Sure, we all had the Tiger Electronic handhelds, but the Nintendo Gameboy was light years beyond those dinosaurs.Īnd yes, I did play Tetris in the woods. That whole idea of gaming anywhere was new to us. I thought to myself "if I could play Tetris in the woods, I'll be set for life". I remember really anticipating this thing. Tetris was a system seller, and we all know the rest of the story. The decision to bundle Tetris with the original Gameboy is one of the greatest moves the industry has ever seen. Visions of NES units bolted into cars crossed my mind.Īs time went on, we learned that the system would be bundled with the hot NES title "Tetris".
#Retro viewfinder portable#
I remember wondering how Nintendo could make a portable NES. In the days before the internet, kids like me were the last to find out the news that Nintendo was working on a portable gaming system. The Nintendo Entertainment System reigns supreme. Every once in a while if I'm going through my stuff and I come across one of these, I'll take some time to revisit those old reels. I once had an entire dream that was through the perspective of a Viewfinder.
I know I had another one that was something like "ABC's Wild World of Sports" or something like that. If anything, they are a neat little time capsule that capture unique perspectives on people and places.
I had my own Viewfinder and also inherited my fathers, so my reels were a mix of Dukes of Hazzard and Man From U.N.C.L.E. You'd slide the reel into the top, put the viewfinder up to your eyes, point it towards a light source, and be instantly transported to 3D vistas of other places in the world, your favorite cartoon, or even to outer space. With Viewmaster, other worlds and far away lands were just a click away. The latest reel from The Retro Machine aims to tap into your mind, to memories once thought lost.in 3-D! Grab your Viewmaster, turn on a bright light, lay down on your carpet, and prop a pillow under your head.
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