I have BopIt! and don't like Simon games. I got lucky and found the original stand alone Henry game in excellant working condition and actually play it all the time. Henry is easy to find but it is often the cartridge version for Tiger's hand held game system which is somewhat like Nintendo's Game Boy. The stand alone version is hard to find, especially in good working condition.
I am working my way through How Close is the Ghost on the Truman game system. I have Star Wars Brain Warp and Say It!, and just ordered Torx on eBay. That should be enough to keep me off the streets and out of mischief. Gene... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mich Verrier via groups.io" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2026 12:00:59 -0500 Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] More on handheld games > Well they don't have freeze up but retrofest has scimon and bop it. Those can > each be played by 1 person. Hth. From Mich Verrier from New lIskeard Ontario > Canada. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Gene > Warner via groups.io > Sent: March 5, 2026 11:06 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] More on handheld games > > Ah, I already have them in my favorites. Unfortunately when I search for > "Freeze Up" or just "Freeze", they no longer have the Freeze Up game, so I > tried on eBay and it is there. The description says it's for two to eight > players which won't work for me, I need games that can be played by one > player either solo or against the game. > > Gene... > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mich Verrier via groups.io" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2026 10:54:34 -0500 > Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] More on handheld games > > > > > https://www.speaktomecatalog.com/?srsltid=AfmBOophRl8ClyGrIOuY-U8oj6xZ6MzQgzRacAEvZIZO-ANYmCteZp4U > > from Mich. > > > > -----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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