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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Ho-ho-ho no! I broke the coolest Christmas present I ever got

Remember those hand-held electronic sports games from about 35 years ago?
Unless you're an old dude like me, chances are you don't. But, believe me, they were cool. Maybe not cool by 2011 standards, but back in the mid-1970s they were hotter than Charlie's Angels and trendier than Farrah Fawcett's hairdo.
If memory serves (and sometimes it doesn't) Mattel made a football, basketball and a baseball version. They were played on these rather bulky hand-held devices that essentially featured no graphics at all. Instead, there was a series of flashing lights controlled by pressing arrows up and down, back and forward. They also beeped and played some sort of a tune when you scored a touchdown, hit a home run or made a basket.