This is my Favorite Retro channel! Excellent Content! 👍🏻🇺🇲
@RetroDaze8 ай бұрын
Thank you Z Man! We’re very happy to have you as a fan!
@AnthonyJRapino8 ай бұрын
Thanks so much!
@jayme698 ай бұрын
Tip for winning Monopoly ... Be the Banker ;-) Keep up the awesome work!
@RetroDaze8 ай бұрын
Ha! Nice tip. Why didn’t I think of that?
@Dorelaxen8 ай бұрын
I used to play my Hungry Hungry Hippos so much as a kid. A couple of years ago, though, I was gifted the MTV's Remote Control board game, and oh man. It's awesome.
@RetroDaze8 ай бұрын
Hmm. That sounds intriguing. Does it come with your very own Adam Sandler?
@Dorelaxen8 ай бұрын
@@RetroDaze No. All I got was my own Colin Quinn. What a rip off.
@RetroDaze8 ай бұрын
@@Dorelaxen Lame.
@ctbinary428 ай бұрын
Stratego and Risk were my go to games. Stratego was a thoughtful game between two players that preceded Chess for me. Risk was like Stratego with more players and the randomness of the dice. The problem with Risk was (and is) the steamroll effect when one player starts getting more and more army’s per turn. We moved from Risk quickly to Axis and Allies when that appeared
@RetroDaze8 ай бұрын
Yeah that steamroll effect in Risk are the games much shorter for us, as at some point we’d just surrender. 😆
@AutisticPhantomOtaku8 ай бұрын
Some of the board games that I used to own when I was a kid included, but not limited to, Perfection, Connect Four, a Berenstain Bears board game, Chinese Checkers and an old electronic version of Battleship that was very bulky. Speaking of retro board games, I have a board game for Retro Manic, made by our very own Tony Grate. I still haven't played it though. My current board game collection includes the aforementioned Retro Manic board game, a couple of Scene it DVD board games, including a Disney themed version, a two-player version of Jumanji meant to be played on the go, and a board game for It's the Great pumpkin Charlie Brown that I won from playing the Retro Manic stream on this very channel.
@jacqueline79388 ай бұрын
Ooh perfection was definitely a childhood favorite.
@RetroDaze8 ай бұрын
Nice collection there APO!
@RetroDaze8 ай бұрын
@@jacqueline7938 Not to mention a very anxiety-inducing one!
@AutisticPhantomOtaku8 ай бұрын
@@RetroDaze thanks! I also have pictionary, a wheel of Fortune board game, a colorforms version of Battleship, a Lilo & Stitch DVD board game, a sampler version of the logo board game, and a cheap rip off of Jenga.
@bekaska66158 ай бұрын
'80s board games 💯🤟🤟🤟🗽🗽🗽🌃🌃🌃🌉🌉🌉😼
@bluetarantulaproductions61796 ай бұрын
Some of my favorite board game's from when I was a kid are Electronic Talking Battleship (1995), Tornado Rex, Guess who?, Mouse Trap, TMNT: Tower of doom & MAD Magazine: The board game (think reverse rules of Monopoly, though with challenges included).
@RetroDaze6 ай бұрын
MAD Magazine board game!? This must be Googled!
@smittyt414ify8 ай бұрын
Jon, great montage of the games. Just about everything you covered, was a few games my family had too. I think our collection included that noisy pop bubble to spin the dye. It had 4 sets of 4 differently colored pieces per player. You popped the dye and moved one of your four pieces around the board per the number on the dye. First player to get all four pieces into their finish lane won. For the life of me I can’t remember the name. Thank you and great video. I always love the flashbacks!!
@RetroDaze8 ай бұрын
That might be “Trouble”… the game you’re referring to.
@smittyt414ify8 ай бұрын
@@RetroDaze 😒 Duh, and kiddies that’s what you call The GenX Alzheimer’s shuffle. Actually I’m one-year from being a GenX, I’m GenW. Can I stay subscribed? 🥹
@RetroDaze8 ай бұрын
@@smittyt414ify Heck yeah! Gen X is an inclusive bunch!
@chanelnumba_58 ай бұрын
Yep, I concur with all like statements! One of my most favorite channels! I have a feeling we are VERY MUCH alike lol. I’ve been here a while, but have been quietly watching until recently…I couldn’t take it ANYMORE!!! Aghhhhh!!!! Lol.
@RetroDaze8 ай бұрын
Quiet is fine, but we are partial to the occasional (and frequent) outburst of praise. 😆
@jacqueline79388 ай бұрын
Is it still common place to gift children board games for Christmas? 🤔 Thinking it'd be fun to gift everyones favorite childhood board game for next Christmas.
@RetroDaze8 ай бұрын
I know I myself would be very happy getting a vintage board game!
@AnthonyJRapino8 ай бұрын
Despite advances in technology, board games remain an incredibly popular pastime. I'd say it probably does depend on the child and their interests, but I feel they still have a place, if for no other reason than it's a way to bring the family together that doesn't involve screens. 🙂
@tyneishalewis99178 ай бұрын
I think it's a cool idea! With so many new versions and games out there, board games would be a neat gift
@tyneishalewis99178 ай бұрын
Such a fun, enjoyable video RetroDaze! I remember playing Hungry Hungry Hippos, Connect Four, Candyland, and Perfection with my family. We would order takeout and play these together. Unfortunately, these were loat during the move. But i I feel inspired to re-buy these and play 'em again.
@RetroDaze8 ай бұрын
One or two vintage board games might make for great birthday presents. 😉
@ShadeofJeremy8 ай бұрын
I was a big D&D kid, so any games with a RPG element I gravitated towards. Some of my favorites were Cloak & Dagger, Hero Quest and Key to the Kingdom.
@RetroDaze8 ай бұрын
Very cool. Nowadays there is a seemingly endless array of choices for you in that regard.
@ShadeofJeremy8 ай бұрын
That is true.
@chanelnumba_58 ай бұрын
Right on man! I still have some of the books, materials, and dice from the 70’s and 80’s. I had lot’s of fun playing the game loosely, as in “quick roll” character generation and games mostly in Boy Scouts on camping trips. There weren’t a whole lot of people that were into it enough to play strictly by the rules. The fun of it was all in the imagination anyways. Do y’all also remember the “choose your own adventure,” small hardcover D&D like library books? Those were neat until you read all the endings lol. Of course I have to stick in the computer games while I’m at it, really going off on a tangent from where we just were (I could go on forever about that, figurines, cartoons, holy cow I loved those days!). The arcade D&D game was a flop at home on everything except the Amiga if I remember correctly, with the worst version on the Commodore 64…Load *, 8,1…just a few minutes now before the game begins…ok a little more…brrrrrrrtttt buuuaaaarrrrt brrrrrttt…just a little longer!!! wait what?! insert disk 3?!?!, but just a difficult unplayable game no matter what platform…I had enough “nerd” friends in the early days of the eighties to have all the different systems available between us all…even going as far as a powerful Digital workstation because my best friend’s dad was one of the top brains in that emerging industry. Anyways, aside from D&D I loved adventure games and when the IBM clones started to be available, wow! Fun times! Even better when HIMEM.SYS anyone? Lololol. I loved all Sierra games, following all the text version adventure games first of course…talk about some all nighters trying to figure out the next phrase! Yep, Sierra…King’s Quests, Space Quest, Police Quest, and of course Leisure Suit Larry…there were a few others they made that were good too. There was a weird cinematography like game company that made a few cool ones that I played on both Commodore and IBM, like Rocket Man?, and the Three Stooges, oh man, what about Zac Mackracken and the ?time benders?! Lmao. Oh and wow! For space battles, Space Commander! Holy crap that was a good one! Oh wow, anyways, between Atari, Coleco, Intellivision, Tandy, Apple, IBM, Commodore, Commodore Amiga, and then Nintendo, Sega, fricken Neo-Geo (which I couldn’t afford, but man was it a blast), then Sony later…I dropped out before Xbox…my guys I could just go on FOREVER reminiscing! Lot’s of late nights with good friends, stinky fart filled bedrooms because of ice cream snacks and chips n dip and soda into the little hours…maybe with TV on…oh that’s a whole other thing! That D&D really opened up a pandoras box lol!
@NostalgAK8 ай бұрын
If Candy Land was the first board game I played, Chutes and Ladders had to be the second. Landing on those Chutes led to kid fits 😂Parcheesi also stands out from my childhood. A Gaddis family favorite
@RetroDaze8 ай бұрын
A nice trifecta of cardboard entertainment!
@godofzombi6 ай бұрын
I had the blue with red and yellow disks plot 4 game as a kid. It was called vier op een rij. Four in a row.
@jayalexander33568 ай бұрын
Snakes & Ladders was the first board game I ever played.
@RetroDaze8 ай бұрын
Snakes and Ladders! There’s one that dropped off the radar. Fun game for sure.
@godofzombi6 ай бұрын
I think the game I played most with my parents was Spookslot, (which witch) Hotel, and then later Fireball island, Heroquest and Starquest (Space crusade) They are currently all still in my attic.
@RetroDaze6 ай бұрын
That’s a great selection of games.
@jerrymeo11375 ай бұрын
Great video!!! I grew up in china and played an entirely different set of board games so it's great to know how boardgames developed in the US!!
@RetroDaze5 ай бұрын
What types of games?
@Kilmerlz7 ай бұрын
Does anybody remember the milk man game? You had a little delivery van w/ little bottles of milk? I loved that game. Had to be in the 60’s
@RetroDaze7 ай бұрын
Time to Google this one. Sounds interesting!
@MrJopanti5 ай бұрын
One of my favorite games was "Bermuda Triangle" and "Jaws"
@RetroDaze5 ай бұрын
Bermuda Triangle? Must Google this!
@henriquedearruda89024 ай бұрын
Can you do a video about Shark Attack by Milton Bradley?
@RetroDaze4 ай бұрын
What a fun game! We’ll try to work that in somewhere down the road in a video.
@isaacheres1354Ай бұрын
You mentioned Candy Land but you forgot to add Chutes & Ladders
@RetroDazeАй бұрын
Ahh, but we saved Chutes & Ladders for its very own video! Seen here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJKxiZx-hJlrpKMsi=77ulj-7mFnuV4WMA
@Westernyan2 ай бұрын
I didn't grew up in this era, but it would be nice to have games like The Snardvark game, Ring Around the Nosy, and other '90s games that only appeared once or in antique stores
@RetroDaze2 ай бұрын
Definitely not heard of either of those you mentioned.
@Westernyan2 ай бұрын
@@RetroDazeme either… but we need these games back
@RubyWhit-804 ай бұрын
2 favourite games I remember growing up in the UK (don’t think either got released in the USA) where The Crystal Maze board game and Hero Quest.
@RetroDaze4 ай бұрын
Awesome! Always fun to learn of the alternatives that could be found across the pond. Need to go research these. 🔬
@MarcBarkyMarta2 ай бұрын
Hero Quest my brother in law had. We all grew up in NY, so it must've been released domestically.
@littlesongbird13 ай бұрын
If you play with the real rules. Monopoly doesn't take long.
@RetroDaze3 ай бұрын
@@littlesongbird1 Makes you wonder how many read the rules anymore, with the game having been around so long.
@juliemcarthur30048 ай бұрын
I always lost statego
@RetroDaze8 ай бұрын
It definitely took some getting used to in order to figure out winning moves.
@richardstark47864 ай бұрын
Battleship?
@RetroDaze4 ай бұрын
We cover that one more in the "Electronic Board Games" video that was a follow-up to this one.