Life before the console age (article)

Jip

Came across this on Wired.com http://www.wired.com/gaming/hardware/multimedia/2009/03/gallery_forgotten_electronic_games
I always wanted the Big Trak programmable tank that appears first in the list.

CiDeRmAn

Yes, Big Trak, awesome, I wanted one, until a couple of years later a cousin got one from Santy and it was a big disappointment,
I was lucky enough, pretty much from 76 onwards, that is from the age of 4, I had electronic toys around.
I had the various electro mechanical games that were around, a neighbour had a pong machine and so on, eventually, in the 80's computers were everywhere, I had a spectrum, before that a mate had an old Atari thingy, and there were Colecovisions here and there.
Since then I've never been without videogaming in one form or another.

So, no life really without gaming goodness

TinCool

Jip wrote: »

I always wanted the Big Trak programmable tank that appears first in the list.

Yeah, I remember my brother got a Big Trak for christmas one year. I must have been about 4. I do remember it was pretty cool and ate those big batteries like no tomorrow. You'd program the thing to move forward, go left etc. The possibilities were endless (when you were 4). I am nearly 100% positive that he still has it up in our folks attic, box and all, as he tended never to throw anything out. May be worth a few quid.

TC

CiDeRmAn

Me though, I wanted, and still want, Simon by MB, super cool retro gaming fun show!