The rise of the party game
Microchips and plastic mountains
The golden age of strategy
YOUR GOAL
Master of Board games of the 1980s
diegoplays Microchips and plastic mountains
A microchip inside the dark tower, and marbles rolling down the plastic mountain!
diegoplays A shopping-themed game where an electronic console managed sales, clearances, and credit cards.
diegoplays A massive vacuum-formed plastic island let players dodge rolling red marbles representing deadly fireballs in 1986.
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.
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.
What physical objects were rolled down the 3D tracks in the 1986 game Fireball Island?
What 1980s shopping craze inspired Milton Bradley's 1988 talking electronic board game?
Which 1986 racing game featured a shifting board where cars at the back were eliminated as the highway moved?
Which central electronic device controlled the movement and combat in the 1981 fantasy game Dark Tower?
What valuable treasure are players trying to steal from the volcano in the 1986 game Fireball Island?
Which 1980 game let players use rubber band-powered weapons to destroy their opponent's plastic castle?
Why did Milton Bradley stop manufacturing the popular Dark Tower board game in the early 1980s?