Smallball! Handheld Sports Games of the 1970s and 1980s

They were incredibly rudimentary...and eternally lovable. Herewith, a tribute.

By  |  Monday, March 30, 2009 at 12:34 am

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Coleco Baseball Manual

Coleco Head-to-Head Baseball Manual

1980

I even find the manuals for these games to be evocative of an era I miss. (www.handheldmuseum.com has dozens of them in PDF form, including this one.) Heck, I even get a proustian head rush from contemplating the fact that there were once electronic devices that were powered by dual 9-volt batteries.

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