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Retro games

The first instalment of our favourite toys and 'bored' games that saw us through many a rainy day before videogames eventually took over the world.
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  • Rubik's Cube
  • Barrell of Monkeys
  • Buckaroo
  • Battleship
  • Air Hockey
  • Speak & Spell
  • Wizzzer
  • Simon
  • Klackers
  • Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots
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Rubik's Cube
Rubik's Cube
It's 30 years since Hungarian university lecturer Erno Rubik unleashed his mind-boggling coloured cube on an unsuspecting public. Within weeks of its launch in 1980, it went global - and today it remains the most popular puzzle in the world.

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