Category: Gaming Gadgets

Reading Time: < 1 minuteDuring the 2003 holiday season, I raved about Namco TV Games, an integrated joystick-game controller with five classic Namco arcade games: Pac-Man, Rally X, Galaxian, Dig Dug, and Bosconian. The biggest complaint I had about the game, in retrospect, was that it was virtually impossible to buy. If you were lucky,…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteLast week I pointed to on a Slashdot that said LEGO would stop producing the Lego Mindstorm series of construction toys. Slashdot now points out that LEGO has committed itself to Mindstorms, as a press release from LEGO Group indicates. The press release also says that the Harry Potter line products…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteEarlier today, Slashdot pointed out that Lego reportedly will stop making electronics, including Lego Mindstorms products, and also stop making building kits that are tied in to major movies. These actions are being taken in response to bad financial results for the group for the 2003 fiscal year. The Lego Mindstorms…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteEarlier today Reuters published a story called Retro Games, Devices, Recall Electronic Youth that talks about vintage gaming consoles available on eBay and throwback electronic games that are coming to market as new products. Products mentioned in the article include the throwback games that Operation Gadget has previously reviewed: Atari Classics…

Reading Time: 2 minutesOne of the first articles I wrote for Operation Gadget was about the Atari Classics 10-In-1 TV Game from Toymax. I’ve now had the opportunity to sit down and play several of the games, and I’ve come to the conclusion that it is a faithful recreation of several classic games from the…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteYesterday, my wife and I were at the Target in West Windsor, NJ, looking for a few of the games that I have mentioned on Operation Gadget. We found all of the throwback electronic games I’ve talked about, including a few that I didn’t know had been released. One of the…

Reading Time: 2 minutesA couple of weeks ago, I pointed out the Mattel Classic Football 2 game as a really inexpensive, fun gift for Generation Xers this holiday season. Another game that Mattel has reissued is the Classic Handheld Baseball Game. Back in the late 70s and early 80s, this game was not as widely…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteI keep finding more gadgets that are available this year that bring back fond memories from my childhood. One of them is the Classic Football Game 2 from Mattel. This is an inexpensive handheld electronic football game that is very similar to the original game that was a top gift pick…