Electronic toys

Electronic toy · 1975

Unisonic 21

In the 1970s and 1980s, Unisonic released several calculators, each with a different electronic game. The Unisonic 21 plays blackjack: players try to reach as …

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Electronic toy · 1977

MB Computer Logic 5

Computer Logic 5, usually called Comp IV. outside Germany, is based on the logic board game "Mastermind" (one of the most successful games of the 1970s), but …

Electronic toy · 1978

Waddingtons 2001 The Game Machine

The Game Machine from the British company Waddingtons House of Games, is a handheld who acts as a calculator but also offers four fixed games for playing. The …

Electronic toy · 1979

Coleco Zodiac

The Zodiac of Coleco is not an electronic toy in the narrow sense, but an astrological computer that provides information about the user's horoscope. In order …

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Electronic toy · 1979

Ideal Maniac

The Ideal Maniac, developed by Ralph Baer, contains four games for two to four players. Each player has a “Maniac Button” on their side of the device. Most …

Electronic toy · 1979

Mattel Horoscope Computer

In addition to the Coleco Zodiac, the Horoscope Computer 1979 is another electronic toy that deals with the personal horoscope. The prediction of the daily …

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Electronic toy · 1979

Tomy Arcade Attack

Arcade Attack is one of Tomy's many mini arcade games. In this game, enemy alien ships flying by in the background of the screen are shot down by laser …

Electronic toy · 1979

Tomy Electronic Pinngg Ball Flipper

Pinball machines were one of the most important pillars of the arcades until well into the 1970s. The Pinngg Ball Flipper appears as video games begin to …

Electronic toy · 1980

Bandai Pro Bowler

Like many video games of this time, the Pro Bowler is a (leisure) sports simulation. But it's not a video game, because it lacks a screen display that players …

Electronic toy · 1980

Tomy Electronic Shaberoku

Shaberoku is a toy robot and radio in one. The radio has a radio search function and a volume control. If it is turned on, the robot moves synchronously to the …

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Electronic toy · 1981

CGL Earth Invaders

Computer Games Limited is an English company that markets games from Tomy, Coleco and Gakken under its own name CGL. Among them is Earth Invaders, a modified …

Electronic toy · 1981

Coleco Pac-Man

Coleco’s Tabletop Mini-Arcade series, released from the early 80s, was very popular because it recreated the feeling of standing at a real arcade machine. The …

Electronic toy · 1981

Epoch Galaxy II

Epoch Galaxy II is another representative of the mini arcade game concept and a classic toy clone: on this device, the Galaxian developed two years earlier by …

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Electronic toy · 1981

Tandy Corporation Tandy-12

The Tandy-12 is a computer-based arcade toy with twelve built-in games. It is developed and produced by the American company Tandy Corporation and then sold in …

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Electronic toy · 1982

Tomy Alien Chase

The micro-computer Alien Chase by Tomy has a single, multi-colored VFD screen for playing, but it can be viewed from two sides, with the second player's screen …

Electronic toy · 1984

Tomy Electronic Sucharakabot

The Sucharakabot, known outside Japan as Crackbot, is a small toy robot. Powered by batteries, it travels over smooth surfaces, moving its head and upper body …

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Electronic toy · 1989

Sega Family Driver

Sega's Family Driver is a special console: it's a kind of racing game in which the events on the screen are not influenced, nor can you speak of a real video …

Electronic toy · 1996

Tamagotchi

In Japan, apartments are small and many people lack the time to keep pets. Japanese Aki Maita and Akihiro Yokoi design virtual pets to take with them. They …

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Electronic toy · 2001

Stadlbauer Moor chicken hunting

Stadlbauer developed the "Moorhuhn hunt" in 2001 as a table top game, with wall projector and light gun. Stadlbauer uses its 9 to 29-year-old target group and …

Electronic toy

The Real Ghostbusters

The Real Ghostbusters is an LCD game from the 1980s. There are two versions of the game, one still by Remco, which is not in the collection.

Electronic toy

Unimex Pinball

With the Unimex Pinball Handheld you can play a simple, electronic Pinball game. As with a classic pinball game, flippers must be used to prevent the ball from …