Title: Drag Racing Game?
Description: Looking for...
tkeeling - April 27, 2005 08:24 PM (GMT)
Greetings everyone. New member, and glad to be here. I'm looking for a toy that's been vexing me at every turn, and I found this site doing a Google search. Good ol' Google! lol
Anyway, I hope I can describe it accurately enough.
This was a drag racing game, and the point was to shift your way through the gears and get as good a time as you could without blowing the engine. It's a handheld game, with a handle on each side - on one side was a button for the "gas" and on the other side was the "clutch" button. I don't even think there was an LCD screen on it, but a series of lights that resembled the "Christmas Tree" that you see at a drag race.
I *thought* it was called "Red Line", but I've done searches for that, and came up empty.
Any insight or resources that you fine folks can point out would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for your time.
TomK
Berryblue - April 27, 2005 10:59 PM (GMT)
Hi Tom! I just wanted to step in here and say hi and welcome to 80s Toyland! I am so happy to meet you and hope that you find the info you need very soon! I will look around and if I come across something that may be useful to you, I'll be sure to post for you :D
Again, WELCOME!!! Post as often as you like :wave
1u11aby1ambie - April 27, 2005 11:50 PM (GMT)
Welcome to 80s Toyland!
I did a preliminary search for it, and I found a handheld game made by Kenner called "Redline"... this is probably what you wanted to find.
Reference this page| QUOTE |
| KENNER: US manufacturer, famous for StarWars toys. Star wars battle command is the only tabletop they made, but they also made a series of electronic LED racing games in the shape of a steering wheel. Most famous is RedLine, but it’s getting more expensive all the time. |
Oh wow! Look what a search for "kenner redline game" brought up!
http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Kenner/RedLine.htmHope this helps!
tkeeling - April 28, 2005 12:48 AM (GMT)
Yes!! YES! That's the one! I knew it wasn't my imagination. :-)
*whew* That's a load off of my mind. Now to go about finding it and buying it hopefully.
That is awesome - in the span of 3 hours, I've got the answer to a question that's been vexing me literally for years. Thanks so much!
I'll update as my search proceeds. Thanks again!
TomK
1u11aby1ambie - April 28, 2005 10:58 PM (GMT)
LOL... maybe I should work for google... I found what you were looking for in the span of 15 minutes! You *did* have the correct name, so it wasn't too hard to find. And luckily, this was a popular toy!!
Berryblue - April 29, 2005 05:42 PM (GMT)
Awesome job, Joyce!! :D
And I am super happy that you finally confirmed the name of that toy, Tom!
Please keep us updated! I hope you can find it too :wave