Mattel Auto Race (1976) Models on Display:Mattel Auto Race " that filled living rooms

" that filled living rooms across New York

shifting through four mechanical gears to avoid oncoming traffic and complete four laps before a 99-second timer ran out

no-nonsense tool for tuning and fixing early wireless and radio equipment

He died in 1989

instead hijacking the family television to produce a famously jittery black-and-white display

Mattel Auto Race (1976) Models on Display:Mattel Auto Race " that filled living roomsMattel Auto Race First Commercially Released Fully Digital Handheld Video Game Released in 1976, Mattel Auto Race stands as the worlds first purely digital, solid state handheld electronic game, effectively launching the portable gaming industry. Engineered by George Klose and programmed by Mark Lesser, the device cleverly repurposed standard calculator hardwarespecifically a modified Rockwell chipto create a racing simulation using only red LED blips