{"id":1175,"date":"2015-11-30T15:55:44","date_gmt":"2015-11-30T20:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/?p=1175"},"modified":"2015-11-30T16:34:07","modified_gmt":"2015-11-30T21:34:07","slug":"retro-scan-of-the-week-tiger-gamecom-10-rebate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/archives\/1175\/retro-scan-of-the-week-tiger-gamecom-10-rebate","title":{"rendered":"[ Retro Scan of the Week ]<\/span> Tiger Game.com $10 Rebate"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Tiger<\/a>I need to start a historical coupon collection<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Apparently I ripped this Tiger Game.com<\/a> $10 rebate coupon off the back of some unknown cereal box around 1997 or 1998. I found it recently in the papers cleaned out from my childhood desk.<\/p>\n

The Tiger Game.com seemed like a neat machine when I first read about it — with its touch screen and potential for “Internet access<\/a>” — but it ended up being a major let-down.<\/p>\n

I did eventually get a Game.Com — I could have sworn I got it on clearance at K-Mart or Toys’R’Us (but I didn’t mention that in this earlier post<\/a>)…or maybe it was a birthday present from my dad in 1998. Despite buying many Game.com games over the next few years on clearance, I pretty much only played the built-in Solitaire<\/em> game on it. But that was fun enough.<\/p>\n

I remember thinking something along the lines of “For the price I paid for it, it’s a pretty good solitaire machine.” So maybe I did get my first Game.com on clearance. It’s sad that my memory is fading like this. I can typically remember how and when I got everything in my collection. I will have to look through my papers later and see if I have a receipt for it. That could shed some light on things.<\/p>\n

See my previous Retro Scan posts about the Game.com (listed below) for more of my stories about this odd console. It’s the only video game console I ever used to call a BBS<\/a>. Now that’s odd.<\/p>\n

[ From a random cereal box, circa 1997-1998 ]<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n

Discussion Topic of the Week:<\/strong> Did you buy a Tiger Game.Com in the 1990s? What did you think about it?<\/p>\n

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\nSee Also:<\/em>
\nTiger Game.com<\/a> (RSOTW, 2010)
\nGame.com Internet Module<\/a> (RSOTW, 2012)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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