Vintage Computers
This was Apple’s first mass-market personal computer, released in 1977.
What is the Apple II?
This Sony device revolutionized portable music in 1979.
What is the Walkman?
This was the first widely successful home game console.
What is the Atari 2600?
These bulky TVs were standard before flatscreens.
What are CRTs (Cathode Ray Tubes)?
This handheld game had a monochrome screen and used interchangeable cartridges.
What is the Game Boy?
This early home computer used a cassette tape for data storage.
What is the Commodore 64?
These physical discs were used to play music before tapes.
What are vinyl records?
Nintendo’s first handheld console.
What is the Game Boy?
This format lost the home video war to VHS.
What is Betamax?
Before smartphones, this PDA was popular for calendars and contacts.
What is the PalmPilot?
IBM’s first PC ran this operating system.
What is MS-DOS?
This large cassette format competed with 8-track tapes.
What is the Compact Cassette?
This 90s console used CDs and marked Sony’s entry into gaming.
What is the PlayStation?
This device allowed you to record TV shows onto VHS tapes.
What is a VCR?
This toy, part calculator part digital pet, was popular in the 90s.
What is a Tamagotchi?
This compact 1984 computer introduced the GUI to the masses.
What is the Macintosh?
This high-fidelity stereo format was launched in 1982.
What is the Compact Disc (CD)?
Sega’s 16-bit rival to the SNES.
What is the Sega Genesis?
This cable connection was used for standard-definition video and audio.
What is RCA?
These wireless phones were common before smartphones.
What are flip phones?
This British computer was key to early UK computing education.
What is the BBC Micro?
These speakers use vacuum tubes to amplify sound.
What are tube amps?
This rare Nintendo accessory was used with the NES and came with “Gyromite.”
What is R.O.B. (Robotic Operating Buddy)?
This high-end LaserDisc format offered better quality but failed to catch on.
What is CED or LaserDisc?
This clamshell electronic dictionary/organizer was used by students.
What is a Pocket Organizer?