Anyone who has read my blog before knows I am a big fan of retro handheld games, and Grandstand made some of the best. Many of these games attempted to recreate the big arcade games of the time, which explains the proliferation of space invader clones, including the likes of Galaxy Invader and
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Grandstand Games
If you were a kid in the late 70's and early 80's it is likely you will have owned, or knew someone who owned a Grandstand handheld game. For many retro gamers this was their first real "video game" - for me it was Galaxy Invader, but games like
Astro Wars and Munchman …
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On the last day of term at my primary school we would all bring in toys, which back in the early 80's would include games like Operation and Buckaroo, which still exist relatively unchanged 20 years later.
There would also be the kid who had the really cool toy of the moment, and one of those …
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Retro games reviewed, including 80's arcade machines, classic consoles and early home computers