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Post by jalen83 on May 22, 2014 17:10:14 GMT 2
Hi there fellow collectors, Does anyone have memories of where they bought Game & Watches like new back in the 80s or 90s or if they had to choose between games? My first game was Donkey Kong II which I got at a toy store with my parents in August 1989. I was 6 years old. In the toy store I remember being awe struck by looking up at this glass cabinet with Game and Watches inside. My eyes fell on Donkey Kong II and I pointed to my parents that I wanted that. I could not believe it, my own game with two screens (my older brother had Donkey Kong Jr., but that had only one screen). Later in 1989 I was at a shopping mall with my dad and then I again saw a glass cabinet with Game & Watches at this electronics boutique. This time though, the Games looked even more exciting than before and I remember the colorful images of Bomb Sweeper, Safe Buster and Gold Cliff that I saw. These games looked so much cooler than the "old" games I knew like Donkey Kong and Parachute. I then got Safe Buster, then Bomb Sweeper and finally Gold Cliff which I got on a trip to London in 1990 when I was 7. I am now 31 years of age and what can I say? Well, looking at Safe Buster, Bomb Sweeper and Gold Cliff sitting up high in a glass cabinet as a 6 year old in 1989 was... probably better than sex Still more memories to come...
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Post by ash888 on May 24, 2014 19:59:17 GMT 2
Hi there fellow collectors, Does anyone have memories of where they bought Game & Watches like new back in the 80s or 90s or if they had to choose between games? My first game was Donkey Kong II which I got at a toy store with my parents in August 1989. I was 6 years old. In the toy store I remember being awe struck by looking up at this glass cabinet with Game and Watches inside. My eyes fell on Donkey Kong II and I pointed to my parents that I wanted that. I could not believe it, my own game with two screens (my older brother had Donkey Kong Jr., but that had only one screen). Later in 1989 I was at a shopping mall with my dad and then I again saw a glass cabinet with Game & Watches at this electronics boutique. This time though, the Games looked even more exciting than before and I remember the colorful images of Bomb Sweeper, Safe Buster and Gold Cliff that I saw. These games looked so much cooler than the "old" games I knew like Donkey Kong and Parachute. I then got Safe Buster, then Bomb Sweeper and finally Gold Cliff which I got on a trip to London in 1990 when I was 7. I am now 31 years of age and what can I say? Well, looking at Safe Buster, Bomb Sweeper and Gold Cliff sitting up high in a glass cabinet as a 6 year old in 1989 was... probably better than sex Still more memories to come... Yes, I certainly remember the magic of seeing them in glass cabinets for the first time, with those amazing metallic and colorful designs, and fun LCD creatures floating around on the screens. I always wondered what sort of game play they all had in store, but of course they were much too expensive back then for a 7 or 8 year old to play all of them.
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Post by jalen83 on May 25, 2014 13:03:27 GMT 2
I wonder if Fire Attack actually offended someone with the cowboy whacking the indians with his big mallet
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Post by andycole on May 30, 2014 13:22:09 GMT 2
I have many memories, mostly of playing other kids' games at school. I have a very distinct memory of playing someone else's Donkey Kong Jr in the back of a history class, would have been about 1982. I always wanted one of my own so when my birthday came along, I think this might have been 1983 when I was 13, my parents took me to W H Smith - a book, record and toy store back then - and we looked at all the games on sale. I remember it like it was yesterday - similar memories; shiny games in a tall glass cabinet. I remember playing Parachute and Turtle bridge in the shop. The games were GBP19.99 and my parents didn't think they were good value, and they thought that I would be better off buying something else. In the end, they bought me a CGL Puck Monster game, which ran on batteries and a mains adaptor. It cost GBP24.99 and I still have it All the other games I have bought were from much more recently, I started collecting around 1997/98. Andy
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Post by sAner on Jun 3, 2014 16:21:49 GMT 2
I have many memories, mostly of playing other kids' games at school. I have a very distinct memory of playing someone else's Donkey Kong Jr in the back of a history class, would have been about 1982. I always wanted one of my own so when my birthday came along, I think this might have been 1983 when I was 13, my parents took me to W H Smith - a book, record and toy store back then - and we looked at all the games on sale. I remember it like it was yesterday - similar memories; shiny games in a tall glass cabinet. I remember playing Parachute and Turtle bridge in the shop. The games were GBP19.99 and my parents didn't think they were good value, and they thought that I would be better off buying something else. In the end, they bought me a CGL Puck Monster game, which ran on batteries and a mains adaptor. It cost GBP24.99 and I still have it All the other games I have bought were from much more recently, I started collecting around 1997/98. Andy You also owned a Lifeboat when you were a kid Andy, which you dropped in a lake! Regards, Pieter
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Post by jalen83 on Jun 3, 2014 19:02:51 GMT 2
Nice to hear positive memories from Britain in the 80s- I usually come to think of the miners strike. I also remember playing G & W at school, you really were a cool cat if you had any at the time I was on a trip to Cambridge in the fall of 1992 with my parents where I got my first Game Boy. I remember the store also had Game & Watches but I wasn´t interested in them anymore then since the Game Boy was the new big thing. The fall of 1992 was probably the last time I saw new Game & Watches for sale in a store.
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Post by ash888 on Jun 4, 2014 4:59:49 GMT 2
Nice to hear positive memories from Britain in the 80s- I usually come to think of the miners strike. I also remember playing G & W at school, you really were a cool cat if you had any at the time I was on a trip to Cambridge in the fall of 1992 with my parents where I got my first Game Boy. I remember the store also had Game & Watches but I wasn´t interested in them anymore then since the Game Boy was the new big thing. The fall of 1992 was probably the last time I saw new Game & Watches for sale in a store. The early 1990s is when we all wish we would have stocked up, because stores were trying to get rid of their old G&W stock to make way for "bigger and better things" such as Game Boy software. I remember a lot of clearance sales, in particular Tabletop games selling for $15 each.
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Post by jalen83 on Jun 4, 2014 13:21:16 GMT 2
Yikes, that was cheap! Do you remember if some stores in the US still had new Game & Watches for sale as late as 1993 or 1994?
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Post by ash888 on Jun 4, 2014 23:26:11 GMT 2
Yikes, that was cheap! Do you remember if some stores in the US still had new Game & Watches for sale as late as 1993 or 1994? The only one I remember around that time period is a story I mentioned before on the forum. But I think it was around 1992, maybe 1993. There were about 10 Mario the Jugglers and 10 Super Mario Bros. behind a glass case at the local thrift store. I remember thinking how stupid the Juggler game was and that no one would buy it. I believe they were about $30 each and I purchased the Super Mario Bros. It's funny to think how valuable the Juggler is now.
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Post by andycole on Jun 20, 2014 17:01:06 GMT 2
LOL, I have a very similar recollection from the early 90's as ash. I went in to toys R us and they still had a few G&W, sitting next to the gameboys. The ones I remember for sure are super mario bros and Zelda. I think they also had mario the juggler, but my memory is a little fuzzy. I bought Super Mario Bros because I thought it would have more longevity, gameplay-wise. I still have that one. I paid GBP 14.95 for it. I guess that the mario the Jugglers would have been about the same price. Of course, at that time, I had no idea that they would become collectible, otherwise I would have bought all of them Andy
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