Yeah, I had a blast playing Football after all these years, still has some great gameplay! So I was glad to get a chance to shine a light on this overlooked corner of game history - thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts. Please consider subscribing - I have some really crazy obscure 70s and 80s video gaming history coming out soon!
Oh, thanks so much! Tell me, which Tiger was it? I have to admit, after doing this video, I kind of want to cover more of them, and the weird and interesting ways they came up with to invent new gameplay with such limited tech. By the way - did you recognize the guy in the Coleco commercial?
@@Charles_Groebs - oh geez I didn't expect that, what did you recognize him from? Very cool on the Batmobile; "all you did was..." - well, of course it was an LCD game - my fondness for those is almost more in the brands and licenses of the games, as it was difficult to find much gameplay innovation and fun in the actual gameplay (though of course I only played so many of them, with so many hundreds that came out, can you ever know if you missed something innovative?). But still, even the LCDs give me a warm fuzzy
Rad video Jason, thanks for sharing. You blew my mind. The details you spoke of is exactly what I remember. I had a Coleco football one year and then headed to headed the next. Man I felt like a king. I remember being disappointed when I didn’t see a newer version. And remember the stories you speak of Wow. Perhaps there were newer models. But Mom and Dad might not have been able to afford another on Christmas. I can tell you that they were a stepping stone towards an Atari. And like you said. Playing the arcade games for a didn’t feel as the handheld games did. Using thumbs were king. Your the man Jason thanks again. You’ve reminded me of my Kickin go and big yellow AM FM stereo headphones. lol
Randy, thank you so much for chiming in with your memories! These are the stories that built the handheld industry, paving the way for the games that would come later. And hey, since you're a sea fisherman, you might be interested in my upcoming video on the 70s shark games spurred on by the movie Jaws, buddy! But seriously, loved hearing your memories about these old games and so jazzed that my memories spurred you to chime in, thanks so much again for sharing!
Ahhhhhh... food for the soul. Literally the best thing I ever hear from the comments is "I didn't know that", or that it brought an old thought back to the forefront of the mind. Thank you so much for your comment, while this vid was back in my rudimentary stage of the channel, I did this vid bc I thought it was an important part of game history that is totally ignored. To hear that a viewer was so enthused by the vid to go out and re-acquaint themselves with this area of game history is fricking awesome. Thank you @shadowpapito I'm so glad you liked the vid, I'm just sorry that it was still in my early days and could be more polished, like my later/current videos. Rock on, friend!
I can relate - I so wish I still had all mine as well, but it was a fun stroll down memory lane doing this video and diving into some of the context of why they're so important in game history. You might also like my History of Mechanical Pong - I cover the Blip handheld in that one! And I've got more obscure 70s/80s game history coming soon, please consider subscribing!
Football (greeb one) had pro 3 and pro 4 speeds. You would hold down a button when starting the game and you would the speed of 3 and 4. Unfortunately i don’t remember the sequence.
Wow, I never heard of that! Thanks for chiming in, and for watching - I've got a lot of really early and obscure console and handheld game history coming soon, please consider subscribing!
I totally remember baseball - waiting for that pitch, trying to time the swing. The brown case, man that brings back memories. But they ARE available on emulator today!
I fail to understand why you're comparing sales between the Mattel Football and the 2600. The Atari was far more expensive. Of course the sales would be slower when compared to a low priced handheld.
It's not a dig on Atari - Atari was probably the quickest selling non-dedicated console. I was just trying to show that at one point in video game history, the LED handhelds were having a larger impact on the tech gaming industry. Of course Atari went on to peak at 6 mil units/yr, but also it's price was dropping every year too - but I would imagine that once you include cartridges and peripherals, the giant we know as Atari had a bigger impact, but in the early days when tech gaming was still getting going - these lower tech, lower priced games were a better entry point for a lot of people. And keep in mind - I only looked up sales numbers for Mattel - you throw Coleco and Bandai and many others into the mix - these handhelds were a huge profit mover that helped introduce tech gaming to the world. Sorry if the comparison seemed inapt.
Is anyone familiar with the head to head hand held electronic football game where the players were shaped as an “S” I can’t remember the maker of it. However I hand that one.
Coleco made head to head. I remember loving this one because you could switch between pass or rush formations but you could cheat and switch after the start of the play so you had a blocker in front of you even though the defense was set for pass. Easy firs t down. It was a much larger handheld so two people could play with each other but you could also play single player. There was also a baseball game for two people. That one had a little control box you could separate from the main device and it had the pitching controls. You could tell if a pitch was a strike or ball based on the tone and once you played enough you could time the hit based on hearing the pitch. You didn't need to look at the screen.
Despise these remakes. Many are riddled with bugs and the LCD display not only pales in comparison to the original BRIGHT LEDs but is so washed out that it ruins the experience for me.
Well, then let me apologize for not realizing I was using a remake in the video; my intent was to get an original and I don't even know if I knew threre were modern repros of this when I started it, I started it because my bro made me play this with him (I did another video on that), but it wasn't until after the video was up that someone told me the audio jack was an addition for the repro (I think I noted this in the corrections in the pinned comment). BUT - this is one of the most important games of ALL TIME, it create the thumb-based D-button, it established the sales market that the LCD and eventually Game Boy handhelds would inherit. You know, I didn't even want to get Football II; my memory of the clicky Football 1 buttons was so strong, as I mentioned in the video, but I felt I needed to do the full d-buttons and "passing" for the video.
I have them all collected as well Classics and I love them I still play with them. Being 52 years old anyway
Yeah, I had a blast playing Football after all these years, still has some great gameplay! So I was glad to get a chance to shine a light on this overlooked corner of game history - thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts. Please consider subscribing - I have some really crazy obscure 70s and 80s video gaming history coming out soon!
Great Work Jason. I literally was digging through some boxes and found one of my old Tiger Electronic games.
Oh, thanks so much! Tell me, which Tiger was it? I have to admit, after doing this video, I kind of want to cover more of them, and the weird and interesting ways they came up with to invent new gameplay with such limited tech. By the way - did you recognize the guy in the Coleco commercial?
HeroJournalism Yeah I recognized the guy. And it was an old Batman game where all you did was drive the Batmobile
@@Charles_Groebs - oh geez I didn't expect that, what did you recognize him from?
Very cool on the Batmobile; "all you did was..." - well, of course it was an LCD game - my fondness for those is almost more in the brands and licenses of the games, as it was difficult to find much gameplay innovation and fun in the actual gameplay (though of course I only played so many of them, with so many hundreds that came out, can you ever know if you missed something innovative?). But still, even the LCDs give me a warm fuzzy
Rad video Jason, thanks for sharing. You blew my mind. The details you spoke of is exactly what I remember. I had a Coleco football one year and then headed to headed the next. Man I felt like a king. I remember being disappointed when I didn’t see
a newer version.
And remember the stories you speak of Wow. Perhaps there were newer models. But Mom and Dad might not have been able to afford another on Christmas.
I can tell you that they were a stepping stone towards an Atari.
And like you said. Playing the arcade games for a didn’t feel as the handheld games did. Using thumbs were king.
Your the man Jason thanks again.
You’ve reminded me of my Kickin go and big yellow AM FM stereo headphones. lol
Randy, thank you so much for chiming in with your memories! These are the stories that built the handheld industry, paving the way for the games that would come later. And hey, since you're a sea fisherman, you might be interested in my upcoming video on the 70s shark games spurred on by the movie Jaws, buddy! But seriously, loved hearing your memories about these old games and so jazzed that my memories spurred you to chime in, thanks so much again for sharing!
Ooooh! I forgot about Auto Race!! I might have to hit Ebay and get all of my games back.. THX
Ahhhhhh... food for the soul. Literally the best thing I ever hear from the comments is "I didn't know that", or that it brought an old thought back to the forefront of the mind. Thank you so much for your comment, while this vid was back in my rudimentary stage of the channel, I did this vid bc I thought it was an important part of game history that is totally ignored. To hear that a viewer was so enthused by the vid to go out and re-acquaint themselves with this area of game history is fricking awesome. Thank you @shadowpapito I'm so glad you liked the vid, I'm just sorry that it was still in my early days and could be more polished, like my later/current videos. Rock on, friend!
played those games in the 70's, they were great
Yeah, me too - so I wanted to shed a little bit of light on them. Thanks for watching!
I had a fireball led pinball game. I wish I still had it
I can relate - I so wish I still had all mine as well, but it was a fun stroll down memory lane doing this video and diving into some of the context of why they're so important in game history. You might also like my History of Mechanical Pong - I cover the Blip handheld in that one! And I've got more obscure 70s/80s game history coming soon, please consider subscribing!
Do you mean Wildfire Pinball? I still own that and it works.
Long live the LED Heads!!!!
Football (greeb one) had pro 3 and pro 4 speeds. You would hold down a button when starting the game and you would the speed of 3 and 4.
Unfortunately i don’t remember the sequence.
Wow, I never heard of that! Thanks for chiming in, and for watching - I've got a lot of really early and obscure console and handheld game history coming soon, please consider subscribing!
@@HeroJournalism It's the PASS button, if memory serves. Easily found with a google search for the rules.
Coleco Electronic QB took it to another level.
Ultimately my favorite.
I played the base ball back in the day. Someone needs to make roms so can play on an emulator today
I totally remember baseball - waiting for that pitch, trying to time the swing. The brown case, man that brings back memories. But they ARE available on emulator today!
Hey!! I did a review of these too!!! ;)
Where do you think I got the idea from?!?
I fail to understand why you're comparing sales between the Mattel Football and the 2600. The Atari was far more expensive. Of course the sales would be slower when compared to a low priced handheld.
It's not a dig on Atari - Atari was probably the quickest selling non-dedicated console. I was just trying to show that at one point in video game history, the LED handhelds were having a larger impact on the tech gaming industry. Of course Atari went on to peak at 6 mil units/yr, but also it's price was dropping every year too - but I would imagine that once you include cartridges and peripherals, the giant we know as Atari had a bigger impact, but in the early days when tech gaming was still getting going - these lower tech, lower priced games were a better entry point for a lot of people. And keep in mind - I only looked up sales numbers for Mattel - you throw Coleco and Bandai and many others into the mix - these handhelds were a huge profit mover that helped introduce tech gaming to the world. Sorry if the comparison seemed inapt.
Is anyone familiar with the head to head hand held electronic football game where the players were shaped as an “S” I can’t remember the maker of it. However I hand that one.
Coleco made head to head. I remember loving this one because you could switch between pass or rush formations but you could cheat and switch after the start of the play so you had a blocker in front of you even though the defense was set for pass. Easy firs t down. It was a much larger handheld so two people could play with each other but you could also play single player. There was also a baseball game for two people. That one had a little control box you could separate from the main device and it had the pitching controls. You could tell if a pitch was a strike or ball based on the tone and once you played enough you could time the hit based on hearing the pitch. You didn't need to look at the screen.
Despise these remakes. Many are riddled with bugs and the LCD display not only pales in comparison to the original BRIGHT LEDs but is so washed out that it ruins the experience for me.
Well, then let me apologize for not realizing I was using a remake in the video; my intent was to get an original and I don't even know if I knew threre were modern repros of this when I started it, I started it because my bro made me play this with him (I did another video on that), but it wasn't until after the video was up that someone told me the audio jack was an addition for the repro (I think I noted this in the corrections in the pinned comment). BUT - this is one of the most important games of ALL TIME, it create the thumb-based D-button, it established the sales market that the LCD and eventually Game Boy handhelds would inherit.
You know, I didn't even want to get Football II; my memory of the clicky Football 1 buttons was so strong, as I mentioned in the video, but I felt I needed to do the full d-buttons and "passing" for the video.