Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Grandstand Light Games Projection System

The Grandstand Light Games Projection System by Playtime Productions is a beautifully rare and obscure portable gaming system from 1988 that, instead of connecting to a TV, comes with its very own, built-in projector. Granted, most of its games are simple Game & Watch style affairs, but the novelty must have been, well, err, novel indeed. Now, I don't have to time to get into more details as I'm sailing for Crete in a few hours, but I'm sure this Grandstand Light Games Projection System auction should be of interest. It comes with four games and seems to be in great condition. Seller ships worldwide. Oh, and see you in September!

Posted by gnome at 8/24/2011

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  1. RetroMOAugust 24, 2011 at 9:42 AM

    Hi Retro Treasures!
    I have this obscure System, too. Anyway it is very, very rare :-) Here is my System on my Retro-Page:
    http://www.retro-mo.de/Seiten/spielsachen/lcd-games.html

    Scroll down to the end of the site :-)
    Greetings from germany
    RetroMO

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  2. gnomeAugust 24, 2011 at 10:13 AM

    Hey Retro MO,

    that's a pretty amazing collection you've got there. And you've got five Light Games too! Very impressive, very impressive indeed.

    Cheers!

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  3. MikAugust 24, 2011 at 3:15 PM

    I've never heard of it, it seems really cool!

    Have fun in Crete :)

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  4. gnomeAugust 24, 2011 at 3:25 PM

    Thanks Mik :) Cheers!

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  5. BlakeAugust 24, 2011 at 6:01 PM

    I had one of these when I was a kid too, I completely forgotten about it. Mines beat the hell though.

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  6. gnomeSeptember 5, 2011 at 1:19 PM

    A crying shame that dear Blake... Still, fixing it might turn out to be quite an adventure...

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  7. AnonymousJanuary 2, 2012 at 12:36 PM

    I had this system as a kid, thought it was awesome!! Just lame lcd projected games but there was nothing else around then where you could havea 50" screen on your wall... genius.

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  8. gnomeJanuary 2, 2012 at 12:48 PM

    Indeed. And very impressive for its time too. Happy 2012 anonymous dear!

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  9. AnonymousJanuary 11, 2012 at 7:38 PM

    Look:
    http://www.befr.ebay.be/itm/7-games-playtime-for-light-games-lcd-color-projection-system-/320827985481?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_23&hash=item4ab2d68e49

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  10. gnomeJanuary 12, 2012 at 7:18 AM

    An amazing discovery!

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  11. AnonymousJuly 23, 2012 at 7:25 AM

    i have one of them forsale wil be on ebay soon

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  12. AnonymousJuly 25, 2012 at 12:09 PM

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/200797828570?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

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