Coleco Electronic Quarterback

Mattel's football hit set off an arms race, and Coleco's 1978 answer was Electronic Quarterback. It had a bigger, chunkier body with the field printed below a scoreboard of down, yards to go and field position, and a slide switch for choosing a run, a pass or a kick before the snap. It is a good reminder that the first handheld boom was mostly sports, with toy companies racing to fit a whole season into a pocket.