Submitted by Stephen G, windex man.

No old school arcade would be complete without a Hoop It Up Game. And what a great name, too! I haven’t come across one of these in awhile, but if I did, it’d have my tokens!

Submitted by Stephen G, hot shot.

Much like real basketball, the point of Hot Shot Basketball was to get the ball through the hoop. The difference was that, in the Hot Shot version, you were using a miniscule “launcher” to flick the ball through a tiny little plastic net. So much less effort than throwing a heavy orange ball toward a really high net! As a side note, the game pictured above is advertised as a “travel” game. I have to wonder how many little basketballs were lost under the bucket seats in minivans around the world…

Submitted by Laura V, gone fishin’:

The object of the game was to take your little fishing pole, which had a magnet as a lure, and try to catch as many fish as you could before the other kid caught more. The tricky thing was that the fish ’swam’ (spun around in a circle) and their mouths opened and closed (blocking the magnet inside). Oh it was tricky and surprisingly noisy (the game alone was noisy but the cuss words of frustration added to the noise). The fun of the game only lasted about twenty minutes before it became boring.

Wow, you Once Upon a Winners do love your magnetic fishing games. The travel edition, good for playing in the backseat of your parents’ minivan on long road trips, in featured above. You can also check out the full-sized board game edition, Let’s Go Fishin’.

Submitted by Amber H, who broke her elastic string.

A wooden paddle, an elastic string, and a ball. When those elements combine, there is only one thing that can happen: EPIC FUN!!! I’m sure that nearly every child played paddle ball at some point in their youth. It really is one one those universal toys, perhaps because it is so simple and accessible. Just be careful not to use too much force; it is still possible to hurt yourself with the ball, even though it is attached to a string. I would know.

Submitted by Kenny O, bubbly:

Every old school Chuck E. Cheese had one of these USA VS USSR. Bubble Hockey tables.

If Air Hockey and Fussball had had a lovechild, they may have called it Bubble Hockey. Or maybe not. They might have gone more traditional and decided on “Jimmy.” Who can say?