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The fat fanned deck of question-and-answer cards, graded by school grade, that quizzed you on math, science, English, and history. The gifted-kid flex, the backseat road-trip time-killer, and the thing a teacher pulled out to make learning feel like a game.
Single-purpose LCD pocket machines made by Radica — Draw Poker, Blackjack, Slots — with beeping electronic casino sounds. Sold at drugstores and airports, they were the endless video-poker game in your pocket, played on car trips and under the dinner table.
The Klondike card game that shipped with virtually every Windows PC — and quietly taught a generation how to use a mouse. The real reward was winning: the whole deck cascading off the stacks and bouncing across the screen.