Retsy Series 1 · Card 0197 · 80-TOY

Too Many Ovens

Three ovens. Two hands. Total meltdown.

A one-game LCD handheld where a sweaty pizza cook raced between three blinking ovens before the pies burned.

Card no.: 0197 of 1,280
Set: 80s Toys & Games · 80-TOY
Year: 1983
Type: Handheld LCD game
Found at: Catalog store electronics counter
Cost back then: $19.99

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Nostalgia9/10

Hype7/10

Weirdness5/10

Trade value6/10

The story · 1983

The story of Too Many Ovens

The screen only had about twelve possible pictures, but those blinking ovens felt like the future. Every burned pie made a sad little buzz, and three buzzes ended the game. The beeps sped up after 500 points until your thumb ached. Teachers confiscated so many during silent reading that one school kept a shoebox of them in the office until June.

Fun fact

Holding both buttons while switching it on made the cook do a little dance, a secret passed around every lunch table.

Six finishes

187 copies of Too Many Ovens exist

Too Many Ovens comes in six finishes: 100 Base, 50 Holo, 25 Laser and 10 Gold copies, plus one Super Laser and one Misprint that exist exactly once. Every copy is minted to the wallet that rips it, with its own serial number.

Too Many Ovens, Retsy card 0197 in the Base finish — **Base**100 copies · Common

Too Many Ovens, Retsy card 0197 in the Holo finish — **Holo**50 copies · Uncommon

Too Many Ovens, Retsy card 0197 in the Laser finish — **Laser**25 copies · Rare

Too Many Ovens, Retsy card 0197 in the Gold finish — **Gold**10 copies · Very rare

Too Many Ovens, Retsy card 0197 in the Super Laser finish — **Super Laser**1 copy · 1 of 1

Too Many Ovens, Retsy card 0197 in the Misprint finish — **Misprint**1 copy · 1 of 1

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