Retro LED Football
Oh, man does this take me back! I spent hour after hour playing the original handheld LED football game – working on my offensive fake-out and hammering the arrow keys into dust.
Now, I can play the game on my iPod Touch. Sure hope I don’t put my finger through the touch screen…
Yes! My mother threw my out and I never forgave. All will be forgotten now. Thanks.
Sweet! This was the first electronic game I ever got. My grandmother got it for me for Christmas and I played that thing until the keys were worn bare. I am getting this right now.
I love the “Easy/Hard” switch.
I don’t know why that’s so much funnier than choosing a setting on your X-box. But the fact it’s a switch is hilarious to me.
Dean, maybe be grateful your Mom threw yours out. Mine didn’t, and this summer on my last trip to see her, with my kids in tow, she tried to pawn them off on my kids. The older one, who already has a Nintendo DS, tried it for a few seconds and then just looked at her kind of cock-eyed. I tried to explain to him that when I was a kid, this was The Bomb. Which seemed only to confirm to him that Dad was a lame video game player
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@D’Arcy,
Love your response to the evil spammer, but love this hand held football came even more. I got one of these in the early, early 80s, could it have been as early as 80? Loved it, played it for hours, days, weeks on end, the graphics sucked the game play is ludicrous by today’s standards, but damn it it was fun. And I was taken my the fact that I could replicate the idea of a stand up video game in my palm. We’ve come a long way, and I wonder if the wonder is still with us?
Awesome post, brings back the memories and you know how I love nostalgia.