A gorgeous relic and one of the earliest board games based on a shopping mall. The game board actually looks like a then-contemporary mall directory. I worked in a couple of malls during and after high school and remember quite a few of these stores, especially Waldenbooks, where I spent a lot of time as a kid. Kaufmann’s was an east coast chain, and so was Circus World Toys.
Also check out two other mall-themed board games, Dawn of the Dead (1978) and Electronic Mall Madness (1989), the former based on the classic zombie film directed by George A. Romero.
(Images via eBay)
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Great game. I love the use of the actual store names. B. Dalton and Waldenbooks were always destinations at the mall for me when I was a kid. Spent hours browsing (and reading. Hey kid, this ain’t a library!) I found an “Electronic Mall Madness” game at a thrift store a couple years ago.
Did the game work?
It worked great. Played it a couple times with my kids then sold it on eBay.
Another thing I noticed on that game cover that made me laugh was the “Wild Pair” store. I used to work for the company that owned them, Edison Brothers Stores in St. Louis. They owned them along with 5-7-9, J. Riggins, Bakers Shoes, Time Out arcades, and a handful of other mall and retail stores.
I also see a Radio Shack. In the late 70’s early 80’s that was my dream store (I actually still have my copy of the 1982 catalogue).
You know all of those are online? They’re glorious.
http://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/
That they are! I have seen that site. What amazes me is when I open it up I remember everything in there in the electronics section (in 1982 I was too young to buy everything I wanted, I was just a paperboy!).
I probably spent hours or days looking at those things!