Pretty cool find...

Rinku · Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 10:04 am Post subject: Pretty cool find...

I recently bought and "Electronic Le Game" system. This thing is pretty cool, and I think extremely rare. It's mentioned in the FAQ, but some of the information is wrong, I think.

This thing may be one of the first touchscreen games ever; it was released in 1982, well before Tiger Shifty. Basically, it works like this: the system itself looks like a clipboard with a grid of wires on it and a single LED light. You take certain pieces of paper and darken circles on them in certain places; your opponent (I believe all the games released are two-player) does the same. You or your opponent puts his paper facedown on the grid, followed by a graphics overlay and a protective plastic sleeve. Then your opponent or you use a stylus to play a game. The games are designed around the fact that if you press on an area that was darkened in, the graphite will touch the wires, making a connection and causing the LED to go on.

Rik · Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 10:17 am Post subject:

Hmm, does it look anything like this:

I have this game, but it's never been opened, so I don't know how it's played... But it sure looks like it could fit that description.

Rinku · Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 10:18 am Post subject:

It looks kind of like that, but that's not it. Mine also had multiple games, and you could buy sheets for others.

Rinku · Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 11:36 am Post subject:

Some research has revealed that the same company-EDI-made both your "Mini Lab" game and my "Le game".