Comments on: The Games We Played – The Video Game Systems Of The 1983 Sears Wishbook http://www.ohgizmo.com/2008/12/24/the-games-we-played-the-video-game-systems-of-the-1983-sears-wishbook/ Deliciously Geeky... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Merk http://www.ohgizmo.com/2008/12/24/the-games-we-played-the-video-game-systems-of-the-1983-sears-wishbook/comment-page-1/#comment-405449 Merk Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:55:58 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=18061#comment-405449 Oops, the keyboard was already on the machine, it was "The Voice" that was the optional thing that pluged on top. Oops, the keyboard was already on the machine, it was “The Voice” that was the optional thing that pluged on top.

]]> By: Merk http://www.ohgizmo.com/2008/12/24/the-games-we-played-the-video-game-systems-of-the-1983-sears-wishbook/comment-page-1/#comment-405450 Merk Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:47:16 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=18061#comment-405450 Oh man, I remember waking up xmas morning and finding that little Ms. Pac-man game under the tree, sure, it was for my sister, but she didn't need to know that at the time! My parents said that since I got a new bike, Santa probably left that for her...<br><br>I ended up getting it from her later in the year on a trade anyway :p Ah, memories...<br><br>Oh, and the Odyssey 2...my dad bought that piece of crap over the Atari 2600 cause it was advertised as an "educational" machine as well as for games...damn thing made your thumbs hurt typing on the optional flat keyboard thing... Oh man, I remember waking up xmas morning and finding that little Ms. Pac-man game under the tree, sure, it was for my sister, but she didn't need to know that at the time! My parents said that since I got a new bike, Santa probably left that for her…

I ended up getting it from her later in the year on a trade anyway :p Ah, memories…

Oh, and the Odyssey 2…my dad bought that piece of crap over the Atari 2600 cause it was advertised as an “educational” machine as well as for games…damn thing made your thumbs hurt typing on the optional flat keyboard thing…

]]> By: Merk http://www.ohgizmo.com/2008/12/24/the-games-we-played-the-video-game-systems-of-the-1983-sears-wishbook/comment-page-1/#comment-392791 Merk Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:55:58 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=18061#comment-392791 Oops, the keyboard was already on the machine, it was "The Voice" that was the optional thing that pluged on top. Oops, the keyboard was already on the machine, it was “The Voice” that was the optional thing that pluged on top.

]]> By: Merk http://www.ohgizmo.com/2008/12/24/the-games-we-played-the-video-game-systems-of-the-1983-sears-wishbook/comment-page-1/#comment-392790 Merk Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:47:16 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=18061#comment-392790 Oh man, I remember waking up xmas morning and finding that little Ms. Pac-man game under the tree, sure, it was for my sister, but she didn't need to know that at the time! My parents said that since I got a new bike, Santa probably left that for her...<br><br>I ended up getting it from her later in the year on a trade anyway :p Ah, memories...<br><br>Oh, and the Odyssey 2...my dad bought that piece of crap over the Atari 2600 cause it was advertised as an "educational" machine as well as for games...damn thing made your thumbs hurt typing on the optional flat keyboard thing... Oh man, I remember waking up xmas morning and finding that little Ms. Pac-man game under the tree, sure, it was for my sister, but she didn't need to know that at the time! My parents said that since I got a new bike, Santa probably left that for her…

I ended up getting it from her later in the year on a trade anyway :p Ah, memories…

Oh, and the Odyssey 2…my dad bought that piece of crap over the Atari 2600 cause it was advertised as an “educational” machine as well as for games…damn thing made your thumbs hurt typing on the optional flat keyboard thing…

]]> By: Merk http://www.ohgizmo.com/2008/12/24/the-games-we-played-the-video-game-systems-of-the-1983-sears-wishbook/comment-page-1/#comment-392750 Merk Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:55:58 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=18061#comment-392750 Oops, the keyboard was already on the machine, it was "The Voice" that was the optional thing that pluged on top. Oops, the keyboard was already on the machine, it was “The Voice” that was the optional thing that pluged on top.

]]> By: Merk http://www.ohgizmo.com/2008/12/24/the-games-we-played-the-video-game-systems-of-the-1983-sears-wishbook/comment-page-1/#comment-392749 Merk Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:47:16 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=18061#comment-392749 Oh man, I remember waking up xmas morning and finding that little Ms. Pac-man game under the tree, sure, it was for my sister, but she didn't need to know that at the time! My parents said that since I got a new bike, Santa probably left that for her...<br><br>I ended up getting it from her later in the year on a trade anyway :p Ah, memories...<br><br>Oh, and the Odyssey 2...my dad bought that piece of crap over the Atari 2600 cause it was advertised as an "educational" machine as well as for games...damn thing made your thumbs hurt typing on the optional flat keyboard thing... Oh man, I remember waking up xmas morning and finding that little Ms. Pac-man game under the tree, sure, it was for my sister, but she didn't need to know that at the time! My parents said that since I got a new bike, Santa probably left that for her…

I ended up getting it from her later in the year on a trade anyway :p Ah, memories…

Oh, and the Odyssey 2…my dad bought that piece of crap over the Atari 2600 cause it was advertised as an “educational” machine as well as for games…damn thing made your thumbs hurt typing on the optional flat keyboard thing…

]]> By: HAL_9000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/2008/12/24/the-games-we-played-the-video-game-systems-of-the-1983-sears-wishbook/comment-page-1/#comment-392164 HAL_9000 Thu, 25 Dec 2008 05:53:55 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=18061#comment-392164 I loved those mini arcade games. I had the Donkey Kong and Galaga ones back in the day. Merry Christmas everyone. :) I loved those mini arcade games. I had the Donkey Kong and Galaga ones back in the day. Merry Christmas everyone. :)

]]> By: HAL_9000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/2008/12/24/the-games-we-played-the-video-game-systems-of-the-1983-sears-wishbook/comment-page-1/#comment-391852 HAL_9000 Thu, 25 Dec 2008 04:53:55 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=18061#comment-391852 I loved those mini arcade games. I had the Donkey Kong and Galaga ones back in the day. Merry Christmas everyone. :) I loved those mini arcade games. I had the Donkey Kong and Galaga ones back in the day. Merry Christmas everyone. :)

]]> By: pds http://www.ohgizmo.com/2008/12/24/the-games-we-played-the-video-game-systems-of-the-1983-sears-wishbook/comment-page-1/#comment-391835 pds Wed, 24 Dec 2008 20:28:51 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=18061#comment-391835 Oh man! I had that Donkey Kong game! Oh man! I had that Donkey Kong game!

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