2.9 Playing on the Go

The competition for pocket money and pocket space brings about strange machines and technological advances.

I've got a few pictures of the Microvision here

Chapters

• 0:00 Opening
• 2:35 Up periscope!
• 4:11 Waco's Tic-Tac-Toe
• 7:55 Mattel's breakthrough
• 13:17 Coleco plays ball
• 15:29 Balls & gears
• 19:13 Pong powered by what?
• 20:57 In high gear
• 24:05 Shoot them up
• 26:57 The ancient art of jumping
• 34:01 Ralph Baer Strikes Back
• 38:26 Maths in Texas
• 45:40 Spelling B-E-E
• 53:55 Liquid crystal magic
• 57:19 A grand micro vision
• 1:00:57 The shapeshifting brick
• 1:05:26 The boring classics
• 1:07:49 Getting creative
• 1:11:28 In hot water
• 1:13:48 Too good for the price
• 1:16:34 Cosmic holograms
• 1:18:47 Use the calculator, Luke
• 1:19:50 Meanwhile, at Nintendo
• 1:23:58 Why is it so big?
• 1:29:19 The Silver Series strikes gold
• 1:34:46 CIA or games?
• 1:37:41 Electro-D&D
• 1:42:50 D&D? No, 3D!
• 1:44:55 Wrap-up