Mattel Electronics Basketball

[Fire Marshal Bill]

Anyone remember having one of these? In my early teenage years i played this game for hours! I can't even remember what sparked my memory of it a few weeks ago, but after that, the search was on . I couldn't remember who made it or what the exact name was, but after a few minutes on Google..... there it was.... Mattel Electronics Basketball. Thankfully they are readily available on eBay. The prices are all over the place on them though. I found a couple loose ones in played with condition that i could have had for under $10 but i eventually ran across this NOS one that i scored for under $20 shipped. Can't wait until it arrives and i can relive that part of my past again .

[wilbs518]

Oh, I loved this game. Go to the right or left, then up and over then shoot,and you never missed. Awesome score!

[MIB41]

Uhm... I still play my original during the NCAA tournament...

[boss]

I've still got my Electronic Football game. That thing was great on long car rides as a kid.

[ScottA]

Oh yea, had all 3 (football, baseball and that one). Loved them.

[littlewink]

Luv the box art on these games, nice pick up! Electronic Quarterback was my fav, man did my brother and I play this game. I found one at a Garage Sale a few years back, MIB and held onto it for a couple of years then sold it on eBay, went for good money actually...........great games!

[megojim]

Great deal bill!
Had them all . . . What Brian said!

[Bionic Joe]

Never had the Basketball one but i loved the Football one which i think i still might have buried away somewhere

[mazinz]

I still have these and recently stumbled across the basketball one. Man I could play those things for hours

[Sideshow Spock]

I had (still have) the Coleco version of football.. so many hours spent playing..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgH9Pn2tq5s

[jwyblejr]

When Mattel did the re-issues a few years back,did they include this?

[MicromanZone]

Yup, they did re-issue it. And it was an excellent re-issue! Uses two AA batteries now, and has an option to turn off the sound so one can play it without the loud bleeps annoying others. The re-issues are so good that it killed off the vintage market. I actually bought a vintage one back in the 1990s and it cost me $40 mint-in-box. Had a loose Football I scored for maybe $2.50 and sold it on eBay for $80. Then the re-issues came out and the market balanced out. One can get a vintage for about the same price as the re-issue.

I had the original as well back in the 1970s. Walked to school playing it like crazy! Got so good I could play it with one hand! Love it!

[Bruce Banner]

Cool! I have fond memories of the Mattel handhelds.

[hansen14]

got the mego baseball, mattel basketball and soccer ones. Love um!