In
1978, Atari
entered the handheld market with a home handheld version of its arcade
game called Touch Me. The object of the game was fun, simple
and challenging. The perfect formula for a game to appeal to
everyone. The game would produce a sound and flash a
color in a series of patterns, all the player had to do was repeat them
exactly and their score would increase. As you completed each
pattern, a newer, harder and faster pattern would follow until the pattern
became a blur of color and sound. Many companies copied the
Atari game.... ever heard of Simon?
DID YOU KNOW
During the plastic case design
for the "Touch Me" Handheld game, the mechanical designer
flew out to Atari's Far East offices to complete the
work. There was difficulty in the design of the
battery cover and the mechanical designer kept threatening to leave to
return the USA. Somehow, his Passport was
conveniently "misplaced" until the battery
cover design was completed, hmmmmm...
