Vintage Handheld Games

I have kept a reproduction of Classic Football 2 at my desk for years. (I can’t believe that the “Buy it now” price on Amazon for this item is $75.)

So I was really ecstatic to see that we have a ton of these handheld games, and their original boxes, in our living room (a.k.a. library) at litl.

I have always been fascinated at the ingenuity of these handheld games. They use very basic controls and a dozen or two LEDs to make an enjoyable representation of the real game. Of course it isn’t anything like the playing Madden 2011, but it was a feat of engineering in its time and was good gameplay.