Wednesday, June 8, 2011

VIDEO VIEW: Jimmy Jet!


We may scoff in our age of fancy electronic cufflinks and digital trousers but back in 1961, this Jimmy Jet flight simulator was the PlayStation 3 of its day. Granted, the novelty probably wore-off pretty quickly and it probably ate through the batteries but this still looks like a pretty cool toy.

And for those who think this looks primitive, I'd just remind them that Tomy's handheld game Demon Driver/Digital Derby used an almost identical principle. And that was released in 1978. 

I wonder why it was only available in food markets though?

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