Object Details
- Atari, Inc.
- Description
- This battery-operated electronic game has a goldenrod yellow / orange case with LED lights, a display, and eight game keys. Four of these keys are the primary game keys in red, yellow, blue and green. The game resembles a 1970s electronic pocket calculator and was recieved with a large collection of these.
- Atarielectronic games, of which this is one, came before and after Milton Bradley's Simon. Touch-Me was first released as an arcade game. Ralph Baer and Marvin Glass saw that version of the game at a trade show and improved upon the concept with the portable game Simon, sold for the home. The handheld home version of Touch Me (Atari changed the name slightly) was released after Simon.
- Credit Line
- Gift of John B. Priser
- 1978
- ID Number
- 1986.0988.153
- catalog number
- 1986.0988.153
- accession number
- 1986.0988
- Object Name
- electronic game
- Other Terms
- electronic game; electronic game; Handheld
- Physical Description
- plastic (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 5 5/16 in x 2 1/2 in x 29/32 in; 13.462 cm x 6.35 cm x 2.286 cm
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Computers
- Exhibition
- My Computing Device
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_334567
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-37dd-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
