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RETRO FIND: Quirky ‘80s tech included interactive video games and talking teddy bear phones

Video games, knitting with a computer and talking teddy bear phones? The '80s had it all!

RETRO FIND: Quirky ‘80s tech included interactive video games and talking teddy bear phones

Video games, knitting with a computer and talking teddy bear phones? The '80s had it all!

Video games are back bigger and more inventive after being nearly zapped from the market, popularity peaked in 1983 but this industry was bloated with hundreds of firms producing thousands of games. Many which were inferior sales dropped 73% in 1984 and fell even further in 85. This current resurgence is pegged to stricter quality control on the market previously was flooded with poor quality software. When everyone tried to get in on the industry, the new systems, we particularly have proprietary technology that lets us control the type of software available for our system and keeps that quality level up. Nintendo is introducing an interactive exercise mat. The game is to follow the character on screen hopping from log to log ducking under obstacles and jumping over others. Knitting by computer is another variation, *** loom eliminates knitting needles and the computer counts. The rows patterns can be modified and personalized, electronically fitting *** wide assortment of sizes and styles. Traditional arcade games also are seeing *** high tech facelift. Sega has added 3D, special goggles are used to provide heightened realism for players far more advanced than old 3D movies, lenses in these goggles are electronic shutters when used with specially designed game software to provide *** three dimensional effect on the television screen, video games. The only industry seeing *** resurgence this year in 1983 we found an explosion of telephones. As deregulation approached, everyone wanted to get *** share of the market and many went broke in the ultimate shakeout. Now, there's quality coupled with whimsy like this $4000 oaken glass old fashioned style phone booth where even the modern touchtone dial pad is disguised. There are phones with heart for romantics, *** backpacking mickey mouse for his fans and *** Garfield hang in their wall phone, but we've saved the best for last. Hello. Telecom S Casey be two is *** combination plush, huggably soft teddy bear and speaker telephone. What's more his eyes and mouth are synchronized to move as the person talks on the other end of the call after *** while. It's like you're having *** conversation with the bear. There is no way you can make an angry call for very long talking to this bear from Las Vegas. I'm tip Kendall for channel three reports.
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RETRO FIND: Quirky ‘80s tech included interactive video games and talking teddy bear phones

Video games, knitting with a computer and talking teddy bear phones? The '80s had it all!

Video games made a massive comeback in the mid-1980s after nearly disappearing from the market.Nintendo released an interactive exercise mat that let players hop and duck through on-screen obstacles. Sega introduced 3D goggles for more immersion. One company even released a program where you knitted along with a computer.Phones were also jumping on the high-tech wave. One company released a teddy bear telephone. Its eyes and mouth were synchronized to move with the person on the line.Did you own any of these? WATCH the video to see all the nostalgic ‘80s tech.If you liked this story, here are a few more blasts from the past:

Video games made a massive comeback in the mid-1980s after nearly disappearing from the market.

Nintendo released an interactive exercise mat that let players hop and duck through on-screen obstacles. Sega introduced 3D goggles for more immersion. One company even released a program where you knitted along with a computer.

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Phones were also jumping on the high-tech wave. One company released a teddy bear telephone. Its eyes and mouth were synchronized to move with the person on the line.

Did you own any of these? WATCH the video to see all the nostalgic ‘80s tech.

If you liked this story, here are a few more blasts from the past: