Mattel Football Documentation
The Mattel Electronics Football Game Instructions is Mattel's eight-page instruction leaflet for the handheld Mattel Football game, model 2024. It is copyright Mattel, Inc. 1977, Hawthorne, California, and was printed in Korea. The print code on the cover runs up the right-hand edge and begins 2024 092; its last characters are not legible on this scan.[1]
Contents
[edit | edit source]The leaflet has no contents list. Its pages, in order:[1]
- Cover: drawing of the game with the keys and switch labelled; "How to put in the battery".
- Section 1: players and teams; control keys (OFF, PRO 1, PRO 2, ST); how to read the field position display.
- SC and K keys; how to read the time remaining display; arrow keys and the bright and dim blips.
- How to move the running back; starting each of the four quarters.
- Section 2, how to play: operating the controls, the order of play, the IMPORTANT note on pressing ST or SC before each play.
- Rules of play, scoring, and section 3, strategy.
- Taking care of the game; the important notice on battery wear; the 90-day limited warranty.
- Limits of the warranty and how to send a game to the Mattel Electronics Repair Center during and after the warranty period ($10.00 service charge after it).
What this leaflet does not contain
[edit | edit source]It is a player's leaflet. There is no schematic, parts list, board layout, battery current figure or adapter rating, and no disassembly instruction. The only fault advice is that a malfunctioning display is the first sign of a worn battery. Mattel's repair service was by return to the Repair Center at 5150 Rosecrans Avenue, Hawthorne, California.[1]
Pages that cite this document
[edit | edit source]- Mattel Football: controls, power, game rules, the battery-wear notice.
- Mattel Football General Maintenance: battery fitting and care of the game.
- Mattel Football Troubleshooting Guide: what a working game does and the battery-wear notice.
- Mattel Football Capacitor Replacement Guide: the supply.
Source
[edit | edit source]The scan is from the Internet Archive item manuals-handheld-games-Mattel-Football, uploaded in 2011 by the textfiles.com manual library; its last page carries the www.handheldmuseum.com footer.[2]
Download: Mattel Football Instructions (1977).pdf
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Mattel, Inc., Mattel Electronics Football Game Instructions (1977), File:Mattel Football Instructions (1977).pdf: cover (page 1) and all eight pages read for this description.
- ↑ Internet Archive, "Handheld Game Manual: Football (Mattel)" (retrieved 2026-10-19).