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Board games of the 1980s

Chapter 1

The rise of the party game

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Chapter 2

Microchips and plastic mountains

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Chapter 3

The golden age of strategy

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Master of Board games of the 1980s

Ch 2 · Microchips and plastic mountains
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diegoplays The battery-powered wizardry of Dark Tower

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diegoplays The talking electronic console of Mall Madness

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diegoplays Dodging rolling fireballs on a plastic island

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Silicon Valley Scramble

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diegoplays Launching plastic bricks in Crossbows and Catapults

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diegoplays A microchip inside the dark tower, and marbles rolling down the plastic mountain!

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The talking electronic console of Mall Madness

diegoplays The talking electronic console of Mall Madness

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Fun Fact

Dark Tower lawsuit: Milton Bradley was sued for patent infringement over Dark Tower, resulting in a court ordering them to pay over $700,000 and pull the game.

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Dodging rolling fireballs on a plastic island

diegoplays Dodging rolling fireballs on a plastic island

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Glossary
microchip (noun)
A tiny wafer of semiconducting material used to make an integrated circuit. In 1981, Milton Bradley's Dark Tower utilized this technology to control its central electronic game master.

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Quiz

What physical objects were rolled down the 3D tracks in the 1986 game Fireball Island?

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Gossip

Which 1980s game gimmick would you want in a modern board game?

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Quiz

What 1980s shopping craze inspired Milton Bradley's 1988 talking electronic board game?

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Quiz

What did players use to buy items in the 1988 game Electronic Mall Madness?

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Quiz

Which 1986 racing game featured a shifting board where cars at the back were eliminated as the highway moved?

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Quiz

Which central electronic device controlled the movement and combat in the 1981 fantasy game Dark Tower?

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Quiz

What valuable treasure are players trying to steal from the volcano in the 1986 game Fireball Island?

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Quiz

Which 1980 game let players use rubber band-powered weapons to destroy their opponent's plastic castle?

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Quiz

Why did Milton Bradley stop manufacturing the popular Dark Tower board game in the early 1980s?

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