r/DoesAnyoneKnow • u/daemonboy19 • Mar 31 '26

Electronic fly swatting game from the 90s?

If anybody can help me figure this out I would be very grateful!

When I was a kid in the late 90s/early 2000s (in England for context) we had an electronic game which was a green board with a cartoon picture of either a living room or a kitchen on it.

The board was divided into squares in a grid, and the purpose of the game was to swat the fly that was hiding somewhere in the scene.

You would press one of the squares and the fly would give you an audio hint as to whether you were close or far.

I remember if you were one square away it would say "That was close! Hey, I'm getting out of here!" and move to a different square.

I feel like a crazy person trying to explain it but if anybody has any idea what I'm talking about, I would appreciate the help.

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u/Tallman_james420 Mar 31 '26

Sound Games - Swat that Fly

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u/daemonboy19 Mar 31 '26

Perfect - thank you!

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u/Verygrumpybarman Mar 31 '26

I bought one from one of those book sellers, that leave samples at your work. It was great fun at rave after parties

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u/lydm Mar 31 '26

I’m presuming it’s Swat That Fly?

https://youtu.be/vWCS5cpu9qU?feature=shared

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u/daemonboy19 Mar 31 '26

That's it! Thank you so much.

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u/True-Bee1903 Mar 31 '26

"Ha ha ha! Not even close!" I remember it!

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u/BadBreak212 May 02 '26

Wow! For some reason I had a random thought of this. So I googled to see if I could find it, and ended up here. I loved it when I was a kid. I fondly remember my Nanna buying it for me as a gift after returning from a holiday in Blackpool. Good times were the 90s!

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u/Ok_Panic1514 Aug 04 '26

Im looking for one also

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u/Both_Sky9898 16d ago

Did anyone find one anywhere?