Game Time!! Remember Mattel Electronics Football 2...1978...

samspop · May 13, 2008 8:13AM

I am getting rid of all of the stuff I don't need....even though sometimes I think I still need it...

It's a little dusty, but it works fine. I even have a wall adapter on for it (with about a 15' cord!)...it will go to my eBay store tomorrow evening, but I thought I would throw it out here first. $20 delivered....

PM me if interested...

Thanks,

Elemenopeo · May 13, 2008 8:35AM

Dang, does that bring back memories. I was glued to one of those things for what may have been the better part of a year.

tennesseebanker · May 13, 2008 8:38AM

I've got a baseball somewhere, those games were more fun than the $50 games you buy today.

SoonerCowboy · May 13, 2008 8:46AM

Thank God I'm not the only one old enough to have owned these games. I still have the baseball that I've had for around 25 or more years. I bought the original football game at a local garage sale about 4 years ago.

zep33 · May 13, 2008 8:48AM

Head to Head Football FTW

69Cubs · May 13, 2008 8:49AM

Wow! My brother and I use to play that all the time, where's the Atari console?

Mike

Publius · May 13, 2008 8:49AM

<< Thank God I'm not the only one old enough to have owned these games. I still have the baseball that I've had for around 25 or more years. I bought the original football game at a local garage sale about 4 years ago. >>

My first thought too

I used to play the crap out of that game. Im sure my parents hated that as much as parents nowadays hate kids texting or listening to ipods.

Great photo samspop, thank you for that!!

joe

SoonerCowboy · May 13, 2008 9:07AM

Yep, when I was mad at my mom I would break one of the games out and would play the hell out of it. Until she made me go to my room.

Stone193 · May 13, 2008 9:10AM

That's a cool item!

Do you have the original box that it came in?

If so - what does it look like?

mike

bigred1 · May 13, 2008 9:10AM

I would rather have intellivision.

fuj · May 13, 2008 9:11AM

Wow, that brings back some great memories! I think mine is packed away somewhere in my parents house (although they may have thrown it away for all I know). I used to have the baseball and basketball game too.

samspop · May 13, 2008 9:12AM

Mike...no box, just the game. There are a few on eBay in the orginal box running for about $90....that's why I figured @ $20 shipped to you was pretty fair....I think you need this!!

Leiascards · May 13, 2008 9:23AM

Did someone say Atari??

Anyone remember the ODyssey

larryallen73 · May 13, 2008 9:29AM

I still have my Coleco Head-to-Head football game. Still works. Those were the days!

Barfvader · May 13, 2008 9:48AM

I've got one of those.

And Coleco's version of the Atari the Gemini Video Game System.

Leiascards · May 13, 2008 9:49AM

Figured you had one. We have all seen that room, would not shock me if Hoffa is not in there somewhere.. LOL

Barfvader · May 13, 2008 9:54AM

<< Figured you had one. We have all seen that room, would not shock me if Hoffa is not in there somewhere.. LOL >>

I think he might be in the closet.

samspop · May 13, 2008 10:26AM

For another $15, I will throw in this, as well....

Clemaz · May 13, 2008 10:27AM

I was more of a Coleco man. Barfvader, I am sure you have one of those in your room.

leadoff4 · May 13, 2008 10:28AM

I have the baseball and basketball Mattel games.

Stingray · May 13, 2008 10:44AM

Just to show you how old I am, we would get one of those almost every Christmas, started with getting the autorace electronics game, then football I, then football II. Dad got the basketball I game. I had the basketball II game years ago too, would love to get one of those now. That was my favorite of all the electronics games mattel made.

samspop · May 13, 2008 10:50AM

Believe it or not, I have this one, as well....minus the box...

Barfvader · May 13, 2008 11:02AM

<< I was more of a Coleco man. Barfvader, I am sure you have one of those in your room. >>

I in fact had one with the Atari adapter all in original boxes but sold that around 12 years ago.

markmac · May 13, 2008 11:15AM

I used to be unbeatable in Electronics Football 1. I could hold the ball for a full half before scoring. When the other guy got a chance to play, if he scored early, I could just hold the ball until the final seconds and score. My mom used to hate the sound of that thing.

ripkenintheminors · May 13, 2008 11:39AM

Not ashamed to admit that I've been known to have that game on a shelf in my office in the last year.

perkdog · May 13, 2008 12:04PM

The Best game HANDS DOWN was Nintendo Ice Hockey IMO!!! Any of you remember? The real big guys and their powerful slapshots, pummelling the skinny guys LOL!!

Leiascards · May 13, 2008 12:14PM

Give me a team of 4 skinny players and we could beat anyone at that game.

Downtown1974 · May 13, 2008 12:15PM

Lol. That was a great game Paul. My father and I spent many late nights playing that.

Publius · May 13, 2008 12:29PM

<< The Best game HANDS DOWN was Nintendo Ice Hockey IMO!!! Any of you remember? The real big guys and their powerful slapshots, pummelling the skinny guys LOL!!

>>

Loooooved that game Pauly!!! Great post!!

This thread is like a trip down memory lane man, love it. I had to show my wife the pictures.

Stone193 · May 13, 2008 12:32PM

<< Mike...no box, just the game. There are a few on eBay in the orginal box running for about $90....that's why I figured @ $20 shipped to you was pretty fair....I think you need this!! >>

Thanx Mike.

But, I'm not ready to go to the 70s yet - I'm budgeted for games in the 50s and earlier right now - and there's so many!

mike

MPeter · May 13, 2008 12:50PM

They still sell some of these games at Target. They look exactly like the originals.

ArnyVee · May 13, 2008 9:54PM

These pics bring back GREAT memories!

Personally, this was one of my two favorite electronic baseball games...(one on the right)

...and this was the one that I 'upgraded' from...

....I used to keep score (like the 'real' keeping score) and set lineups and use the baseball cards to envision the players at bat. Sheesh...great memories!

RedHeart54 · May 13, 2008 11:21PM

Makes me want to go out and buy some packs of '83 Topps so I might win a COLECOVISION!

CDsNuts · May 13, 2008 11:29PM

Arny, those head to head games kept me busy for hours. The worst was when the battery ran out and I had to get my mom to take me to the store to get a new 9 volt.

Anybody remember the Speak & Spell?

Stone193 · May 13, 2008 11:45PM

<< Arny, those head to head games kept me busy for hours. The worst was when the battery ran out and I had to get my mom to take me to the store to get a new 9 volt.

Anybody remember the Speak & Spell?

>>

Lee

Now, I'm gonna date myself.

We didn't have calculators when I was in college!

mike

Barfvader · May 14, 2008 12:09AM

<< Anybody remember the Speak & Spell?

>>

Hey I have one of those as well. I'd take a picture of it but since I cleaned up the room I can't remember where I put it.

RonBurgundy · May 14, 2008 12:20AM

I LOVE the Mattel games. I have all four sports, and still occasionally play Football II. Greatness.

Ron

CDsNuts · May 14, 2008 12:34AM

Stone, you didn't really need a calculator when you were in college because they're not really helpful in dealing with Roman Numerals.

Stone193 · May 14, 2008 1:24AM

<< Stone, you didn't really need a calculator when you were in college because they're not really helpful in dealing with Roman Numerals. >>

Stingray · May 14, 2008 1:26AM

thenavarro · May 14, 2008 1:34AM

If no one has spoken for that Mattel Electronics Football 2, I'll take it, I used to spend hours playing that game. You can PM me.

Mike

CuseSteve · May 14, 2008 2:44AM

....as long as we are talking about sports games...remember the basketball game with the ping pong ball?

link

CDsNuts · May 14, 2008 3:10AM

Stone look at it this way- At least you're not as old as rube. Speaking of which, anybody hear from him lately? I hope he's doing ok.

xbaggypants · May 14, 2008 3:11AM

Anyone ever play the mini video games?

sagard · May 14, 2008 3:44AM

Did anyone play the green football game after holding down KICK and powering it up. The defense flys around on steriods and I don't think you could score consistantly on the highest level.

Stone193 · May 14, 2008 3:46AM

<< Stone look at it this way- At least you're not as old as rube. Speaking of which, anybody hear from him lately? I hope he's doing ok. >>

Lee

I miss Randy.

And - didn't he serve in WWII?

mike

CDsNuts · May 14, 2008 3:50AM

I'm pretty sure it was the French and Indian war.

Stingray · May 14, 2008 4:01AM

<< Anyone ever play the mini video games?

>>

I bought the Donkey Kong version of that off Ebay a year or so ago for cheap worked great, played it for a few months and sold it for a few dollars more than I paid for it. I believe there are one or two of those Coleco tabletops that are hard to come by.

stown · May 14, 2008 4:26AM

What was the name of that robot (something like R2D2, but not) that you would stick 8-track tapes in?

Edited: Found it.

2-XL

BobS · May 14, 2008 4:36AM

Dude - 2XL was THE BOMB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stingray · May 14, 2008 4:51AM

I also had, can not remember the name a electronic game by Mattel that you could change the face plate on it and it would play different games. It came with a breakout type of game. It was about 3.5 inches wide by 8 inches or so tall.

Game Time!! Remember Mattel Electronics Football 2...1978...

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