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Barcode Battler

There are some things in life that make you want to snap your fingers and go “wow – I wish I’d thought of that!” There are other things in life that make you say “Haha – I’d rather have shoved my eyeballs through a cheese grater rather than thought of that.” Of course, this site is not about the “wow” items. It’s cheese graters all the way…

Remember in the early 90’s, there were two products vying for our attention, two must have items – both claimed to be the latest gaming device, both were hand-held. Well, you know what they say…

One shall stand and one shall fall

These two items were not giant robots, but in fact The Game Boy and The Barcode Battler. Now, it’s pretty damn obvious who won – the Game Boy near enough twatted its competitor… but at that strange time of year, there were people who actually wanted the black box!

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Sunday, October 26th, 2008 Computers 6 Comments