We also had some sort of "guess the word" game. I don't remember what it was called or who made it, so I haven't found it at that site yet. It had a membrane keyboard with all the letters, and an oval-shaped display. Any ideas?
Spike ,'Get It Done'
Natter 57 Varieties
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
mac currently has a leapster and v-smile both of which are educational, but I think we may only have another 9-12 mos for them. There are games, specifically math ones for leapster that could stretch the use for a few more years, but that is only if he stay interested and will actually use it.
I still have my Merlin, and a few years ago I showed it to my nephew, as an example if the Electronic games I had growing up. He could not have thought it lamer.
Hee!
it taught me that Tic Tac Toe gets really boring about 3 seconds after you figure out how to force a tie every time, ages before War Games came out.
'Greetings, Professor Faulken. How about a nice game of chess?"
My nephew thought I was BS-ing him when I told him Merlin was "state of the art" when I was 10-11. It was pretty funny
Can I get some love for the Speak & Spell?
Can I get some love for the Speak & Spell?
We didn't have that. I think I developed an irrational dislike of that game after E.T. used it to phone home....
Man, I don't know if it's hormones or what but this
just made me weepy. I may be too invested in my internets.
I *always* wanted a Speak & Spell! My friend had one and I would play with it for HOURS. I attribute my spelling bee success to it.
Can I get some love for Simon?? [link]
Can I get some love for Simon??
Many wasted hours, there. Aw, yeah.