Mattel Computer Backgammon Documentation
The Computer Backgammon Playing Instructions are Mattel Electronics' 28-page booklet for the Mattel Computer Backgammon handheld LCD game, print code 1777-0920. The illustrations are copyright Mattel, Inc. 1980, Hawthorne, California, and the booklet was printed in Hong Kong. The back page repeats the code as the product number, 1777-0920.[1]
Contents
[edit | edit source]From the booklet's own table of contents, with its printed page numbers:[1]
- A. How to install the battery (on the contents page)
- B. The keyboard, p. 1
- C. The backgammon board, p. 2
- D. Backgammon: you vs. the computer, p. 3: set the skill level, roll the dice, determining the dice values, using the cursor, the doubling cube, when the computer doubles, when you are hit, computer decision time, stacked men, bearing off, sound effects
- E. The basics of backgammon, p. 9
- F. Strategy tips, p. 16
- G. Probabilities and possibilities, p. 18
- H. Glossary of backgammon terms, p. 21
- I. Suggested backgammon reading, p. 23
- J. Warranty information, p. 24
The last pages give the repair-service instructions for the Mattel Electronics Repair Center, 5150 Rosecrans Avenue, Hawthorne, California, and an "Important information" box on battery wear.[1]
What this booklet does not contain
[edit | edit source]It is a player's booklet. There is no schematic, parts list, board drawing, opening procedure or battery life figure, and it does not name the processor or mention an adaptor.[1]
The hosted scan carries the address www.handheldmuseum.com on its warranty page, so it appears to come from the Handheld Games Museum's copy.[1]
Pages that cite this document
[edit | edit source]- Mattel Computer Backgammon: the keys, display, switch, power and play.
- Mattel Computer Backgammon General Maintenance: the battery and switch.
- Mattel Computer Backgammon Troubleshooting Guide: the sounds, the computer's thinking times, behaviour that is not a fault, the battery notice.
- Mattel Computer Backgammon Capacitor Replacement Guide: the supply.
Source
[edit | edit source]Internet Archive item manuals-handheld-games-Mattel-Backgammon, uploaded in 2011 by the textfiles.com manual library.[2]
Download: Mattel Computer Backgammon Playing Instructions (1980).pdf
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Mattel, Inc., Computer Backgammon Playing Instructions (1777-0920), File:Mattel Computer Backgammon Playing Instructions (1980).pdf: cover (PDF p. 1), table of contents (PDF p. 2), warranty page with the www.handheldmuseum.com address (PDF p. 26), service instructions and "Important information" (PDF p. 27), product number (PDF p. 28); every page read for this description.
- ↑ Internet Archive item manuals-handheld-games-Mattel-Backgammon (textfiles.com manual library, 2011) (retrieved 2026-10-19).