Toys and Games

Remember seeing people riding a contraption that enables them to jump off the ground while standing? They do so with a clever modern toy invented in Germany by Max Pohlig and Ernst Gottschall (from which […]

Hot Wheels are more than just toy cars, they are down-scaled vehicles that challenge the concept of speed, power and performance through sinuous tracks and obstacle courses. The first ever hot wheels car was released […]

Also known as a wheelie bike, spyder bike, high-riser bike, and muscle bike, the banana bike is a well-designed bike fit for children back in the 1960s. It was made to have small wheels (16-20 […]

Barbie doll is perhaps one of the most iconic toys ever released in the world. On March 9, 1959, Ruth Handler created a toy named after her daughter Barbara. The first edition of the doll […]

One of the most commonly played games during the baby boomer era is a game that is no less than 5000 years old. Checkers is a pasttime that was enjoyed for the strategy and the […] […]

Spacewar! The world’s first video game. Spacewar! is a space combat video game developed in 1962 by Steve Russell, in collaboration with Martin Graetz and Wayne Wiitanen, and programmed by Russell with assistance from others […] […]

While not technically a Baby boomer invention, Tetris was developed in the late sixties, early seventies but wasn’t published actively until it was seen in 1984, Tetris® was born from the imagination of computer programmer […] […]

Pong is one of the first computer games that ever created. The game can be played with two human players, or one player against a computer controlled paddle. The game was originally developed by Allan […] […]