Comments on: Mid-Week Time Waster – Handheld Games Museum http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/04/25/mid-week-time-waster-handheld-games-museum/ Deliciously Geeky... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:25:03 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: kerozene http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/04/25/mid-week-time-waster-handheld-games-museum/comment-page-1/#comment-182150 kerozene Wed, 25 Apr 2007 23:19:13 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/04/25/mid-week-time-waster-handheld-games-museum/#comment-182150 I remember getting one of these as a wee little kid ( and I was born in 76!), it was probably one of the first of these sort of games. It was a picture of a fox with a basket. The fox had to try and capture eggs as they rolled off a ramp. Ahh memories. Wonder what ever happened to that thing... I remember getting one of these as a wee little kid ( and I was born in 76!), it was probably one of the first of these sort of games. It was a picture of a fox with a basket. The fox had to try and capture eggs as they rolled off a ramp.

Ahh memories. Wonder what ever happened to that thing…

]]> By: Beth http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/04/25/mid-week-time-waster-handheld-games-museum/comment-page-1/#comment-182000 Beth Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:37:37 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/04/25/mid-week-time-waster-handheld-games-museum/#comment-182000 I actually still have that TMNT game. I got it for 35 cents from a yard sale. If you want some gaming nostalgia, then the Salv and yard sales are the places to go. I actually still have that TMNT game. I got it for 35 cents from a yard sale. If you want some gaming nostalgia, then the Salv and yard sales are the places to go.

]]> By: Danny http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/04/25/mid-week-time-waster-handheld-games-museum/comment-page-1/#comment-181898 Danny Wed, 25 Apr 2007 14:22:01 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/04/25/mid-week-time-waster-handheld-games-museum/#comment-181898 Wow, that certainly takes me back. I do have one memory of this racing game where you drove a car and there were three lanes and you'd just move left and right to avoid the cars you were passing. The unit itself was pretty cool because it was like binocular shaped and the top had a translucent white area that let light down into the game to see the cars and track. If you put your hand over the top you couldn't see the game through the eyepieces. The game had buttons on the left and right side for the fingers (just where you'd hold a pair of binoculars to see through) and one button was orange and the unit itself was sort of beige. Anyone remember what it was called? Wow, that certainly takes me back. I do have one memory of this racing game where you drove a car and there were three lanes and you’d just move left and right to avoid the cars you were passing. The unit itself was pretty cool because it was like binocular shaped and the top had a translucent white area that let light down into the game to see the cars and track. If you put your hand over the top you couldn’t see the game through the eyepieces. The game had buttons on the left and right side for the fingers (just where you’d hold a pair of binoculars to see through) and one button was orange and the unit itself was sort of beige. Anyone remember what it was called?

]]> By: Kyle http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/04/25/mid-week-time-waster-handheld-games-museum/comment-page-1/#comment-181857 Kyle Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:21:10 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/04/25/mid-week-time-waster-handheld-games-museum/#comment-181857 I had the TMNT game from the picture! I used to love it and hate it at the same time . . . whenever you wanted to jump you had to press the button so early that sometimes the oncoming enemy would hurt you before he even jumped. I also had a pinball one that had a blue plastic casing that I used to play . . . those were the days! I had the TMNT game from the picture! I used to love it and hate it at the same time . . . whenever you wanted to jump you had to press the button so early that sometimes the oncoming enemy would hurt you before he even jumped. I also had a pinball one that had a blue plastic casing that I used to play . . . those were the days!

]]> By: Earthworm http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/04/25/mid-week-time-waster-handheld-games-museum/comment-page-1/#comment-181835 Earthworm Wed, 25 Apr 2007 12:09:22 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/04/25/mid-week-time-waster-handheld-games-museum/#comment-181835 Oh man these were great! The best one I ever had was a tabletop unit that looked like a machine gun. It had a base that rotated and the display would change as you turned. The object was to shoot the incoming tanks by rotating the position of the gun. Man I wish I knew what that was called! Oh man these were great! The best one I ever had was a tabletop unit that looked like a machine gun. It had a base that rotated and the display would change as you turned. The object was to shoot the incoming tanks by rotating the position of the gun. Man I wish I knew what that was called!

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