3 Spookiest Tiger Electronics Handheld Games from the ’90s
In the late ’80s and early ’90s, many kids’ first playground experience was one of the Tiger Electronics Handheld games.
Tiger Electronics was created in Vernon Hills, Illinois in 1978 by Randy, Gerald and Arnold Rissman. In its early days, the company mostly produced electronic devices such as phonographs. From the start, they specialized in affordable and low-tech gadgets.. As the company grew, it began to diversify into electronic games and toys, for which it is best known today.
Tiger Electronics created a reputation for itself with its large line of LCD games. More often than not, they teamed up with film or gaming franchises to make their handhelds more appealing. Tiger Electronics also had a number of other successful products, including Furby, Giga Pets, Lazer Tag and the Talkboy (made popular by the movie Home Alone).
Tiger Electronics’ Director of Marketing kept close to film studios, and claimed to these relationships, along with keeping up-to-date with magazines, helped him and the company keep on the pulse of what is popular with kids. By combining market research with an affordable price tag, the consoles became irresistible to kids.
These handheld gizmos had limited playability, but they still can make for some spooky fun when you’re bored. Below are the 3 spookiest handhelds on the market in the ’90s.
The Addams Family (1991)
The game has four levels for the player to master, where you have to help Uncle Fester find the hidden treasure, by looking behind creepy doors and hidden passages.
Goosebumps Haunted Headstone game (1996)
This is a Goosebumps hash of the classic Simon Says game. Each button is identifiable by a unique sound, rather than the traditional lighting up of the buttons on the original.
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (1998)
The plot is a condensed version of that found in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. Richter Belmont abruptly vanishes one day.
Shaft, the dark priest, resurrected Castlevania and Dracula. Alucard battles his way through the castle until he finds his father and confronts him.
