Electric Football

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Posted By: Paul - Wed Aug 04, 2021
Category: Games | Technology | Children | Twentieth Century | Twenty-first Century

Comments

I had a different electric football game that was more predictable than this one looks to be. I actually came up with a play that would score a touchdown every time! Of course, that was the end of it all; no one would play it with me after that.

Posted by Virtual in Carnate on 08/04/21 at 12:03 PM

My parents bought one for us kids during the early 1960's. It got maybe three uses while we had it. Man, what a piece of junk!

I found out that if you put lipstick on a pig, it is still a pig.

Posted by KDP on 08/04/21 at 03:53 PM

I got one of these at a yard sale once. Basically it was just a sheet of metal that vibrated and moved the player pieces around. The model described here sounds far more sophisticated, as mine has no ability to program in plays.

Posted by Brian on 08/09/21 at 09:06 AM

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