Video Game Christmas According to the Sears Wish Catalog. 1980-1984

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If you are outside the US feel free to change "catalog" to "catalogue" in your head.
Back in the '80's video games were a pretty big deal. Big enough that one of the biggest retailers of the time spend significant time and resources hunting down different game systems and sometimes even re-branding them. Ladies and Germs: Video gaming through the lens of the Sears Wish Catalog 1980 until 1984.

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Site used to source this video:

Muse Technical
https://christmas.musetechnical.com/

Internet Archive
https://www.archive.org

Wishbook Web
http://www.wishbookweb.com/the-catalogs/

Sears Archives
http://www.searsarchives.com/catalogs/history_wishbook.htm/Users/

#retrogaming #sears #videogames

00:00:00 The Boy Who Laughed at Santa Clause
00:04:28 Intoduction
00:06:40 Chapter 0: Pre-1980
00:09:42 Chapter 1: 1980
00:15:52 Chapter 2: 1981
00:24:21 Chapter 3: 1982
00:38:26 Chapter 4: 1983
00:53:05 Chapter 5: 1984
01:03:59 Parting Thoughts
01:04:55 The Many Fails of Rob



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