Monday November 29, 2004 Handheld Games Site
The Handheld Games Museum site is dedicated to 'document[ing] (primarily photographically) every electronic handheld game made in the late 1970's to the mid 1980's'. I am a sucker for nostalgia and this site really brought back some memories for me.
Now if I could just find a site that includes schematics.
( Nov 29 2004, 04:32:10 PM PST )
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Trivial Tidbits
The Slinky was invented by Richard James, a naval engineer, in 1943. James' inspiration for the toy came when he accidentally dropped a tension spring and observed the way it moved when it hit the ground.
The first batch of Slinky toys was sold during the Christmas season of 1945 in Gimbel's Department Store in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Each Slinky in this batch, as is the case for many Slinky toys today, was made from 80 feet of wire.
The Slinky was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame in 2000.
( Nov 29 2004, 04:21:11 PM PST )
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