Games

I'm pretty sure that this was the first game I bought on the back of a TV advert, although I can't remember what the advert did apart form show some really funky shots of someone playing the game.Screwball Scramble was, ...

Silly Dillys was a board game produced in 1988 by games giant Milton Bradley. For 2-4 players, it was a pretty quick game to play - ideal for attention-deficit youngsters - only taking around 10 minutes in all. This game ...

In between vigorous pants-swinging during the mid-70s, Atari came up with what it thought would be yet another sure-fire arcade game success story. They named it Touch Me. A dodgy name if ever there was one. But also a little ...

Sky Battle was comprised of two plastic aeroplanes at each end of a sky painted board, they fired ball bearings at each other. The object of Sky Battle was to hit the two plastic legs holding the plane up. Once ...

This was basically an electronic sound-effects device, that was around in the early '80s. It could produce a wide variety of pre-programmed sounds at the touch of a button, including insect buzzes, vehicle noises, applause, sneezes and quite a lot else.I ...

A little bit like air hockey. A piece was set spinning and you had to try to deflect it from your goal and get it in the opponents goal ...

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Stop Thief was a board game that had an electronic piece that emitted different sounds (running away, riding subway, opening door, etc). You were supposed to guess where on the board the thief was. ...

Striker was a football game with little figures that 'actually kicked the ball'. When you pushed down on the player's head he would actually simulate a kicking action. It had a diving goal-keeper too. Good fun! ...

This was an electronic game, popular in the 80's, and was first made in 1980.It consisted of a circular console divided into four coloured lights- green, blue, yellow and red. Basically you had to follow the sequence of lights/sounds, which ...

This game was similar to tick, there would always be one person who had to try and catch everybody who was playing the game. if you were caught (touched) by that person who was "on", this meant you were stuck ...

Subbuteo was originally made by one man in his shed. It was a classic game with a green felt football pitch on the floor and a team of players made of plastic. You flicked the ball with your finger and ...

Sometimes a toy came along that delivered just what it promised. Super Jock / Super Toe Football did just that!We played for hours with this thing. You set up the goal post and would slam SuperToe on the head to ...

This game was similar to the original Perfection game. The only difference was you had to match two shapes to make cubes and put them in the pop-up tray before the time ran out. ...

If you are an only child then you know all too well what swingball (more commonly known as tetherball in the US) meant for the 70s generation. It was something of a revolution in the outdoor games arena, meaning you ...