Kids today can't conceive of the absolute froth and frenzy we had for these little dots and games. It blew our little minds completely off of our heads. Hours and hours were dedicated to just Football 1. Football 2, Basketball, Baseball, Hockey and Soccer came along and were great fun but they didn't have the 'newness' that Football 1 and Auto Racing did. It was the 1st glorious step into video and electronic games!!!
After my father left us, in the mid-70s, our family spoiled us. It wasn't all that common to see fathers leave yet as that was more a Boomer Generation thing (and every generation since) Anyway, my Father (when we'd see him) my Mother and my Grandparents would buy us handheld games and Star Wars figures. Christmas was always magical. I remember Coleco Football, Coleco Donkey Kong, Pac Man & Frogger. There were two of us, so they'd just buy us different games. We'd end up with all of them. There was also Blip, Simon, Digital Derby and so on. From the mid-70s to the early 80s things felt so special. Every year there was something a little better. We grew up in such a cool era.
When you showed the table with all the games, I saw the racing one and pointed to it yelling "That one! I had that one!". I played that thing constantly.
Yess , I'm sitting here smiling ear to ear because I'm 41 and did remember playing these games like I sure did playem, it's crazy because I actually forgot about these games wow yes the memories, 85- 91 was the best hand held games, I even seen little mermaid hand held and I did play that one a lot, double dragon etc
My brother had the Football 1 game. In Supertramp's song, "The Logical Song," you can hear the sound of a missed field goal, which is two blows of the whistle. I had the auto racing game and the baseball game. Fun times! I also remember an electronic pinball game called "Wildfire." That was fun and I played it for hours and hours.
I am 52 years old and have around 60 of these classic handheld & table top games. Some of them kept from my childhood and others I acquired through the years. I still play them as much as I look at them on display. Without a doubt its nostalgia for me however I much prefer playing these games for fun rather than the current movie looking games that have no game play. I guess only the kids born in the 70's may understand me. Thank you for the video review.
Had the Football 2 game and I seem to remember that there was an extra hard level that you could get by holding one of the buttons down while turning the game on. Can’t remember the combination though.
Mattel football, man if you had one of those especially at school back in the early 80's you were rockin. The touchdown score is burned into my psyche.
He wasn't playing it right though. You gotta jam straight up to 4th gear. I think my best time was 27 from what I recall. Those games were awesome back in 1978 waiting for the school bus. Various friends and I had Auto Race, Hockey, Football 2, Baseball, and Basketball. The Basketball, Hockey, and Soccer were the same board and case, just different colors.
Don’t open it. Your Redline isn’t broken. It just requires you to hold the gear button down while pressing start then the Lights will work to simulate a countdown. If you just want to test all the lights, you can also hold gear and gas down together as you power on the system. Hope that works for you. Great video.
I have been searching for a certain football game that I had in the very early 80s. Probably around 1980 to 82. It was a handheld game. But the unique feature was that It had a big rolling ball on it that you would spin to Advance the player.Another person would play defense to try to tackle you as you moved across the screen. The player on the screen was actually quite large. I cannot find this game anywhere.
I owned a Coleco football and Pulsonic baseball games also. I vaguely remember having a Coleco head to head baseball but can't remember if it was mine or I borrowed it.
Try holding down the Gear button and then press the start to get it started. Then you just release the gear button when light goes green to put it in 1st gear.
Think theirs a Donkey Kong Jr. If I recall the jump button easnt consistent straight out of the box. They are kind of cheesy but I'm glad they made the recreation ones.
Honestly Football 2 looks SO much better than the Tiger Electronics I grew up with in the 90s. Sure it's just dots, but the gameplay seems solid and actually fun to play. Only issue is everyone being the same color, that would confuse me for sure.
I have two 1977 Football's. One just says "Football". The other says "Football I", and also has an AC input jack. Can't find too much on the actual release dates or anything else. All I could find out was that they modified the original and released it along with, or after Football II but kept the copyright date the same. Do you have any insight? Are there any "Football I"s that don't have an AC in? I can't see in the video if yours does.
Dam straight they were awful. They were awful good. On the football ones you could pass the ball. And a crowd cheered might have been advanced football.
I'm 53 and had these games first run. Man those were great fun back in the day. I'm proud to say they were much more fun than todays games.
You gotta be 45 or older to remember/appreciate these games! Hard to believe we considered this cutting edge when we were kids!
Pushing 50! I spent a lot of time with theses handhelds!
Yess
We didn't think LED games were cutting edge. We had Commodore 64. I did love my football game even if it had 64k less ram.
It was cutting edge!
lcd games are cutting edge in my opinion, especially the first one and football i/ii. definitely better than the average mobile game
Kids today can't conceive of the absolute froth and frenzy we had for these little dots and games. It blew our little minds completely off of our heads. Hours and hours were dedicated to just Football 1. Football 2, Basketball, Baseball, Hockey and Soccer came along and were great fun but they didn't have the 'newness' that Football 1 and Auto Racing did. It was the 1st glorious step into video and electronic games!!!
The redline game still works. You have to hit gear and start at the same time to start the race. You don’t hit just start.
After my father left us, in the mid-70s, our family spoiled us. It wasn't all that common to see fathers leave yet as that was more a Boomer Generation thing (and every generation since) Anyway, my Father (when we'd see him) my Mother and my Grandparents would buy us handheld games and Star Wars figures. Christmas was always magical. I remember Coleco Football, Coleco Donkey Kong, Pac Man & Frogger. There were two of us, so they'd just buy us different games. We'd end up with all of them. There was also Blip, Simon, Digital Derby and so on. From the mid-70s to the early 80s things felt so special. Every year there was something a little better. We grew up in such a cool era.
I was a great time to be alive!
These were the game boys of our times.
When you showed the table with all the games, I saw the racing one and pointed to it yelling "That one! I had that one!". I played that thing constantly.
I had football 2. Great game! Thank you for posting Tim!
Football 2 by Mattel was a great game!
That Football I game brought back memories. Lot of time put into that.
Same here! Took it every I went back in the day!
my uncle had some of these....they are actually fun to play...for 13 seconds
I LOVE THIS!!!! I had every one of these games as a kid! This brings back awesome memories! THANKS!!!!
BourgeoisPhotography thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed video
Yess , I'm sitting here smiling ear to ear because I'm 41 and did remember playing these games like I sure did playem, it's crazy because I actually forgot about these games wow yes the memories, 85- 91 was the best hand held games, I even seen little mermaid hand held and I did play that one a lot, double dragon etc
Hello how are you
I was born in the 2000s and grew up with a psp, but it is really fun seeing how our parents grew up.
My brother had the Football 1 game. In Supertramp's song, "The Logical Song," you can hear the sound of a missed field goal, which is two blows of the whistle. I had the auto racing game and the baseball game. Fun times! I also remember an electronic pinball game called "Wildfire." That was fun and I played it for hours and hours.
I had the car racing game and had completely forgotten about it. Thanks for the flashback to my childhood. Now I’m off to my piano lesson.
Welcome! We had some great electronic games back in the day!!
@@timstinyarcade170 We sure did. I’m 55 years old. I had the first football game too.
Bring me back to those rainy days when I was a kid in the house mastering coleco Collegiate stadium football
The things we did to make these games feel real, pretty amazing!
I'm 55 and this actually entertained us 😁
I am 52 years old and have around 60 of these classic handheld & table top games. Some of them kept from my childhood and others I acquired through the years. I still play them as much as I look at them on display. Without a doubt its nostalgia for me however I much prefer playing these games for fun rather than the current movie looking games that have no game play. I guess only the kids born in the 70's may understand me. Thank you for the video review.
Thanks my friend!
I found this in my uncle’s junk pile in the 90s, and played it all the time. Great memories!
I had both of those Mattel electonic football games back in the early 1980s. They were so much fun.
Great games! Spent a lot of my childhood playing theses!
Had the Football 2 game and I seem to remember that there was an extra hard level that you could get by holding one of the buttons down while turning the game on. Can’t remember the combination though.
My all time favorite hand held game was the Matelle football game. I always wanted a Coleco but never had one as a kid.
Same here! So happy to find Donkey Kong and now on the hunt for some of the other machines!
I loved the lights and would sometimes play in a dark closet!
get that funny memory feeling when I hear, and see those games sounds, and visuals
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Mattel football, man if you had one of those especially at school back in the early 80's you were rockin. The touchdown score is burned into my psyche.
Still love that game today!!
Yah I had all those except redline and the car racing one. Good times.
I had football 1 and basketball.. Great fun back in the day. :)
Red Line was my jam back in the day, my friends and I played that one for years, well into our high school years...
Hmmm... now I need to find one...
Mattel Hockey and Coleco Electronic Quarterback were my two favorites.
Great games!
Thank u for video I’m 53 and had all of them
You’re welcome! Glad you enjoyed!
Loved them all !
Lot of great games!
Mattel Auto Race!
First fully electronic handheld game.
played the heck out of that one and Coleco Electronic Quarterback back in the late 70s.
He wasn't playing it right though. You gotta jam straight up to 4th gear. I think my best time was 27 from what I recall. Those games were awesome back in 1978 waiting for the school bus. Various friends and I had Auto Race, Hockey, Football 2, Baseball, and Basketball. The Basketball, Hockey, and Soccer were the same board and case, just different colors.
every timeline starts with mattel auto race!
Born in 75... love this!
Don’t open it. Your Redline isn’t broken. It just requires you to hold the gear button down while pressing start then the Lights will work to simulate a countdown. If you just want to test all the lights, you can also hold gear and gas down together as you power on the system. Hope that works for you. Great video.
I’ll have to give a try. I never did open it. Thanks
I have been searching for a certain football game that I had in the very early 80s. Probably around 1980 to 82. It was a handheld game. But the unique feature was that It had a big rolling ball on it that you would spin to Advance the player.Another person would play defense to try to tackle you as you moved across the screen. The player on the screen was actually quite large. I cannot find this game anywhere.
I don’t remember seeing that one but sounds fun! I’ll see if i can do some research and look it up
56-year-old here I had a lot of these in the late 70s- early 80s
Great memories!! 54 here!
Hours playing the Coleco Electronic Quarterback! Also loved both Football 1 and 2
Played that football game in high school in the 80s
That's cool saying that I remember that from years ago when I was a kid
I had football two. Once I learned how to pass, it became a fun game.
Great game!
I remember playing football 2 growing up
I still own the football II game which I was quite good at in the day... best handheld every made I think :_)
Football 2 was the best. Played the others, but never physically held Red Line or the first one. No one I knew had them.
Redline was so awesome.
Love it! The sounds were awesome also
I had the frogger game like the donkey Kong game. I had some rechargeable ni-cad batteries. lol
The American football game is the one from That 70s show that Kelso was playing.
Love this game!
I owned a Coleco football and Pulsonic baseball games also. I vaguely remember having a Coleco head to head baseball but can't remember if it was mine or I borrowed it.
Great games!
Still have my BattleStar Galactica games.
Try holding down the Gear button and then press the start to get it started. Then you just release the gear button when light goes green to put it in 1st gear.
I have that football game now
Man, I am so pleased I was born in 2023 I missed all this rubish period.
I used to have Autoracing in 1979!
6 year old me could not, for the life of me, figure out that damned Mattel Football game.
I had all of these except for of course the Coleco tabletops because our parents were too cheap 😂 but I have them all now! Mwahaha
Coleco tabletops where hot item back in the day!
@@timstinyarcade170 none of this high res graphics and sound nonsense!
@@timstinyarcade170 only the spoiled rich kids got them they were $60 bucks!
Think theirs a Donkey Kong Jr.
If I recall the jump button easnt consistent straight out of the box.
They are kind of cheesy but I'm glad they made the recreation ones.
Honestly Football 2 looks SO much better than the Tiger Electronics I grew up with in the 90s. Sure it's just dots, but the gameplay seems solid and actually fun to play. Only issue is everyone being the same color, that would confuse me for sure.
Football 2 is one of my favorites!
Auto racing goes 4 laps go as fast as you can the counter is your time. When you finish 4th lap that's how few last you went with the timer on top
i love them😍😍😍😍😍
for the footbal...why didn't they have the runner in a different colour? All same color looks too bloody confusing.
I was so fascinated by these games and was compelled to own at least one. Until the NES was invented.
I have two 1977 Football's. One just says "Football". The other says "Football I", and also has an AC input jack. Can't find too much on the actual release dates or anything else. All I could find out was that they modified the original and released it along with, or after Football II but kept the copyright date the same. Do you have any insight? Are there any "Football I"s that don't have an AC in? I can't see in the video if yours does.
Wtf i still have the green football one. I’ve never been able to figure out how to play it
These games look awful but I appreciate you sharing this with me, it was still cool to see them.
Dam straight they were awful. They were awful good.
On the football ones you could pass the ball.
And a crowd cheered might have been advanced football.
I was unbeatable at football one and 2.
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Car game is annoying sound wise for parents backbthen
Pretty loud game for sure
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