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- Tomytronic 3D by Child of the 1980s on Nov 25, 2009
Looking like a pair of futuristic binoculars, the Tomytronic 3D range of electronic games were much sought after when they were released in the early eighties. The bold claim that these games had was that the action was depicted in three dimensions,...
- Nintendo Game & Watch by Child of the 1980s on Sep 25, 2009
You may well think that it was with the Gameboy that Nintendo gained a strangle hold on the hand held videogame market, but they were doing very well before it was released with the Game & Watch range. The idea for Game and Watch came from Ninte...
- Ghostbusters The (New) Video Game by Child of the 1980s on Jul 17, 2009
As we near the end of Ghostbusters week here on Child Of The 1980’s it would be wrong of me to leave out the latest addition to the Ghostbusters storyline, that of the recently released Ghostbusters: The Video Game. If you live outside the UK t...
- Ghostbusters - The 8-bit Videogame by Child of the 1980s on Jul 15, 2009
The original Ghostbusters videogame was created by David Crane (creator of legendary Atari 2600 game Pitfall) for the Commodore 64, although versions also appeared for the Spectrum and Amstrad home computers too. The game had several sections to it a...
- Wimpy Restaurants by Child of the 1980s on Jul 10, 2009
Before McDonalds came to the shores of Blighty we had our own brand of fast food burger restaurant in the form of Wimpy, or Wimpy Bars as the restaurants were often referred to. Wimpy took their name from the character J. Wellington Wimpy from the...
- Type In Computer Listings by Child of the 1980s on Jul 1, 2009
If you had an 8-bit computer when you were a kid then chances are this image will bring back many happy memories of going into all the shops that sold home computers and making them run this little program. Of course, you may have made it display s...
- Cool Handheld Pacman Game by Child of the 1980s on Jun 8, 2009
One of my favourite arcade games as a kid was Pacman, and when Santa brought me the handheld Grandstand Munchman game I was over the moon. It may have been an incredibly simple version of Pacman but I played it for hours on end, attempting to beat...




