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Electronic Quarterback is a handheld electronic game made by Coleco in 1978. It is powered by a 9-volt battery or an AC adaptor, and it differentiated itself from the other similar handheld electronic American football games of the era, notably Mattel Electronics' version, by having two blockers and giving the quarterback the ability to pass.
The gaming world may be heading to the digital space, but GameStop refuses to leave the classics behind. The video game retail company is turning some of its stores into "GameStop Retro" locations ...
Handheld electronic games are interactive electronic games, often miniaturized versions of video games, that are played on portable handheld devices, known as handheld game consoles, whose controls, display and speakers are all part of a single unit.
Tiger Electronics has been part of the Hasbro toy company since 1998. [8] [9] Hasbro paid approximately $335 million for the acquisition. [10]In 2000, Tiger was licensed to provide a variety of electronics with the Yahoo! brand name, including digital cameras, webcams, and a "Hits Downloader" that made music from the Internet (mp3s, etc.) accessible through Tiger's assorted "HitClips" players ...
It uses one watch battery to store data and 2 AAA batteries to run the games. The R-Zone XPG (short for Xtreme Pocket Game) is a completely handheld version of the console, released in 1997. [4] It lacks a headset, and instead projects the display onto a mirrored surface directly above the game controller area on the unit.
Merlin (also known as Merlin The Electronic Wizard, stylized as MERLIN) is a handheld electronic game first made by Parker Brothers in 1978. The game was invented by former NASA employee Bob Doyle, his wife Holly, and brother-in-law Wendl Thomis. [ 4 ]
Mattel pioneered the category of handheld electronic video games when it released Auto Race in 1976. [2] [9] [10] It was the first in a line of sports handhelds including Football, Baseball, Basketball, Soccer, and Hockey, as well as non-sports games. In Battlestar Galactica Space Alert, the gear switch of Auto Race is replaced with a red fire ...
An arcade baseball game incorporating a pitching machine. [2] It was among Japan's top ten highest-grossing arcade games of 1980. [3] Sweet Licks: April 1981: Yes Yes Yes Pic Pac: November 1984: Yes Features musical robot band. [4] A video game version Robot Band PicPac is included in Namco Museum Vol. 4 (1996). Sweet Land: June 1987: Yes Gator ...