The Games We Used to Play Open Thread

So I did this post as an open thread for Christmas, but then didn't like the reduction of the holiday to its commercialized aspect.

But I think it's okay if I post it on Christmas Eve, maybe?

"For it is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child Himself." -- A Christmas Carol

Does that cover me?

Board games of the 70s, including the one where you have to escape from the sinking Titanic. I have it cued up to that one but feel free to check out the others.

Stay Alive -- the survival game. I never understood the appeal of this one.

Mousetrap. I tried to make the trap work -- I didn't bother playing, just assembling the trap -- and I was disappointed. I don't remember making the Rube Goldberg contraption actually work.

The classic -- ? -- Connect Four commercial.

Bermuda Triangle game commercial. A how-to-play for Bermuda Triangle.

Merlin commercial one. Merlin commercial Two. This song continues as an earworm in my head.

Simon in the 70s, with Vincent Price as the pitchman. Simon in the 80s and the 90s. You can tell it's the 90s because now Simon is RADICAL!

Stop Thief!, after the end of a Norelco commercial.

And of course: Mattel's handheld electronic games, including football.

A short playthrough of Dark Tower.

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posted by Ace at 04:20 PM

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