Coleco Electronic Quarterback

[Judge Smails]

<p><img src="http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Coleco/Coleco-ElectronicQuarterback.jpg" border="0" width="241" height="400" /></p><p>I was looking through a box of my stuff that I picked up from my parents's house this weekend and there it was!&nbsp; Like finding the Ark of the Covenant after its been in that warehouse for 60 years.&nbsp; I had totally forgotten about it.&nbsp; Man, the hours I spent playing this thing.&nbsp; Time I should have been doing homework.&nbsp; The countless recesses my friends and I wasted passing this thing back and forth when we should have been enjoying some fresh air.</p><p>I just popped a fresh 9 volt battery in and fired that bad boy up.&nbsp; Scored on an 80 yard pass play&nbsp;on my very first possession.&nbsp; I own all you bitches on this thing!&nbsp; Who's up for a game.&nbsp; Loser has to give up his lunch money.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[Furtherman]

Loved that game!&nbsp; I also had a soccer one that I would play constantly in the car.&nbsp; I'd be so happy to find that.

[torker]

Awesome game.&nbsp; The sounds it made still ring in my head.

[riverofpiss]

I could never it out.&nbsp; The kid that grew up across the street from me could give you a good match though.&nbsp; He lived on that thing for a couple years.

[badorties]

<p>&nbsp;</p><p>i picked up a few of these retro games from target for a christmas gift, big hit across the board</p>

[Jughead]

<img src="http://www.toy-testing.org/content/ChildrensChoice/cc2003/Images/cc02_03.jpg" border="0" width="410" height="307" />I was king on this game mine was from the 60's was not quite this much plastic..I had one of those football games I sucked..Ruled with this though..nice thread..Judge...Old School!!!

[torker]

<p>The worst football game ever:</p><p><img src="http://www.kshs.org/cool3/graphics/ftballgameclose.jpg" border="0" width="527" height="326" /></p>

[MadMatt]

<p>I LOVED playing that game!&nbsp; However, I figured out the &quot;ultimate play&quot; that would never fail so it lost a little bit of luster.&nbsp; When you score on every posession it isn't as much fun.&nbsp; The play had something to do with a &quot;fake,&quot; then a sideline pass, then running down the field for a touchdown.</p><p>I don't remember how to do that play now, so I think it would probably be a lot of fun again.&nbsp; Thanks for the happy memory this afternoon!</p>

[PapaBear]

<strong>MadMatt</strong> wrote:<br /><p>I LOVED playing that game!&nbsp; However, I figured out the &quot;ultimate play&quot; that would never fail so it lost a little bit of luster.&nbsp; When you score on every posession it isn't as much fun.&nbsp; The play had something to do with a &quot;fake,&quot; then a sideline pass, then running down the field for a touchdown.</p><p>I don't remember how to do that play now, so I think it would probably be a lot of fun again.&nbsp; Thanks for the happy memory this afternoon!</p><p>I think it was two down, one forward, one back one or two up, then run for glory. If I'm wrong, it's not by much. You're right. Once you have that play down, it's no fun. You get a touchdown every time.</p>

[Bellyfullasnot]

My friend had Electronic Quarterback, I had&nbsp;a green one.&nbsp; I think it was An &quot;upgraded&quot; (1981 style) version, or made by a competitor. (Mattel maybe)&nbsp; If you held down one of the buttons and turned it on you would get a faster version of the game.

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by Bellyfullasnot on 2-8-07 @ 9:01 AM</span>

[A.J.]

<strong>torker</strong> wrote:<br />Awesome game.&nbsp; The sounds it made still ring in my head. <p>You can still hear them everytime a classic rock station plays Supertramp's &quot;Logical Song&quot;.</p>

[torker]

<strong>A.J.</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>torker</strong> wrote:<br />Awesome game.&nbsp; The sounds it made still ring in my head. <p>You can still hear them everytime a classic rock station plays Supertramp's &quot;Logical Song&quot;.</p><p>I remember hearing that song on the radio late one night and going to see if my brother was awake in his room playing the game because I heard that <em>bleep~bleep~bleep</em>.</p>

[aceofspades7]

<p>i loved the head to head games</p><p><img src="http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Coleco/Coleco-H2HFootball.jpg" border="0" width="197" height="500" />&nbsp;</p>

[Rockvillejoe]

<p>i had one we used to play on a midnight shift. quarterback something...it came with small records, you picked an offensive play/record, your opponent picked a defendsive play/ record, you inserted them in the machine, and there would be a recording played as to how much yardage you made or lost, i.e.</p><p>'fleaflicker pass complete to the receiver, touchdown&quot;- it was much better than how i just explained it. </p>

[FUNKMAN]

<p>we were poor so the only football game we had was</p><p><img src="http://images.ibsys.com/2005/0126/4130250.jpg" border="0" width="320" height="240" /></p>

[shodan]

<strong>Judge Smails</strong> wrote:<br /><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I was looking through a box of my stuff that I picked up from my parents's house this weekend and there it was!&nbsp; Like finding the Ark of the Covenant after its been in that warehouse for 60 years.&nbsp; I had totally forgotten about it.&nbsp; Man, the hours I spent playing this thing.&nbsp; Time I should have been doing homework.&nbsp; The countless recesses my friends and I wasted passing this thing back and forth when we should have been enjoying some fresh air.</p><p>I just popped a fresh 9 volt battery in and fired that bad boy up.&nbsp; Scored on an 80 yard pass play&nbsp;on my very first possession.&nbsp; I own all you bitches on this thing!&nbsp; Who's up for a game.&nbsp; Loser has to give up his lunch money.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This was one of my favorite games as a kid...that took me back</p>

[PunkMojo]

When I wasn't smoking with the cool kids at lunch, I was playing this game.