But the 80s was also the first gadget decade of the PC, portable electronics like the Walkman and handheld consoles like Gameboy. Today, most of the top 80s gadgets have joined leg warmers and parachute pants in historys dustbin (aka eBay ). A recent article on Trendingbuffalo .com shows how nearly every product in a 1991 Radio Shack ad is now just one small feature of a smartphone.