Dragonfire, Demon Attack, Beauty & the Beast, Atlantis, Swords & Serpents.

I really liked Imagic games back in the day. So much so, I guess, that I actually wrote them in 1983 (when I was 14) asking when their stock will go on sale. Kathleen Booth, Consumer Affairs, wrote back and said I should contact Merrill Lynch to see what information they could give me. She also enclosed an application for the “Numb Thumb Club.”

Such a nerd.

It’s sort of easy to see how I came to work in technology, isn’t it?

I really was spoiled growing up – I’m pretty sure I owned every one of these games at some point.

I remember how totally cool I thought this was when I first got it – “B-17 Bommmmmber!” That particular game was even cooler for me, as my grandfather actually was a B-17 bomber pilot in World War II.

Space Spartans and Bomb Squad were pretty lame and I don’t remember if that Tron game ever actually got released. I wonder if anyone has those sound clips somewhere now…

UPDATE: Of course there is, this is the age of the internets, after all.

A Mark Goodson – Bill Todman Production

My dad tried to get on this show more than once. I was always mad that I wasn’t old enough to be on it. Too bad that’s not the problem any more, eh?

This bottle made me a little sad as I realized that Disneyland is celebrating their 55th anniversary this year. The 1980 penny inside is still shiny and kid two wants to know how they got it in there to begin with. Good question!

As some of you know, my family members have been big Disney fans as long as I can remember. The first trip I can remember to Disneyland was 1975 during the bicentennial celebration. With my mom working at Northwest, we pretty much just alternated between California and Florida for many, many years.

I really like the old Disney souvenirs. I found a bunch of older postcards too that I’ll scan soon. Stay tuned…

How many nerds out there can say they have one of these bad boys? That game was pretty terrible, too, if I remember correctly…