Smallball! Handheld Sports Games of the 1970s and 1980s
They were incredibly rudimentary...and eternally lovable. Herewith, a tribute.
Electronic Baseball Game Housing
Regency Electronics, patent filed March 3rd, 1980
I’ve never seen any of Regency’s games in person, so I can’t vouch for how play compared to the counterparts from Coleco and Mattel. But you gotta love a baseball game shaped like…a baseball. The company also made a football-shaped football game and a basketball-shaped Harlem Globetrotters one.
By Harry McCracken | Monday, March 30, 2009 at 12:34 am
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