chaffing at my finger.

I think I might still have it.
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Posted 31 July 2007 - 05:53 PM

My dad bought a little hockey game thingie involving little red dots and trying to get a goal waaay back in 1977. He still has it, in fact; just opened it recently, and the damn thing looks brand-new. Neat, huh? happy.gif
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Posted 01 August 2007 - 10:52 AM

You know, I think I own that same one Bond. Is it blue with like 2 buttons? My neighbor gave me one of those (he's a little strange) and it was fun for a bit even though aged and simple.
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Posted 01 August 2007 - 10:57 AM

Yes, I think so. Where did your neighbor say he got it from, exactly? smile.gif
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Posted 01 August 2007 - 11:37 AM

QUOTE (optimus_prime @ Jul 31 2007, 02:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
i even had a "teenage mutant ninja turtles" game by konami

I have that lying around in some closet. Not such great fun, but at least it plays a part of the cartoon theme song when you win.

I also had some game where you had to drive around in a Formula 1 circuit and collect flags, refuel and dodge other racers. And another one which was pretty much identical, except there was a hot air balloon instead of a racecar.
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Posted 01 August 2007 - 11:40 AM

I remember having one that was a Might Ducks shootout game. You had to try and get the puck past the two guys blocking the goals. It was pretty easy, but hella fun. smile.gif
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Posted 01 August 2007 - 01:09 PM

QUOTE (Bond @ Jul 31 2007, 05:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
My dad bought a little hockey game thingie involving little red dots and trying to get a goal waaay back in 1977. He still has it, in fact; just opened it recently, and the damn thing looks brand-new. Neat, huh? happy.gif


hmm....so exactly how old are you, bond? must be tough being that old and single, eh?

im assuming that youre single. cause any man with a girl that spends countless hours away posting frantically on an internet message board, and not devoting quality time to his woman, would have recieved a sharp blow over his head with a thick rolled-up newspaper.

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Posted 01 August 2007 - 02:46 PM

16, good sir. happy.gif

And my dad only opened it recently because he had it stuffed away in the attic for so long...
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Posted 01 August 2007 - 07:37 PM

QUOTE (Bond @ Aug 1 2007, 11:46 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
16, good sir. happy.gif


I am sorry but I honestly thought you were 12.
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Posted 01 August 2007 - 10:07 PM

Then, how old are you, my good sir? smile.gif
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