WHAT FUN LIFE WAS: THE 1983 SEARS WISHBOOK’S GAME WARES
I was still content with my TI-99/4A when Sears was touting the Intellivision and the still frankly beautiful Vectrex (I’m still waiting on a nice package of repro- overlays, guys), but The Retroist’s scans of the 1983 Sears wishbook remind me of two holidays following, when I was absolutely fraught with anxiety over whether I’d be choosing this ‘NES’ newcomer or the Atari 5200.
The latter I wanted solely because months earlier I’d impressed my elementary school crush with a bowling alley arcade run of Food Fight so amazing I surprised even myself (the trackball was on fire that day). In the end, I made the “right” decision.
The Video Game Systems of the 1983 Sears Wishbook [The Retroist]
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