DID YOU KNOW The Pac Man video game is considered one of the most influential games of all time, it helped establish the Maze game genre where the entire playing field was a maze and rapid player responses were needed to escape monsters, outrace an opponent or navigate the maze with certain time limits.
In 1989, high on every big and small kid’s Christmas list was the Goddard/Davis designed Power Glove, a controller accessory for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The idea that you could control games with hand motions was incredible!
If you’ve ever day dreamed of being the highest scoring player of a video game, winning the final round where you destroy the enemy squadron’s command ship and later that night, you’re approached by the game’s inventor identifying himself only as Centauri, who invites you to take a ride in his exotic-looking car.
Did you did ever own an Intellivision video game console? The Intellivision was multinational toy manufacturer Mattel Inc’s first foray into the home video game market and originally released in 1980.
DO YOU REMEMBER Your first video game experience? My parents brought us a Commodore 64 that had 6 games bundled together (Arcadia, B.C. Bill, Pedro, Cosmic Cruiser, Invaders and 3D Jumpin Jack) as a ‘Value Pack.’
