My Oldest Toy : Bandai Ultraman LSI Game

I am going to start of my blog with the oldest toy in my collection, Bandai Ultraman LSI Game. I think I have this thing with me since I was 4 years old (It came out in 1983), which means about 27 years!

This game predates all the Family Computers, Nintendos, Sega Mega Drives, PS1, PS2, PSP, PS3 and X-boxes. This thing came out when hand-held game consoles were the rage in those days. Remember games like Heli-Battle, Western Bar by Casio? So I guess you can call it one of the ancestors of the modern day PSP console.

Sad to say that this game is no longer in working condition. When i tried it recently, it can't be switched on...It was a simple game where you just put in 4 AA size batteries or plug in the DC power cable and you can start playing. There is a "Open" button where you press and the LCD screen "Pops-Up".

The game play is simple. First Stage, you start off as "Hayata", the human form of Ultraman and you move across the screen trying to avoid a UFO that shoots at you. When you gained enough points, you will be able to transform into Ultraman by using the "Beta Capsule". Second Stage is where you fight different monsters that appeared in the show like Zetton and Ele-King. The third stage is where you fight Alien Baltan and you will use the Ultraman's signature finishing move, the "Spacium Ray" to kill him! Once that is done, you will transform back to Hayata and start all over again. All these game play is done with the main tune of the Ultraman's show in the background, sweet nostalgia.... :)

The game play can be seen at the side of the box

The game console before and after the screen is "popped up"

Instructions manual for the game, looks well-aged
My brother actually used this image to print on a T-shirt

Though all the words are in Japanese, I love all the pictures in the manual!