Review: ManiacPublisher: IdealYear: 1979Tagline: The Fiendishly Clever Paranoid Electronic Game THAT TESTS YOUR SENSES IN FOUR DIFFERENT WAYS! how we met I met Maniac at the Kane County Toy Show last fall. I was intrigued by the cover when I first saw it, but I decided to wait until the end of the day before […]
Review: Chipmunks superpopomatic 3-D Action GamePublisher: IdealYear: 1984Tagline: Join the Chipmunks and Chipettes in a frantic race to find the lost pirate treasures! how we met We picked this one up this summer at a random thrift shop. Bill remembered it from his youth, and it was only five bucks. Sold. how it plays I […]
Review: deductionPublisher: IdealYear: 1976Tagline: THE GAME THAT MAKES THINKING FUN! how we met When I can’t remember where I bought a game, I like to try and explain why I would have purchased that particular game. I know that I got deduction at a thrift shop because it still has the $1.99 sticker on it. […]
Review: The Great EscapePublisher: IdealYear: 1967Tagline: A CAPTIVATING GAME how we met I found The Great Escape recently at thrift. I picked it up because it’s a giant box and made by Ideal, so it was probably going to be great. When I realized that the happy kiddos on the cover are handcuffed to the […]
Review: KaboomPublisher: IdealYear: 1965Tagline: Balloon Busting Game how we met I am such a sucker for Ideal games. The bigger the box, the better. And here’s how far this addiction goes: I frequently purchase more than one copy because most times they don’t even work. I found my first copy of Kaboom at a thrift […]