I had that split screen Donkey Kong and the 1983 horizontal multi screen Mario Brothers where you had to move parcels up and down conveyor belts.
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Sr. ERA--Remember these 80's handhelds? When I was in school, everyone had them..........
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I had a friend who would loan me his Terminator Tiger handheld. That game was pretty good. I had a Sonic Spinball one that I played constantly, but that one was a bit too easy.
My fave was Mattel Football 2. I picked up one when they were re-released a few years ago and still remembered all the moves.
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When I was a kid I had this awesome game:
I also had another one that you switched out the screen overlay and flipped a switch and could play soccer, hockey, and basketball:
I also had another one that you switched out the screen overlay and flipped a switch and could play soccer, hockey, and basketball:
I had a ton of Tiger stuff and one Game and Wach (wish I remember which one, I only remember the case) but I played this piece of shit the most:
And this puppy a lot until it broke on me:
And this puppy a lot until it broke on me:
All I had was this in the 80/90's.
Now this was my childhood. The GOAT.
Played the hell outta the Ninja Gaiden handheld on a car trip from NY to Tennessee to see my grandparents in '88. I think I got a Gameboy the next summer so 😁
I have all four in the OP and about 20 more. I love, love , love these wack old handhelds. There are a ton of weird Casio ones out there too. Some of the Game & Watch games are still somewhat playable now, but I mostly like them because they look cool.
Game and Watch was slightly before my time, but I had plenty of the Tiger LCD handheld games. I played a stupid amount of Baseball despite my complete ambivalence towards competitive sports.
I had this one too. Shit got hard as hell after a few minutes.Game & Watch was before my time, but I had a few Tiger Electronics games.
I played the hell out of that racing game.
This is somewhere in my parents house. Played this one to death with my friends after school.I still have a few of them, including the beautiful Zelda one
I had a bunch of Tiger electronics in the mid 90s because my parents were too cheap to buy me a gameboy.
Early 90 guy here, had this
it sucked.
But I was a stupid kid and I had to have everything Sonic related.
Same, pre-school/kindergarten me thought it was awesome lol
What year were you 8? These were rad when there were no alternatives
I had this one as a kid, it's probably somewhere at my parents' house.
Better go look for it, worth couple hundred
This is what I came forWhen I was a kid I had this awesome game:
I loved Game & Watch games. My most played was a table top Mario's Cement Factory. Later Tiger handhelds didn't have the same appeal but I did play Karnov a good amount.
I still have Space Crusher. I bought it in 1986 and it still works perfectly.
I still have Space Crusher. I bought it in 1986 and it still works perfectly.
Yeah, I think most people saying they were garbage were likely playing post-Game Boy and/or Tiger ones, not the Game & Watch/Coleco era.
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I never saw a game and watch as a kid, not even once. I had a bunch of Tiger Electronics though. I beat Snake's Revenge lmao
When I was a kid I had this awesome game:
This is it!
I also had table top Defender and something called "Swat Swat the Mosquito"
Friend had a bunch of the Tiger ones. Totally awful and unplayable. Never really understood why they existed.
Such complete and utter trashI remember having this one. Can't imagine playing something like this nowadays.
When I was a kid I had this awesome game:
Also had this one. Played this all the time.
I had this too, its how i learned their true comic colors were redI remember having this one. Can't imagine playing something like this nowadays.
Same. I grew up in the right time frame for Game & Watch, but I never saw, or even heard of them as a kid. I still take their existence on hearsay. I played that terrible football game, and other LCD handhelds, but they were universally bad. The only ones that I thought were actually playable were the Coleco mini arcades.
Edit: those Coleco mini arcades weren't LCDs at all, but VFD. I stand by my earlier statement that all LCD games are bad now, and were bad even then.
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I still have a tonne of them from when I was a kid. The original game and watch ones too. Even have the Nintendo panarama ones. They're going on display in my man cave soon.
Those things are worth a good chunk of money as I'm now trying to round out my collection with ones I never had. If they are in good condition, you can easily fetch $200 bucks and up depending on the rarity.
The later ones that Tiger made don't fetch that much though
(If anyone has a Zelda or punch out they want to part with, I'd be happy to buy it and give it a good home)
Those things are worth a good chunk of money as I'm now trying to round out my collection with ones I never had. If they are in good condition, you can easily fetch $200 bucks and up depending on the rarity.
The later ones that Tiger made don't fetch that much though
(If anyone has a Zelda or punch out they want to part with, I'd be happy to buy it and give it a good home)
A lot of these were truly crap, but some of the Game and Watch ones were nice and really fun. I own:
- Octopus
- Mickey & Donald
- Green House
I love all three, and think they have some of the most fun gameplay and best visual design of this type of games. They also have that classic Nintendo build quality, everything feels so nice and solid, highest quality plastic, and metal parts.
They are also kind of insanely expensive nowadays. Some of them go for several hundred dollars, if they are well preserved.
- Octopus
- Mickey & Donald
- Green House
I love all three, and think they have some of the most fun gameplay and best visual design of this type of games. They also have that classic Nintendo build quality, everything feels so nice and solid, highest quality plastic, and metal parts.
They are also kind of insanely expensive nowadays. Some of them go for several hundred dollars, if they are well preserved.
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Oh my god.I had a few of the Game and Watch, but my favorite handheld has always be Dungeons and Dragons. Still got it somewhere around here.
This hitting me in the feels right now. Like, you wouldn't believe.
I adored all the old Tiger Electronics and went in on those metal Nintendos, but this one here... I think I wore through 3 of them.
Did everyone have this? It was horrible.I remember having this one. Can't imagine playing something like this nowadays.
This on the other hand was *chefs kiss*...
I played several of these as a kid, and we had a couple of not-too-terrible generic (or possibly Radio Shack brand) folding ones.
The best ones were a barely serviceable substitute to the home consoles of the day (2600 and Co.). Most of them were utter crap. You can only do so much with non-moving pictures.
The best ones were a barely serviceable substitute to the home consoles of the day (2600 and Co.). Most of them were utter crap. You can only do so much with non-moving pictures.
My older brother had this one, along with the green "sequel" version that let you run backwards. He also had the baseball one.When I was a kid I had this awesome game:
We went through plenty of 9 volt batteries on summer trips, that's for sure.
I owned a few Tiger Electronics handhelds. 10 year old me knew they were shit, but I played the hell out of them anyway.
I was obsessed with Game & Watch and my young days in Fiji had my parents running around trying to find batteries for the damn thing almost every week (99% unsuccessful).
I had quite a collection: Manhole, Donkey Kong Jr, Parachute, Octopus, Snoopy Tennis, Rain Shower and this awesome boxing one with 2 players:
Those little rubber buttons were so well made I ended up chewing on them and ruining the jump button on the Donkey Kong Jr game.
I had quite a collection: Manhole, Donkey Kong Jr, Parachute, Octopus, Snoopy Tennis, Rain Shower and this awesome boxing one with 2 players:
Those little rubber buttons were so well made I ended up chewing on them and ruining the jump button on the Donkey Kong Jr game.
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I was too old for the Game & Watch type, and too poor for the Mattel/Coleco versions. My wife (girlfriend at the time) bought me the original GameBoy that was my first handheld game of any kind.
This was my jam.
Forgot about this one. Played this more times than I could count, the irony that I don't like baseball at all.