Fun Facts From the Early 1980s
Oct23

Fun Facts From the Early 1980s

The first years of the 8os were filled with things like PacMan and lower prices than we’ve seen in years. For more early 80s fun facts, read here: Fun Facts From the Early 1980s 1980 In January 1980, Gold reached a record high of $850 per ounce. PacMan arcade was created. Ronald Reagan was elected as President of the United States. Post It Notes were released. The Blues Brothers, The Shining, and the Empire Strikes Back were...

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Like Totally 80s: The Best of 80s Toys
Aug15

Like Totally 80s: The Best of 80s Toys

Growing up in the 90s, the 80s had a huge influence on my childhood. From a continuous love of Barbie to toys kids still love today like Slip and Slides, the 80s had it all when it came to fun toys. Like Totally 80s: The Best of 80s Toys Spirograph I still love this and seeing it again makes me want one! All the different disks make such a pretty and unique design. And colors can be intermingled for a look all your own. Lite Brite...

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Mini Nintendo NES Classic Edition Will Make 80s Kids Very Happy
Jul20

Mini Nintendo NES Classic Edition Will Make 80s Kids Very Happy

Thankfully all of the Nintendo fans from the 80s are going to have a lot to rejoice about. Nintendo is planning on releasing a mini NES console with 30 of the most iconic games from the system. Yep, things are going to get very awesome. Nintendo NES Classic Edition “The NES Classic Edition will retail for $60, or about half of what an original NES goes for on Ebay. On the Virtual Console, the 30 NES games included have a value...

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How much does it cost to buy Pac-Man?
Jun07

How much does it cost to buy Pac-Man?

Even here in 2016, there’s no shortage of ways to get your Pac-Man fix. The first two pages retrieved by entering Pac-Man in Google are Google’s Pac-Man “doodle” from May 21, 2010, which you can play right on the search page, and a link to Free Pac-Man, which is a site offering many free variations of Pac-Man (and not a page looking to free an imprisoned Pac-Man). But what if playing Pac-Man on your laptop—or your smart phone or your...

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Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! Easter Eggs Continue to Surface
Apr11

Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! Easter Eggs Continue to Surface

Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! was an instant hit for NES. Now 29 years after the game’s initial release, gamers are continuing to discover easter eggs within the game. Some of them are pretty difficult to spot and it’s pretty incredible that they are even noticed. “As Redditor midwesternhousewives discovered, there is a visual cue among the spectators in the second Piston Honda fight, which tells the player when to...

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