Video Game Systems from the 1983 Sears Wishbook

[modeps]

The Retroist has a neat little article about the video game systems found in the 1983 Sears Wishbook, complete with lovely scans of the pertinent game systems.

1983 was the year of the video game crash and that year’s Sears Wishbook was chock full of the detritus of a bloated dying industry. You got the handhelds, Vectrex, Gemini, Colecovision, Intellivision, Odyssey 2, Atari 2600 and Atari 5200 in this issue. Along with some great games and accessories.

Thanks Offworld!

I still have a Vectrex in my basement sitting on my bar.

[Tempest261]

Whoa sweet. I was only a few months old when this was printed.

[modeps]

Originally Posted by Tempest261

Whoa sweet. I was only a few months old when this was printed.

At least you admit being a newb.

[Emabulator]

I had the Sears version of the Atari 2600 when I was a child. My mother used to take my brother and I to Sears, paper route money in hand, to go game shopping every few weeks.

One of my favorite games back then was Coleco's Electronic Quarterback.

[pwnophobia]

Originally Posted by Tempest261

Whoa sweet. I was only a few months old when this was printed.

I wasn't going to be born for another 2 years!


The last panel, with the picture of Donkey Kong, reminds me of the documentary I watched the other day entitled: "King of Kong; A fistful of quarters". If anyone hasn't already rented it on netflix (you can stream it!!) I would recommend it

[Rotting]

That was a really cool find. A lot of the games I used to have and it was just cool seeing the portable games too (The Ms. Pac-Man and Donkey Kong ones). IIRC I had the Galaga one.

[Trazzlo the Magnificant]

Originally Posted by pwnophobia

I wasn't going to be born for another 2 years!


The last panel, with the picture of Donkey Kong, reminds me of the documentary I watched the other day entitled: "King of Kong; A fistful of quarters". If anyone hasn't already rented it on netflix (you can stream it!!) I would recommend it

Hmmmmmm, I know what we will be doing today. We are socked in with snow, but a fist full of quarters takes us back to the Kong days.

And you weren't even going to be BORN for 2 years? NEWBIE!!!

NEWBIEEEEEEEE!!

I was in my last year of university, and was just starting a software company. I didn't have time for games then, but I did miss playing.

[atariv8]

I was masturbating to MTV (back when there were videos worth doing it to) and C64 Strip Poker that year. But I do remember going through that catalog and wishing I could have a Vectrex. I now have 2 on the shelf behind me and play the working one at least twice a week.

[Chimpbot]

Originally Posted by pwnophobia

I wasn't going to be born for another 2 years!

I still had five months of brewing left before I was unleashed upon this world when some of the folks here were drooling over that catalog...or masturbating to Strip Poker.