May kids around the country spent their summer days swinging a thin yellow bat while trying to hit a white plastic ball with holes in it. That game they were playing is called wiffle ball.

Wiffle Ball is one of those classic games that is still popular today ( well not as popular we really don't think kids play outside anymore). The Wiffle Ball was invented by David N. Mullany from Fairfield, Connecticut in 1953 when he de...

Senet is the oldest known board game found in Egypt , many drawings of kings and queens have been found in tombs of this game being played. It was even played by the common person.

The earliest board games published in the United States were based on Christian morality. The Mansion of Happiness (1843), for example, sent players along a path of virtues and vices that led to the Mansion of Happiness (Heaven).

Of course we all hav...

Some games from the past were so simple, yet so fun. This is one of those games. Wonderful Waterfalls by Tomy was a game that only needed water, and the fun would begin! Pressing the button would make an air bubble travel up and move the triangles around. The goal was to get all the triangles in a formation to score some points. This was a great example of how a smart idea for a game would entertain kids and grown ups for year...

Punchies were odd toys. They wanted kids to punch dolphins or clowns? Why would anyone want to punch Mickey Mouse in the face? But no matter how hard you punched them they would always got back up. These toys taught kids two things: how to throw a haymaker, and when you get hit hard in the face, always bounce back up for more. Or it was just a fun toy to let out your energy!

Now is your chance to live out your dreams of looking through a periscope and sinking enemy subs. With the help of Mattel's, "Sonar Sub Hunt Game", your dreams can come true.

Just as the box says, use the glowing green radar screen to search out and destroy your enemy's submarine fleet but watch out for mines! The first player to sink 7 of the other player's boats wins. Oh, and you also get to look through a periscope to find t...

1982 was a great year. It had MTV at its prime, Saturday morning cartoons, movies, video games, oh and it had... Journey. Yes, Journey, that rock band that had monster hit songs all over the radio. After the release of their big album, Escape, the band had everything a band could want. But they wanted more and they got more when video game maker, Data East, made them into a video game for the Atari 2600.

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Not every video game is a smash hit, not every game is a mario brothers or pac man, some are .. well some are just a game