LED Football 2 Review

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TouchGrove’s first LED Football 2 was a sincere homage to Mattel Football.

The classic computer game with a handheld LED for gamers over 30 (those in their 30s) are likely to remember from our youth during the 70s. The game is priced at just 1 cent (and it’s free on the weekend to celebrate this weekend’s Super Bowl); it’s impossible not to get this, especially if you’ve got any nostalgia bone inside your body.

It’s not Madden or any other high-quality 3D American football match. It’s more like touchGrove tried to bring back one of the first handheld computer games that I remember from back the days when CHIPs, as well as Charlie’s Angels, ruled the airwaves in the days when Garanimals, as well as Toughskins, were all the fashion-forward clothes for grade school kids. Before the advent that was the Game Boy, handheld games featured LED-based, red displays that resembled older calculators. They did not have pixilated graphics or any 3D capabilities, were wired to play just one game, and had only simple sounds. For most of us, it was a defining experience.

If you’ve played the first LED Football, you likely noticed some apparent flaws in the game’s basic rules. For example, the game could not run backward in front of the line of scrimmage, as was no passing game. The focus was on playing with the ball, throwing it, or punting it to achieve the goal of the field. This was true for the game of handheld football on which the first LED Football was based. Similarly to that, LED Football 2 draws its design on Mattel Football 2, Mattel Football’s successor. It featured a passing game as well as more efficient quarterback movement. In addition, there are thoughtful user comments about it on Gamespot.

In other words, the game’s interface remains similar to touchGrove’s first LED Football. (Those who have a keen memory may recall how the Mattel Football 2 came in a different color case, with buttons that were different shapes.)

The attention to detail of touchGrove’s desire to recreate the old-fashioned game on a handheld is, without doubt, the most appealing aspect of the game. When you play it, you cannot imagine holding a game in your hands powered by a 9-volt battery. When you click on the information link within the game’s menu, you’ll receive the basics of instructions on a sticker that appears to be the worn-out surface of an old handheld system. LED Football 2 is a loving tribute to the games we older people will remember from our youth. The game also comes with what touchGrove refers to as “Wear-Down” technology. The more you play, the more worn-down the buttons appear to become. If you love to play games and want to experience some nostalgia, you can try great games on Amazon Prime Gaming.

My only concern is that LED Football 2 doesn’t save games during interruptions. If you cannot finish an entire game before hitting the home key, you’ll need to restart at the beginning.

Options include two toggle switches in the interface of the game. There are Hard and Easy settings and one or two modes for players. (Players can pass the iPhone across the screen in this mode.) You’ll hear a few beeps and blips if your volume is set to high.

The iPhone may be the pinnacle of handheld technology. However, it can still be modified to replicate the first type of entertainment for handheld devices: The LED sporting game.

LED Football recreated the classic Bleep-bloop, burning battery cheap plastic style of these handheld beauties flawlessly, even to the point that the screen’s printing wears off the buttons virtual more excellent you played.

Well, developer TouchGrove has reached out to present us with LED Football 2 – now with passing (and more powerful LEDs).

The same retro look is reflected in the game’s visuals, and TouchGrove celebrates its debut by offering a fantastic giveaway for an iPod touch. It’s not your ordinary iPod touch. The chassis jockeys at Console Choppers have put together an iPod touch limited edition with a gold-colored bezel equipped with an extremely-special version from LED Football 2, also pimped out with a gold-effect casing! As a result of my long-term searches on the Internet, I created the video game store article, and some games can give you the feeling of LED football 2.

This lucky person will be one of the three people who own a gold-effect version of LED Football 2, and should it be possible to sell this gem on eBay; we’re betting it’d cause a firestorm. It’s not possible. Therefore it will not. However, you’ll know what we’re talking about.

It’s all we had in the days of my youth, and dadgum it, we loved the way it was!

LED Football 2 FAQs

What is LED Football 2?

Mattel’s Football 2 (II) (1978, LED, 9 Volt, Model# 1050) is a game boy.

What year did the LED Football 2 game come out?

Toymaker Mattel was among several companies with the game available on the market. According to fans and amateur historians who have websites dedicated to the game, LED Football 2 introduced its electronic football game in the latter part of 1977. It was only sold, by the way, in the Sears catalog.

When did LED Football 2 come out?

But it was Mattel’s first and excellent Football 2 (or Football II, dependent on the second or first version) that was first published in 1978, which was the real sucker punch.

Final Words

Football 2 (or II) was made available in 1978. It was its Sequel to the well-known Football I game. It also has the features of moving forward, backward, and passing (and features a 10-yard field of play and not nine, unlike Football I). It was labeled with one of two names: Football 2 or Football II on the tag with the name, and it appears that version ‘II’ was the original (see the box image below.)

It also features an Easter Egg in the form of an egg. When you press the button ‘Pass’ while switching on this game, you gain Pro 3 or Pro 4 difficulty levels for the game’s play (i.e., when you’re playing Pro 1, holding down the pass will grant Pro 1, holding down the pass will give you Pro 3, etc. Pro 4 is swift and challenging to master.) It even works with the brand new Classic Football 2 re-release from the year before.

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