DID YOU KNOW Before Harry Houdini became known for his death-defying escape acts and illusions, one of his many monikers was The King of Cards. He began his magic career in 1891 appearing in a tent act with strongman Emil Jarrow performing in Dime museums and Sideshows, even doubling as ‘The Wild Man’ at a […]
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 KNOW Authors is a classic card game dating back to 1861 and was first published by G. M. Whipple & A. A. Smith of Salem, Massachusetts. The deck could also be used for many traditional card games because the cards also had standard indices in both the upper and lower corners.
