 "Lazer
Tag" was a product created in 1986 by Worlds of Wonder (see
animated logo to the right). Check out the photo of Don
Kingsborough, the WoW founder.
Using Lazer Tag equipment,
players can shoot sensors worn by other players to "tag" them.
If you're tagged a certain number of times, you're out. 
The Worlds of Wonder Lazer Tag equipment uses a 57.6 kHz
carrier frequency modulated with a 1.8 kHz signal.
Worlds of Wonder ceased production of Lazer Tag equipment when
it went out of business in 1988.
However, the term "laser tag"
remained to be used to describe many games of the same kind.
Ten years
later, Tiger Electronics licensed the Lazer Tag brand and
began producing its own Lazer Tag equipment.
Tiger Toys, picked up the license to
use the Lazer Tag logo and produce
Lazer Tag guns.
Unfortunately these new
guns are not backwardly compatible.
Other
companies started producing tag systems as well. For instance,
ToyMax's
Laser Challenge line, Playmates/Sega Lock-On, and Tomy's
Electronic Survivor Shot, etc. These, however, are designed
for use by children rather than for commercial purposes.
So whether you are old enough
to remember the original toy or simply must have the latest
innovation by
Battlefield Sports, outdoor lasertag is a lot of fun.
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