What is Lazer Tag?
Lazer Tag is a product created in 1986 by Worlds of Wonder, the company who also produced Teddy Ruxpin. 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. Worlds of Wonder ceased production of Lazer Tag equipment when it went out of business in either 1987 or 1988. However, the term “laser tag” remained to be used to describe many games of the same kind. (For example, “Kleenex” and “Band Aid” are used to describe similar products from other brands.) To tell the two apart, Lazer Tag is capitalized and spelled with a “z” when referring to the product; laser tag is lowercase and spelled with an “s” when referring to the general game of using “laser” weapons. Ten years later, Tiger Electronics licensed the Lazer Tag brand and began producing its own Lazer Tag equipment. It is still being produced to this day. • What Lazer Tag equipment has been produced? See the Equipment section of this web site
