Retro Wiki

ColecoVision was the Cadillac of home video games back in 1982; a system so powerful, you’d make friends with the biggest jerk on the block just to be near it. …….continure reading

The 1960’s were heady times for technology. While superpowers raced to put a man on the moon, scientists and amateur theorists dreamed of how technology would make the world of …….continure reading

November of 1979 was the moment the future finally arrived in the American living room. When the holidays arrived a month later, many American children (mostly boys) were treated to …….continure reading

If you took any pride at all in your toy chest—and we hope you did—it surely contained a View-Master. When the action figure war simulation wound down and you needed …….continure reading

In a pinch, kids can turn just about anything into a gun—a stick, a banana, a finger—but it always helped if the thing actually made an exploding noise. That was …….continure reading

It’s a nice feeling to finish an Etch-A-Sketch picture you’re semi-proud of. “It actually looks like a tree this time!” you tell yourself. But then that brainy cousin of yours …….continure reading