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The 1970's were a banner year for all things electronic. People were fascinated by things with buttons, lights and beeps. Though most of the gadgets were pretty simple compared to today's high tech stuff we still enjoyed the 1970's Electronics wave. So take a step back in time and see what was popular back in the 1970's!
Cool 1970's Electronics
- How To Fix A Broken 8-Track Tape
- Now this is a must have site. Fixeing your broken 8 track player should be high on your list of priorities. Along with washing you fuzzy dice and stocking up on tube socks.
- Aces & Kings Pinball By Williams
- Yes, Pinball was not only fun in the 1970's it was cool too!
- The LED
- or Light-emitting diode for those of you who are not 1970's tech savvy. LED technology was responsible for really cool watches that my husband still covets.
Atari
To say that I went a little over board on Atari was an understatment. I loved Atari. My favorite games were Space Invaders, Astroids, Missle Command and Pit Fall. I played for hours and never got bored. To this day my husband and I like to drag out the old 2600 and beat each other at Pac-Man. Atari & Me!
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Atari...Why I'll Never Give Up My 2600
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First a little background. I am a 39 year old Girl Geek who loves Star Wars and Napoleon Dynamite so it's no wonder that my early years were spent playing way to much Atari. Here is my journey on becoming a veritable Atari expert. Read on!
Atari History Museum
- Welcome to the Atari History Museum
- The Atari History Museum: The interenets premiere site for information, images and history of Atari
Atari on eBay
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Merlin Handheld Electronic Game
Yes I had one. At the time Merlin was really cool. Merlin was invented by Bob Doyle a Harvard PHd and inventor who worked for NASA. You could play Tic-Tac-Toe, Echo, Black Jack and it also had a groovy Music Machine. If you had 3 or 4 friends that all had a Merlin you could get this really freaky synthesizer sound.I recently added a Merlin to my game collection. Now it holds your interest for about 3 minutes. I must have gotten a lot smarter since the 1970's!
Later Parker Brothers came out with Master Merlin and Split Second.
Marlin on eBay
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I had this exact same PONG Game. I remember always playing with my cousins and always winning! It was basically table tennis played on TV, but it was really cool. PONG started my love of video games that contines to this day. Welcome to PONG-Story!
- PONG-Story - Welcome
- Welcome to PONG-Story !This site is dedicated to Ralph H. Baer, Inventor of the video game.
PONG on eBay
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I really liked the Speak N Spell game. Educational and fun. What better way to learn how to spell! It also had a cool cousin, the blue Speak N Math. Welcome to Speak N Spell Online
- Welcome to Speak & Spell Online
- OK, this is beyond cool, you can actually play Speak & Spell online!
Speak & Spell on eBay
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The Pinball Compendium: 1970-1981
Amazon Price: $37.77 (as of 12/27/2009) 
Supercade: A Visual History of the Videogame Age 1971-1984
Amazon Price: $26.97 (as of 12/27/2009)
Retro-Electro: Collecting Technology from Atari to Walkman
Amazon Price: $29.95 (as of 12/27/2009)
The Ultimate History of Video Games: From Pong to Pokemon--The Story Behind the Craze That Touched Our Lives and Changed the World
Amazon Price: $13.57 (as of 12/27/2009)
Do You Remember Pong, 8-Tracks ,and Betamax ?
Amazon Price: (as of 12/27/2009)
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- EverythingMouse EverythingMouse Aug 17, 2009 @ 9:25 pm
- I think this would very much appeal to my husband. I always wanted a Speak and Spell!
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- ClassyGals ClassyGals Jul 3, 2009 @ 1:19 pm
- I miss Pong! It was probably the only video game that I ever played. I had also had a fascination for Pin Ball machines, they were awesome! Good times!
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- Mike_ha Mike_ha Apr 23, 2009 @ 7:41 pm
- The days when pong was high tech and you never tired of it. I miss those days.
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- SugarPirate SugarPirate Apr 6, 2009 @ 11:16 am
- I had a Merlin! Haven't seen one in ages. We also had Pong, which you could get stuck in an endless loop if you set up the paddles just right. Oh, how easily we were entertained back then.
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- Greekgeek Greekgeek Mar 18, 2009 @ 6:54 pm
- Gah. I used all of the above, though my parents had an imitation-brand Pong. But I had MERLIN! Gosh I loved it! I still remember a song I recorded on that silly thing.
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