D&D! Mattel Electronics Arcade Handheld Dungeons and Dragons Computer Fantasy Game (1981) Unbox/Play 

I found one of these in the playground yard when going to high school. It was so cool! I took it home, played it and felt guilty because it wasn’t mine. Took it back to the principal next day and found who lost it and gave it back.

Good ol' Hunt the Wumpus. So much gold has been mined from that vein.

You know, games still come out that have this exact dungeon design. Stripped of all context, it's your imagination filling in the details. That's what i find most charming about these ancient game devices, it's that they boil a concept down to pure basics, relying on the user alone to attach value to their score counters.

I got this for Christmas one year. I loved it. Even years later I would play it working overnight at a gas station. I left it in a envelope taped to the wall where we kept our time cards and keys for work. I came in and noticed it was gone. I asked a co worker who said it fell in the trashcan and apparently didn't think to take it back out so it it got tossed. I wanted to strangle her because that thing was ten years old and they didn't make them anymore. She was not a brightest person I ever met but that was just ridiculous. I would almost rather it got stolen than just casually tossed away. I was way too trusting back then I guess. Lesson learned.

Surprised Mattel didn't re-release this game along with Hasbro/Wizards of the coast with Nostalgia being big over the last 10+ years.

Remember folks if you want to experience this but cant buy one you can emulate it online

Old portable games are fascinating. Compaired to later portables like Game Boy they are so simple and usually only one game but they were & are amazing

This is awesome! I still have this game. And I got this in 1981. It’s in great condition still but unfortunately I don’t have the box anymore.

I had that in the early 80s, great memories. The cutting edge of handhrld video games at the time.

I had my dad's old one. Got very lucky with the RNG and was able to beat it in like 8 seconds!

I get that adding an extra switch or button to toggle the power on/off would have driven the production costs up but I think its interesting they considered having the thing running constantly in demonstration mode acceptable instead of maybe holding two of the buttons down to turn it on or off or something. Either way this is very cool!

I collect Game N Watch. I've never seen one of these or knew they existed. I've also played and enjoyed D&D so I seriously missed the boat here. No wonder they sold out immediately.. thank you.

The design of the product is just perfection

WOW I had this game as well. I just commented on your D&D Labyrinth game review. I got this game one year then the Labyrinth game the next year. I was all about D&D those years. What a flashback.

OMG I loved this game. My sister got it for Christmas and I think I played much more than her. Would love to play again !

Played this all the time.

Wow before Tiger electronic games.

oh my god this is even more beautiful than the other things.. and it's only the second video of yours i have watched so far.... 😵‍💫🙂

Dam this is ambitious stuff right there ! 👌Also reminds me of the cave challenges in Duck Tales Quest for Gold somehow... 😋

This kept my pocket hot for many a day back in 1983-4-5 ish _ At the time it was a great way to quickly pass time at the DMV, doctors or dentist office _ Lot's of fun, I remember Thanks

Wow I had forgotten all about this, I used to play this all the time when I was a kid.

40 year old tech does better than 90s Tiger! I would have loved this as a kid though it would still have been old tech. XD

I had one and it was great, and power pigskin football.

What a wonderful blast from the past! I had this and beat it a few times.

"Primitive" fun from my youth.

I really hope your channel takes off! Good content and definitely super informative

omg. i had one of these and it was awesome

Thank you for that blast from the past! I was obsessed with this game as a kid and have a vivid memory of standing in line at KB toy store buying it.

40 years old! Blows my mind.

I'm gonna have to also add this to my ebay list. Thanks for the video. I love old tech and old games.

*Mattel made really good D&D games back then*

Yep was 10 years old and found it before christmas, pulled out the tab and no off button. So the thing would make noise where it was hidden in my parents closet till they just gave it to me early, they didnt like the beeping.

It wasnt a constant beep, but just randomly once in a while the game would make noise. Such a great game to have back then.

This reminds me of those “electric football” toys oh goodness

Great game ;)

Still play mine!!

Still have mine in a drawer.

This is honestly the coolest thing

I had this as a kid...you really needed to read the instructions.

I started to play a couple years before this came out and was buying pretty much anything I could at that point, lol. If I saw that then I would have snatched it up without question. Very cool.

That's a neat little game!

another dnd electronic game damn man i missed out

Mattel really locked down the era with their electronic games.

OMG!! Wow, I wish I had something like that when I was younger. But no, I had a stupid game of nurse feeding crying babies 😂😂😂

RetroFab has all kinds of games like this. Retroarch also has many on the Handheld Electronic core.

My neighbor had this one, while I had the Labyrinth.

this is so cool.

I still have my handheld buried somewhere @ my parents place. I should probably find it a preserve it... I'm sure I left the battery in it. 🤔

I really enjoyed your video. What would have made it amazing is if you mapped out on paper the adventure as you progressed so we could better visualize and become immersed in the game with you. Maybe you could play it again and make a new video? Thank you! 😄👍👍

Wow. I always dreamed of learning the magical arts, but i didn't know whether to go with Zetzner, Albertus Magnus, Simon Dee, The Lesser Key of Solomon, or any if the many other methods \ grimoires. Now, i find it is as easy as feeding electricity through wafers of plastic infused with liquid crystal matrices. Boy do i feel dumb. Now excuse me while I do some necromancy for monetary purposes and resurrect an army of zombie slaves to do my bidding.

i had one back in 82,,,,,still have one,,,,,,had the tank and racing versions back then too

I had this game when I was a kid! Loved it so much and was so happy when I finally killed the dragon! wish I still owned it.

Could this be the most complex LCD Game?

I had this as a kid, though I remember not particularly liking it. Too much guesswork. I was more into my tabletop tron machine, which I still have but doesn't work anymore, sadly.

i remember playing the He-Man version of this game as a kid

So, it is basically an advanced version of Hunt the Wumpus?

Guys I don’t want to seem technical here but this thing is 43 years old. Did Mattel own exclusive rights to D and D video games in those days? I’m familiar with the two Intellivision games.

I have been looking for the Electric Dice Roll for YEARS! Have you seen it in the wild?

I met a guy at a flea market that was selling 41 of these for $2 each. I bought all of them and sold them for $110 each. I bought a car

How do you escape a bottomless pit with a rope?

Are the levels randomized?

Nice!

No on/off switch and needing a jeweler's screwdriver in order to set the device down consciously every time is absurd.

Shame that you can't mute the sound like with He-Man. LCD graphics are better here though. The manual claims there is a time limit - 99 points or 8 mins and 25 seconds. 1 point for every 5 seconds of game time.

Did the game come in blue plastic? Everything you unboxed hit that nostalgia buzz, but I thought mine was blue. 40 years is a long time.

Nerd

I still have mine somewhere... should take it out and see if it still works...