I got a hand held game which was similar to “Space Invaders” it actually may have been it but I am not sure. This was mid 80s and I found myself playing it until I was beginning to get mentally exhausted.
Anyway nearly 30 years later I found the old game in a box. I put two C cell batteries in it and was surprised that it still worked.
I gave it to my Grand children and did not think they would like it as it was pretty crude compared to what they have today. A few days later my Daughter told me that were hooked on it and played it so long that she had to take it away from them.
I thought it was funny that it still had that effect.
My cousin had a pizza franchise in the early 1980’s and I visited the main shop a while ago and they still had the same Pac-Man and Dig-Dug machines I played back then. I find it ironic that I was a 17 year old in 1983 pumping quarters into them and now that it is 2015 at the age of 48 (will be 49 next month) I am still pumping quarters into the same exact machines. Heck, I even played against a few of today’s 17 year olds. B-)
My cousin had a pizza franchise in the early 1980’s and I visited the main shop a while ago and they still had the same Pac-Man and Dig-Dug machines I played back then. I find it ironic that I was a 17 year old in 1983 pumping quarters into them and now that it is 2015 at the age of 48 (will be 49 next month) I am still pumping quarters into the same exact machines. Heck, I even played against a few of today’s 17 year olds. B-)
BTW, I just pulled out my Bandai Galaxian that I got for Christmas of 1981 or 1982 and popped 4 c batteries into it. I was inspired by your post. It still works! I remember even Mom beat me at at fairly often both on the Bandai and on TV. I had a boatload of old games but I lost most of them, I don’t know what happened to them and I looked and looked until I had to give up the house because my mother passed away. At least I still have a few left. Still I’m glad it still works. It has a vacuum tube flourescent display.