* Solved * Help needed - old Arcade classic

[Marriott_Guy]

Hello all.

I need some help identifying an old classic arcade game. It was a football game and used rollerballs to control player movement. It was a head-to-head affair and the actual arcade machine itself had a horizontal screen and was pretty big (like one of those old air hockey tables). Once the action started, I remember beating on those rollerballs like mad.

Thanks in advance and any pictures of this classic would also be appreciated.

Terry

[jjessop]

1979 Atari Football.

http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=A&game_id=13018

Those rollerballs are called Trackballs or the Atari trademarked name "Trakball"

Jerry

[Marriott_Guy]

Yes - that is it! Thank you (as welll to Frankie_says_relax who PM'd me this too)!

Terry

[Cornelius]

Someone actually has one of those for sale on my local craigslist right now!

[Leo_A]

Another thing of interest about this is the style of arcade cabinet you described is popularly known as a cocktail cabinet, if you're curious what they're called.

[Sniderman]

Everyone who ever played this game has had the skin on the palm of their hand pinched to holy hell. I once got a blister it pinched me so hard. Loved the game, but my hands would just get eaten by that trakball.