Handheld Games
(59 listed) (Games are LED unless
noted)
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Prototypes and Rarities
View Toy Fair/Trade Magazines: 1978 / 1979
/ 1980 / 1980
Canada / 1980 U.K. / 1981
/ 1981 France / 1982
/ 1983
View Magazine ads for Computer Chess,
4 of Mattel's sports games and Las
Vegas Pinball
Mattel was originally founded by Harold Matson and Elliot Handler who created the name 'Mattel' from the beginnings of their last and first names. The company started out selling picture frames out of a garage workshop in 1945. Elliot started a side business of selling doll house furniture from the scraps of wood from the picture frames, and with the success of the doll furniture, the emphasis was turned to toys. Mattel started making electronic games in 1976 with the handheld Auto Race game, and soon followed by Football and Missile Attack (which lived only a short time). All are LED based games unless noted. In the early 2000s, Mattel re-releasing several of their classic games, look for the white re-release labels. Later, other companies continued to make similar versions, some actually licensed from Mattel.
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