Electronic toy · 1977
Auto Race
Auto Race is an electronic toy from Mattel's Mattel Electronics Handhelds line, released in 1977 (Released 1977 wave).
The first all-electronic handheld game: steer a car between three lanes past oncoming traffic, shown as red LED blips, in four gears.
- Line
- Mattel Electronics Handhelds
- Made by
- Mattel
- Wave
- Released 1977
- Year
- 1977
- Product code
- 9879
- Region
- US release
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Original or reissue?
Model 9879. Runs on a 9-volt battery. Designed by George Klose and programmed by Mark Lesser in 512 bytes. Wikipedia dates the release to 1976; the Handheld Museum says it was designed in 1976 and released in 1977.
Value
Not enough current listings of genuine originals to value this one yet. Loose and carded or boxed copies sell for very different money, so we only show a value when there are enough of the same kind.