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Xmas Gift Memories

Pete-Bot's Picks

Digital Derby ~1978
This was fun. It was pretty easy to dodge cars. I think I took it apart later to see the belts that the cars ran on...

Hot Wheels Sizzler Racing Cars ~1980
Not as cool as a Tyco track racing set. The cars charged off a battery (ginormous lantern 6 volt) for 2 min then ran in a circle for about a minute

ChatBot by Tomy
ChatBot was cool. He just walked around and muttered whatever you just said to him.

Dark Tower ~1981-3
I can't embed this one, click on link. I think I asked for this game. I don't ever remember understanding how it worked.
Awesome commercial with Orson Wells though..

TI994A - Burgertime
Good stuff. Nice graphics for 1981.

Merlin!
I still have my original Merlin. It was and still is awesome. Plus great commercial.
There is another commercial with a better song...

Tele-Games (Atari 2600 clone)
Our family worked for Sears so we got the Sears clone of the Atari 2600 for xmas.
Great times, still works. Best xmas gift ever.

Simon
Simon was cool, but this commercial is even better!

Bas-Ket
Seemed like would be cool, but kinda stank
No clip...

Mr. Quarterback
It would toss a football to you if you had no friends..sniff. They still make it.

Headbangers
A plastic football dude. You'd slam his head and he'd kick a little football through plastic uprights. They still make it.

TCR (Total Control) Racing
Slotless remote control racing. Like Tyco or AFX, but no slots. You could change lanes. Super cool and expensive - I never had it.

Skittle (bowling, pool, poker, tic-tac-toe, horseshoes, etc)
Don Adams made lots of commercials for these. I never had any skittle ball stuff, but the commercials are awesome.
It seems at some point in the 60s everything was converted over to Skittle.
There are other toys in the clip as well...

T-Bot's Picks

Stratego

Atari 2600 River Raid
Pete-Bot:This was one of the best games for the 2600. Good graphics and game play.

Commando (Atari 8 bit)

Jenny's Picks

Coleco vision (had it!)

Micronauts (still have some, although i think my nephews all but destroyed them)
Pete-Bot: I loved these. I had some type of aquatic helicopter

Capsela (still have some, somewhere)

Lite Brite
Pete-Bot: Best song ever...


Easy Bake Oven (I had the Holly Hobbie version)


Rubik's Cube

Mikey's Picks

Bing Bang Boing
Bing Bang Boing - I don't remember this one, but where has it been all my life?

2XL!
2XL - This is the first one I thought of when I got Pete's e-mail. Totally sweet.
Pete-Bot: I love how he runs on a 8-track tape

SSP Racers
SSP Racers - Hustlin' Hoss. 'Nuff said.

Adventure People
Adventure People - I don't care for this YouTube clip, but it's the best thing I could find.

Channel F
Fairchild Channel F - Just watching, I remember how sweet it was.  Looks crappy, but it was totally sweet.

Intellivision
A real world-changer.

Bally Astrocade
The cassette cartridge.
http://www.ballyalley.com/astrocade_videos/astrocade_promo_(circa_1982).mpg

Cardboard Blocks
Totally sweet house-building for kidlets.  Until the kidlets started using the ARM mortgages to buy them.

Dale "Burp" Gun
I didn't remember the name at all, so it took me forever to find the link.

Melvira's Picks

Speak and Spell
With the Cos'

Connect Four
Pretty Sneaky Sis

LiteBrite, Micronauts
Dolly Pops and Bristle Blocks
Pete-Bot: Dolly Pops had a great song...
Bristle Blocks were also great