The object of Frogger was almost Zen-like: to get to the other side. But considerably less Zen were the many obstacles in your path: zooming…
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A Furby is an American electronic robotic toy released in 1998 by Tiger Electronics. It resembles a hamster or owl-like creature and went through a…
Fuzzy-Felt was invented in Britain during World War II by American Lois Allan. During the war, Lois and her husband Peter contributed to the war…
The G.I. Joe story began in 1963 when a marketing man approached the Hasbro toy company with the idea of creating a poseable soldier to…
Back in 1978, arcade games had one undisputed king. Its name was Space Invaders, and at the time, it seemed like it would own the…
The Game & Watch handheld electronic games were developed and manufactured by Nintendo and released from 1980 to 1991. The series sold a combined 43.4…
Gaming companies had launched primitive and clumsy portable consoles in the past, but it was the arrival of the Nintendo Game Boy that launched mobile…
Steven Spielberg’s 1975 summer blockbuster shark flick didn’t spawn a whole lot of licensed merchandise, but it made up for it with The Game of…
Garbage Pail Kids trading cards were released in 1985 by Topps, the same company that thrilled kids around the world with the much-beloved Wacky Packages…
George was advertised as a voice-controlled truck to which you could shout instructions and George would dutifully obey. The kids in the advert clapped their…
This large plastic projector from Kenner was basically just a torch and a lens. By sliding strips of slides through the projector you could project…
Parker Brothers designed and launched Gnip Gnop (read it backwards to see how they came up with the name) in 1971. Gnip Gnop (pronounced “guh-NIP guh-NOP”)…
Mattel’s Gre-Gory was an 8-inch-tall rubber toy bat with a 12-inch wingspan. Gre-Gory’s chest was devoid of flesh or bone, leaving his internal biology visible.…
Not to slight the Big Wheel, because really – how can you, but skid-outs on the Wheel were nothing like the ones you could pull off…
Ora and Theo Coster created this guessing game for Milton Bradley that had each player pick a face from the 24 cards in their set…
Although he began his life as a humble lump of clay, Gumby has gone on to become one of the most beloved animated characters of…
Released in 1975, Gun Fight was the first arcade game to incorporate a microprocessor, and the expanded processing capabilities allowed for graphics and gameplay much…
When their KISS pinball machine hit big in the summer of 1979, the folks at Bally saw they had something good going with celebrity-themed pinball…
Flippers have been an important part of pinball games since they were introduced in 1947 with Humpty Dumpty. Just the same, modern pinball players would…
First introduced in 1968 by Kohner Brothers and later manufactured by Milton Bradley, Headache is a board game in which two to four players take…