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-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Gene Warner via groups.io Sent: March 5, 2026 10:48 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] More on handheld games Would you like to try that again? When I go to speektome.com, this is what I get. speektome.com Skip to main content Excellent 4.6 out of 5 Trustpilot The domain name speektome.com is for sale! Gene... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mich Verrier via groups.io" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2026 10:27:57 -0500 Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] More on handheld games > Speektome.com hth. That's the websight. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Gene > Warner via groups.io > Sent: March 5, 2026 10:20 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] More on handheld games > > What was the name of the place where you could get Freeze Up? I tried to find > that email but couldn't. > > Gene... > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Oriol Gómez via groups.io <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2026 11:11:55 +0100 > Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] More on handheld games > > > Yeah. > > My mom has been trying to revive the 25 year old giro zac, but there is no > > way, it's rusty in places and the electronics are all broken I guess. > > > > El jue, 5 mar 2026 a las 10:57, Arianna Sepulveda via groups.io > > (<[email protected]>) escribió: > > > > > What, Torx? No, I have no clue--it was a present. Lol I should see if I > > > can find it on Amazon or something. Their's no way I still have it. > > > Parents > > > and their quest to get rid of things that you haven't played with in a few > > > months, even though you still like something and would drag it out every > > > once in a while. > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Ari > > > > > > On Mar 5, 2026, at 4:52 AM, Oriol Gómez via groups.io <ogomez.s92= > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Wow taht would be amazing to play, do you remember where you got it? > > > > > > I'm also looking for a brain warp, in Spain it was called GiroZac, but I > > > haven't been able to find one. > > > > > > El jue, 5 mar 2026 a las 10:51, Arianna Sepulveda via groups.io > > > (<[email protected]>) escribió: > > > > > >> Wow! This got me thinking of handheld games I had as a kid (I was a > > >> 90s/2000s kid) and I had Bop It and Bop It Extreme (the one with 5 > > >> controls) but I also had this thing called Torx. It was this toy that > > >> had a > > >> big sort of canned-shaped thing in the middle (it looked about the size > > >> of > > >> a bigger can of fruit, but shorter) with two controls on either side that > > >> you moved in a series of ways--like bending, and twisting. I don't > > >> remember > > >> too much about it, but it did have a few different game types. You'd turn > > >> it on and off with an actual physical switch that flipped, which, thank > > >> God! When you'd turn it on, it would say in this robotic voice "I am > > >> Torks. > > >> Twist me to select game." Or something almost like that lol! > > >> > > >> > > >> Thanks, > > >> Ari > > >> > > >> > On Jan 17, 2026, at 9:22 PM, Gene Warner via groups.io <genewarner3= > > >> [email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > > >> > Yeah, I guess if you played it a lot, you would eventually know where > > >> all the colors are using just the battery compartment cover and the power > > >> buttin. But you gotta start somewhere, and I decided that for me it would > > >> be stick on letters. > > >> > > > >> > Gene... > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > ----- Original Message ----- > > >> > From: "Desiree Oudinot via groups.io" <turtlepower17= > > >> [email protected]> > > >> > To: <[email protected]> > > >> > Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2026 20:54:26 -0500 > > >> > Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] More on handheld games > > >> > > > >> >> Yeah, on my original Brain Warp, I had Braille labels on each side, > > >> just > > >> >> single letters to differentiate the colors. I played it so much, > > >> though, > > >> >> that not only did the labels fall off fairly quickly, I didn't need > > >> them > > >> >> anymore, thus my previous description on how to orient yourself to it. > > >> >> Eventually, that particular unit stopped working, probably from > > >> playing it > > >> >> so much, and handling it roughly as a kid. I had another one that my > > >> dad had > > >> >> picked up at a flea market, but sadly, it got stolen. I'd still love > > >> to find > > >> >> the insert naughty word here who did that. The one that I have now was > > >> >> kindly given to me by a friend, but I haven't been able to get it > > >> working > > >> >> after the batteries leaked. > > >> >> > > >> >> Desiree > > >> >> > > >> >> -----Original Message----- > > >> >> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > > >> Gene > > >> >> Warner via groups.io > > >> >> Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2026 8:41 PM > > >> >> To: [email protected] > > >> >> Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] More on handheld games > > >> >> > > >> >> Yeah, getting the originals can be pricey some times, but I am having > > >> so > > >> >> much fun with Henry that as pricey as it was I still feel it was money > > >> well > > >> >> spent. > > >> >> > > >> >> Say what? would have been a lot better if it had been a handheld game > > >> >> instead of a tabletop one. It's back in its box in a closet somewhere. > > >> >> > > >> >> I couldn't find a working original of Brain Warp so I settled on a > > >> Star Wars > > >> >> themed version call Death Star Escape. It's the same game, same > > >> hardware , > > >> >> just with a Star Wars theme instead of the generic Brain Warp one. Now > > >> all I > > >> >> need is some self adhesive tactile letters to mark each of the > > >> characters. > > >> >> > > >> >> Gene... > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> ----- Original Message ----- > > >> >> From: "Desiree Oudinot via groups.io" <turtlepower17= > > >> [email protected]> > > >> >> To: <[email protected]> > > >> >> Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2026 20:26:03 -0500 > > >> >> Subject: [blind-gamers] More on handheld games > > >> >> > > >> >>> Hi all, > > >> >>> > > >> >>> All this talk recently about handheld games has really been sending > > >> >>> me > > >> >>> down a rabbit hole of nostalgia. Seeing as I don't have a small > > >> >>> fortune to throw down on getting all the games I remember from my > > >> >>> childhood, and would love to have again, I went searching for cheaper > > >> >>> alternatives, which lead me to the World's Smallest Toys brand. > > >> >>> > > >> >>> > > >> >>> > > >> >>> For roughly $10 each, I've acquired what is claimed to be the world's > > >> >>> smallest BopIt, and the world's smallest Simon. The BopIt is about > > >> >>> the > > >> >>> same size as the BopIt on a keychain that was sold in the late 90's, > > >> >>> which I also had at one point. This one has slightly different sounds > > >> >>> than the original, but is functionally the same. As for the Simon > > >> >>> game, it's about the size of an Oreo cookie, and also works just like > > >> the > > >> >> original. > > >> >>> > > >> >>> > > >> >>> > > >> >>> Sure, this company is capitalizing on a market that is willing to > > >> >>> spend money for somewhat modernized versions of classics, but for > > >> >>> just > > >> >>> over $20, I can't complain. I also don't know how well these will > > >> >>> hold > > >> >>> up over time, but I think they're cute, and I bet I'd have paid a > > >> >>> hell > > >> >>> of a lot more for the originals which may or may not have been in > > >> working > > >> >> order. > > >> >>> > > >> >>> > > >> >>> > > >> >>> Desiree > > >> >>> > > >> >>> > > >> >>> > > >> >>> > > >> >>> > > >> >>> > > >> >>> > > >> >>> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. 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