Blip: The Digital Game

Look what I found in my closet!

It’s Blip: The Digital Game, by Tomy! 1977!

I can’t believe I still have this thing. I LOOOOOOOVED to play this game. It was like an early version of Pong, where a little red LED light would mechanically move back and forth across the playing field and you had to press the right button, 1, 2, or 3, to send it back to the other side. I think, in fact, the entire thing is mechancially operated, not electronic. It does require batteries, and unfortunately one of the contacts seems to have corroded. I wonder if I can get that repaired??

You had to be really fast with the eye-hand coordination on this game; it was by no means easy.