BAMBINO

With some of the coolest case designs ever made Bambino games have to be a collectors' favourite. They made a total of 11 games from around 1979-1980. Also notable for being one of the first manufacturers to use VFD displays where sprites were made from shaped coloured bulbs (Vacuum Fluorescent Display).

UFO Master was their first game and is of course the standard space invaders clone in a competely original case design. The actual size of the screen was quite small so the cases were probably an attempt to make there games more interesting as there are hugely oversized compared to the actual inner workings.

This case design was used for three games: Football, Superstar Football and Basketball.

Race N Chase is a huge handheld game and is nearly impossible on the hardest setting. You have to try and catch a gunman on a motorcycle while dodging the oncoming cars.

This style of case was perhaps less extravagent than the other models but still has plenty of style. Other games using this type of case were: Knock'em Out Boxing and Soccer KicK the Goal.

Safari is the only game to use this shape case. Simple gameplay which involves trapping animals in a cage.