Smallball! Handheld Sports Games of the 1970s and 1980s
They were incredibly rudimentary...and eternally lovable. Herewith, a tribute.
Coleco Pro-Action Football Commercial
Early 1960s
The handheld electronic games that arrived in the late 1970s were spiritual descendants of electric games such as these Coleco football ones, which used a motor to vibrate the playing field and send the players skittering randomly. Let’s just ignore the O.J. Simpson cameo in this ad, shall we?
By Harry McCracken | Monday, March 30, 2009 at 12:34 am
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