Mattel Consoles and Handheld Electronic Gaming Devices

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Title

Mattel Consoles and Handheld Electronic Gaming Devices

Subject

Center's Console and Electronic Games Collection

Description

This is the current Mattel hardware in the Center for the History of Video Games and Critical Play's collection

Collection Items

Classic Baseball
A later model in the line of Mattel handheld games, this model manufactured in 2002 was a remanufactured version of Mattel's original 1978 Baseball.

Classic Football
A later model in the line of Mattel handheld games, this model manufactured in 2002 was a remanufactured version of Mattel's original Football which was first introduced in 1977.

Football 2
A later model in the line of Mattel handheld games, this model manufactured in 2002 was a remanufactured version of Mattel's original 1978 version of Football 2.

Mattel Electronics Basketball
This handheld game was one of Mattel's many electronic handhelds that manipulated LED lights to facilitate gameplay. Being one of Mattel's more popular products, Mattel Electronics Basketball would be remanufactured in 2003 as Mattel Classic…

Mattel Electronics Football
Mattel Electronics Football would be released as Mattel's second handheld electronic game coming a year after Mattel Auto Race. Like many other early handheld electronics, Mattel Electronics Football would utilize LCD lights to facilitate gameplay.

Mattel Intellivision
The Intellivision was Mattel's first attempt at a home video game console which competed against other solidified brand names such as the Atari 2600, ColecoVision, and the Fairchild Channel F.

A Mattel Intellivision created in El Segundo, California.

Mattel Intellivoice Voice Synthesizer
The Mattel Intellivoice Voice Synthesizer was a speech synthesizer add on to Mattel's Intellivision which allowed specific games to utilize the synthesizer and play audio of human-like voices. Only a total of 5 games that were specifically created…
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