Tomy Bumbling Boxing Game for $4.99 in 1981
If I keep sharing newspaper ads like this one that feature Tomy’s wind-up games of…
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King Normans and Dungeons & Dragons in 1981
December 31, 1981. TSR’s Dungeons & Dragons game was big business in the early eighties,…
Parker Brothers’ Mad Magazine Games
December 19, 1980. Monopoly and Boggle are classified as staples, evergreens, annual sellers that holiday…
Mekton Mecha Manual Volume 1 Cover Artwork
Back in the nineties, I think we could safely say that R. Talsorian’s Mekton (find…
1980 Mille Bornes Card Game Advertisement
I’ve mentioned the Mille Bornes* card game before (back in 2016), but that older post…
Gabriel’s Pop-O-Matic Games
Well, I know what my next task has to be. This 1980 newspaper ad caught…
“Get into the action with Bantam Choose Your Own Adventure books.”
I shared a 1985 ad for the Choose Your Own Adventure books* a few years…
“Atari Game Cartridge Super Sale!”
Defender. Asteroids. Pac-Man. Each is only $23.99 in this 1982 Kiddytown newspaper advertisement from 1982….