Nintendo Mini Games series (ミニゲームシリーズ) (1971-76)

In the early 70s Nintendo ran a line of cheap portable toys called the ‘Mini Game’ series. I guess they were the pre-digital equivalent of the Game Boy, the scaled down portable brethren of the company’s home based products.

More can be read about them on the Before Mario blog.

I managed to pick up a selection a few years ago, they are all new and sealed in their hang tab boxes, though the packaging obviously has a lot of shelf wear, and the glue holding the plastic to the cardboard has given way in many cases so they’re not really ‘sealed’ anymore.

Here are some from my collection.

Hockey Game