I loved playing my electric football game as a kid in the 1970's and am glad to see that people, young and old, are still playing this great game!

I had the 620 Superbowl model and now wish I had never gotten rid of it years ago, but it became a hassle to lug around from duty station to duty station. I should've just kept it at my parent's house. I remember playing for hours and hours. The players rarely did what I wanted them to do (mainly ran around in circles) but that was part of the challenge of the game!

It's basically wargaming but with a mechanism that moves the base rather than using a set of rules to determine how the models move. Nice stuff.

@ElectricFootball

6 жыл бұрын

You're the first person who has voiced that association outside of our Electric Football community. We have said that for years, but people usually look at it from a preconceived notion.

@rmyancey

4 жыл бұрын

@@ElectricFootball KZread suggested videos by guys like Electric Coach because I've been watching tons of war gaming videos. Needless to say I'm hooked and as soon as I have the extra scratch I'm gonna pick up a board and make an army... I mean squad. Can't wait!

@7bootzy

4 жыл бұрын

@UnholyUndies Blood Bowl is from Games Workshop. Grind is from Privateer Press.

@MUMSUniverse

4 жыл бұрын

I was watching this video and was thinking about table top wargaming, then I read your comment. You're totally right. The creativity and customizing of the football player figures reminds me of some of the great painting and detailing found on Dungeons & Dragon miniatures as well. Good video and it's good to know that that electronic football is still around.

@apbafootballclub411

2 жыл бұрын

And everyone's got their "war gear" on, too ... even Ditka at 20:45!

As a longtime tabletop wargamer I am just enthralled at ya'lls passion for your hobby and completely understand your sentiment! Hobby on, and enjoy!

My brother and I created a 24 team league that we played a 10 game schedule for each team. It was so much fun. !! We even kept statistics and compiled the data and had league leaders just like the newspaper. It was all very organized and we even typed out all the info and had a standings page! Great stuff- we were really into it!

@luckydragon6892

4 жыл бұрын

John Whigham sounds like you got too much time on your hands bud

@AFloodofSolaceJohnWhigham

4 жыл бұрын

Yes and managed straight A’s in school and played sports! It was because I didn’t have a cell phone in my hand 23 hrs a day. Lol oh, we actually had chores as well. I forgot to tell everyone that this process probably encompassed 14 months or so...

I dont like the suggestion that EF is a counter to video games. People can have multi-faceted interests. I play video games, play guitar, travel the world, write creatively, and might even pick up EF. One doesn't have to negate the other! :)

@fjccommish

4 жыл бұрын

Lots of ways to waste time.

@richardl8810

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah it irked me when the lady was talking down on video games. She insinuated that you don't talk to people when you play video games, which is just plain false. Just another boomer who knows nothing about video games.

@Larsx22

4 жыл бұрын

Very cool

@ElectricFootball

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed! I think some Electric Football fans just get frustrated with the lack of respect the hobby they love gets and how it can sometimes be dismissed as "Not Madden". My take: why not enjoy both!?

great game grew up watching my dad and his friends play electric football back in the late 70's to the early 90's

This is just Warhammer for sports fans I love it.

@michaelshelling7214

2 жыл бұрын

EXCELLENT analogy.

@swordcererj2152

3 ай бұрын

Not going to say you're wrong. But there is Blood Bowl. Lol

Those old school football fields, WOW! The Chargers old field was awesome! Love it!

Thanks ! Thanks to everyone and anyone out there keeping electric football alive. Loved this game as a kid. Fond memories.

I remember this game fondly. I probably spent hundreds of hours playing this game as a kid. It was my indoor obsession. I painted my teams and invested blood sweat and tears into the game. I hope a new generation can come to love the game as I did. It's great to see these older guys, some from my generation, still loving the ggame and actively involded iin it.

@breakthrough1001

4 жыл бұрын

after this video this 32 year old is already looking at some purchases.

@jeffthewhiff

2 жыл бұрын

It was cool to read that you painted all of your electric football teams because I did that too and had all of the NFL teams. What is ironic Is that that I sold my Tudor electric football game a few years ago and ironically, it went was purchased by someone from my old hometown.

This is interesting. Props to those who found happiness with it. I aways wondered how it worked.

Beautiful documentary. The noise of this game drove me away during the 1970s. The chaos interested me. Now that I have reached adulthood I am beginning to understand storytelling.

I got Electric Football Games and Slot Car Tracks for Christmas and Birthdays many times growing up in the Seventies and very early Eighties.. They were my Two Favorite Toys.

This is so cool. Good for these guys. This is so positive and wonderful. Strategy, socializing, teamwork, patience, competition… this is soooo effin cool

This was really cool Tudor Games. Thanks for putting a spotlight on this. !GG and keep it going. : )

Everyone interviewed says the same thing. "Were the coach, GM & players all at the same time.". Inter est ing...

Tudor games have always worked well for me. My older sets sometimes work better. Hard to beat the metal surface for consistency. The newer ones work fine though. Big thing is you have to put them on a totally level surface.

I can watch this video almost a million times - this will always be a classic video for the hobby-sport...

I recently moved earlier this year….while moving I cleaned out my attic. I found my electric football game (field and all 28 teams) from the early 80’s. What a memory and was too cool. Respect to all of these folks!!!

I had one of these. Also had the manual hockey game with the plastic skaters. My fave though was this little hockey game from radio shack that a little puck and little players. Loved it.

This is Awesome! All the people involved seems like a great hobby.😎💯

This is Madden before Madden.My older brother had one I remember playing with it when I was a kid.I didn’t realize it was an actual board game.

I'm gonna buy a board soon. Haven't had one since 1990.

@ElectricFootball

4 жыл бұрын

Great to hear! Be sure to sign up for the newsletter before you do for those sweet sweet discounts.

Just ordered a Steelers Pro Bowl set, looking forward to learning the ropes.

@boodro2122

4 жыл бұрын

Did it come in? Are you happy with it?

@kylecotten6643

4 жыл бұрын

Yessir steelers

Just ordered my gameset and pieces always wanted one when i was younger

Wow its amazing because me and my two older brothers had one of these games. But what really amazed me is they held the championship here in my hometown of Richmond Va.

Changing the different position of the players and reshaping them started out in Norfolk Virginia. We was the first to do it Darryl Smith is one of the all-time greats in that.

My brother and I spent many hours engaged in mortal combat on the electric football field. I can vividly remember us getting grounded from it when we decided to add a little extra “excitement” to it as only a 10 and 12 year old set of brothers can. We dosed both lines in lighter fluid, lit up and my halfback, and sent him on an off tackle power run. Watching both lines go up in flames like the the Hindenburg was an EPIC experience. Moms just don’t understand what fun really is .................

@ElectricFootball

4 жыл бұрын

That is one of the most epic Electric Football stories I have ever heard! You and your brother were true Electric Football innovators. I gotta know what you called the play!

@aeromedical6750

4 жыл бұрын

@Tudor Games - Home of Electric Football - We dubbed that play “Fire in the hole”.

@numbersix9468

6 ай бұрын

@@aeromedical6750 he's EN FUEGO!!!

There was also a floor football game with about 6" players, a running back on a motor base, and the linebackers on wheeled metal bases. I think the quarterback was the kicker too.

@joeschizoid7762

4 жыл бұрын

I remember that EF quarterback looked like a mobile coat rack, or some kind of android. It kind of took away from the game.

Love the story. I would like to see more of the custom build, scale fields. I'd like to see more of the artistry involved in the figures and how they function.

@ElectricFootball

4 жыл бұрын

Scale fields are now available - Ultimate Electric Football on electricfootball dot com

I’m with the lady from Baltimore!! East Baltimore here!! Go Ravens!! Big truss!

Kind of strange that you don't show any games being played. But nice to see it is still around. I played it in the late 50's and early 60's all the time with my pals.

@rrpostalagain

4 жыл бұрын

Roy Heffner maybe because you’d remember what a huge letdown it always was. It never failed to disappoint, but I’d get excited for it every time, like an idiot.

@ElectricFootball

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah to be honest. Not sure why the folks who put this video together for us didn't include any game play in this video. It's a shame because we aren't trying to hide how awesome Electric Football is. We have tons of other videos on our channel showing the game in action!

For a doc all about one thing how do you come so close without ever even showing a play? What was the point?

@tebla2074

4 жыл бұрын

or even explain the rules...

@tebla2074

4 жыл бұрын

@One Sports Network Now we can only assume the game is awful and that is why they didn't explain it

The Hulk sound a little like Cleveland Brown

An excellent introduction to the game of Electric Football

This is friggen awesome! I haven't played electric football since the 1970s. I almost want to buy a set & start playing again.

@ElectricFootball

5 жыл бұрын

We would love to have you! Special 20% off sale ending soon! www.tudorgames.com

@cheevosmith892

4 жыл бұрын

Just got the Philadelphia pro bowl field and a bunch of teams. The game is awesome. Pretty reasonably priced too for the starter stuff.

These men are true athletes

@ElectricFootball

4 жыл бұрын

* *Rocky Music Intensifies* *

I remember finding the game under my uncle's bed in my grandparents house in the mid 80's. It was completely metal, probably from the 40's, most of the players were there, and the football was this small white q-tip of a ball. Never really understood how to play, but it was LOUD!

@ElectricFootball

4 жыл бұрын

Very cool! We still use the same basic type of felt football that you might remember from back then. We do have all new battery powered motors on our boards nowadays which still produce that signature buzz, but at a much more pleasant volume.

My Dad. Got Us Electric Football Back In 1970 s For Christmas, We Used To Play It All The Time , We Had A Friend Named Christian From Germany , We Would Go To His House And Play Electric Football , He Was A Little Older Then Us , Im 55 Now And Wow I Didn't Know That There Was A League For This , Cool , Showed The Video To My 15 Year Old Son , He Was Like What ? Electric Football , Thats Cool.

Marshall gets the ball. He's running in a circle. AND A LOOK AT HIM GO! He's taking another lap! He's at the 40... to the 30... the 20... back to the 30... around to the 40 again! And to the 30! Can the defense stop him?!

@ElectricFootball

4 жыл бұрын

Nah. Most of the defense is buzzing by the sideline trying to get the cheerleader's numbers. 📣 Gotta coach up your players before game time to get them to perform! kzread.info/dash/bejne/goxt0LCelrrIj5s.html

I have a feeling like 2 decades from now this is going to a huge event.

@ElectricFootball

4 жыл бұрын

We're workin' on it!

It's great that these people are enjoying this game. My friends and I use to play this game back in the early '60's. We painted our teams and had leagues like today's players. The game board back then was metal, but you could adjust the speed of the game, slowing it down to see if a play is downed or is missed. I gave all my teams to my son and wonder if he ever kept them. I think I'll ask. Good luck, have fun. JN

@JoeNicks389

4 жыл бұрын

@Brian Jones Hi Brian, well we took a lot of care with the rules and even kept stats of each player on runs, passing, tackles, TD's, and kept wins and loses for each persons team. We did enjoy it, but soon we found other things to do when the weather got warm. I remember it as a fun time and a chance to get together with your friends. Thanks for the question. JN

this is look very cool! considering buying a starting set and giving it a try.

79 80 i would hear that humming noise from kirchen my bro and his friend i couldnt go in the kitchen he would make me get out😢😓 this game has come along way always wanted one

2:10 is an older EDP445

Great documetary on my favorite hobby

2:27 that mustache fake af 🤣🤣🤣

@worknout

4 жыл бұрын

@rustybuttpate oh ok lol

@somkit9102

4 жыл бұрын

@rustybuttpate I thought he was in Harvey costume. JK

@ProfMannion

4 жыл бұрын

The dude before him with the hitler stash and the dude after with the tan brow, these people are mesmerizing.

People who think that folks stare at the controller while playing a video game have never played a video game, Most of the games I play require communication and strategy to accomplish the goal.

@ElectricFootball

4 жыл бұрын

You are TOTALLY right. I think the some of the guys just want some respect for the game they love and hate always being compared to Madden video games.

@hazyanlazy123

4 жыл бұрын

Lol you probably don’t have the motor function to use a controller, lmao old ass most “fake” video games take more brain function then this mindless shit lol talking like you tried both.

I have one of your sets from the early 40s. In working condition, with those felt footballs and that metal, spring operated kicker/passer that was waaaay too strong. It will fling one of those little footballs across the room!

@boodro2122

4 жыл бұрын

Lol that's awesome!

@ElectricFootball

4 жыл бұрын

That is fantastic! What a cool part of gaming history. We would LOVE some pictures if you get the chance!

Shout out to John Dicarlo... reppin' my home town!

@chrisbopst

4 жыл бұрын

He is a quality human being. Much respect!

These guys are legends God bless them

This is absolutely fascinating

Funny enough, Chris Bopst (the first guy to speak n the video) is a founding member of the metal band GWAR!

I used to play Electric Football as a kid, had an awesome time with it. But your definition of "Video Games" is completely wrong. Even young kids have Xbox Live, or Playstation Network. This allows them to talk and meet other people from around the WORLD, not just locally. If your an older gamer, your most likely using a PC, and using Discord or Team Speak to communicate with other like minded gamers. I have friends in the U.K, Norway, Finland, Australia, Spain, Ireland, Kuwait, Belgium, people I've forged friendships with for over 15 years of PC Gaming. I'm sorry, but the days of Kids, or older gamer's talking to a screen are from the 80's. It's a whole new ball game. Great video, was still very cool to see.

Still have mine from late 70s with Bradshaw on the box.

Awesome. Hours of fun.

This was awesome!

when is the next convention or tournament

A lot of fun too watch this

I love the competition. One-on-one. But not sure how much strategy is involved.

Wow! How awesome is this.

Sharpton has never looked so good!

Such a great video; not a player but it makes a fantastic case why you all are. Well done!

@ElectricFootball

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! It's never too late to start. 😁🏈

Oh wow this is a throwback for real. But nothing wrong with this if it makes them happy.

Used to be soooo into electric football, but now I move on to the big times. Now it's all about electric volleyball, the future of electric vibrating sports.

@ElectricFootball

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the game when you were younger! We experimented with releasing an Electric Beach Volleyball game but the sand kept getting everywhere. 🏐

I had this game when I was 7. I was mad I got it for Christmas. Lol

@ElectricFootball

4 жыл бұрын

Gotta be better than socks... right? 🤞

@rudy6222

4 жыл бұрын

Tudor Games - Home of Electric Football yup. lol

I need this

This is a real life Christopher Guest movie.

@ElectricFootball

4 жыл бұрын

You have NO idea how happy that makes us.

Ive never played how do you throw the ball im curious

@ElectricFootball

4 жыл бұрын

Not quite as glamorous of a video, but Coach PlayEF does a great job explaining the techniques in this video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/jKZtzMVriLO9eJs.html

Ho2 can i be apart of this. Im from buffalo ny. Played as a kid. In the days where we over painted the players for weight with screws on the bottom of the base lol. Im sure thats no more but. How can i be down?????

@ElectricFootball

4 жыл бұрын

Best thing to do is hop on Facebook and find a nearby league. There are a few in the NY area I believe!

I had one of these games in 81 but just give me some Madden 2020 and I'm good..

14:15 the golddust of electric football lol

what the!? they actually have electric football league tournaments? 😧

@chrisbopst

Жыл бұрын

YES!

I see MY BOY DARRELL D-LEGEND SMITH!!!!! HEY MAN REP THE 757!!!!

@azahrmalik2259

3 жыл бұрын

Peace Bro do u have anyway 2 contact Darryl Smith or mr. Lavelle Shelton

If anyone could put me in touch with Sheila Scott's husband - they showed him briefly with what looked like an incredible WVU team setup - I'd very much appreciate it. Thank you!

i loved this game

its an awesome hobby. keep it up!!!!!

People are wonderful

This is kinda like a electric version of ‘Subbuteo’. Im from the UK, and Subbuteo has a very big following. Its a soccer game where you flick the figures so its not electric. But it is very similar. Although personally i prefer the look of the electric football.

@ElectricFootball

4 жыл бұрын

That's right! Whenever we go to trade shows folks from England always get a kick out of the similarities!

13:13 i really like how people think that all you have to do to play a video game is stare at the controller and flail your fingers around.

@15:48 That's what hobbies are all about!

the passing never worked right but we formed a league as kids

@justaman5490

4 жыл бұрын

Completing a pass was a near miracle.

@AFloodofSolaceJohnWhigham

4 жыл бұрын

My brother and I created a 24 team league that played a 10 game schedule in 1978 that I drew up and created a statistics sheet for each game. We compiled stats and had statistical leaders for offense just like it appeared in the newspaper. (You guys remember what that is, right? Lol) It was amazing!! We had a modified version of the ball( on passing plays) that was made from a small piece of aluminum foil folded and formed around the passers arm/hand lever. The ball could hit the receiver on the fly or on a bounce- didn’t matter- still pretty hard to pull off!!! So much fun. I should publish this stuff it was so cool. It was all typed out on a typewriter- yes, I’m for real. Lol

@ElectricFootball

4 жыл бұрын

Wow... I must be some kind of miracle worker than! 👼

@areguapiri

7 ай бұрын

My brother and threw the passes ourselves instead of using the actual quarterback.

If I lived in the US I'd love to try that game.

@cheevosmith892

4 жыл бұрын

You can still order it off Amazon cant you?

@ElectricFootball

4 жыл бұрын

We do ship worldwide... just sayin' 🌎

Great doc, but tudor needs to bring back metal fields and have reliable bases come with the set if they want to see it catch on. As of right now the fields are small and made of cardboard with bases that move randomly. Most kids aren't gonna care enough to go find pliers and tweak bases

@ElectricFootball

9 жыл бұрын

will122391 The new fields are not cardboard, they are made of HIPS. Kids have plenty of fun with Electric Football without going to the same lengths as these folks do. Our Invisibases are multi-directional and easy to point exactly where you want your players to go.

@loonytoongt1245

8 жыл бұрын

+Electric Football I'm having some issues with the Invis bases (Speed ones) I make sure the two are balenced yet. the WR moves forward and goes in a circle. :/

Saw the football lights, thought they were silicon implants, leaving video with comment.

I want Tudor gear!

Something that brings all ethnic groups together and builds friendships is awesome in my eyes. Cool to see how happy these people are and its cool to see people taking pride in something like this.

2:20 is no one going to talk about this guys moustache?

@kcsnipes

4 жыл бұрын

That’s the normal ditka stache same as 2:56

@MeximidgeComedy

4 жыл бұрын

Everyone is. It was on the front page of every newspaper, Time Magazine & all the internet.

@JeriDro

4 жыл бұрын

@@MeximidgeComedy lol that's funny

whoever edited this video chose an extremely strange filter.

D Legend u still doing your thing I see I use 2 play in the YMCA in tidewater park with Darryl. If u see this post how i link with u.

If I don’t see a #44 Chuck Foreman figure ..

cool

Rather play this than Madden

@rrpostalagain

4 жыл бұрын

Anthony S Nope. I grew up with these and I’m an old fart, but, no. It’s all about simulation and Madden, from the beginning, is just better. I also sculpt and make models, so I appreciate the artistry and I’m happy these guys have fun. But... yeah, madden is just better.

Should make this remote control and then they're on to something

Looks fuckin cool to me. When you find something like that your passionate about, fuck what other people think about it. In the end you have to live in your own skin. Ive been fixated with video games since I was 6, starting with the atari 2600 in 86. It still gets negative associations even though its very popular now. Never got along with people in general so didnt give a shit. Thirty three years later the passion has only grown stronger. Im also a weightlifter of 25 years. Though into more of the darker aspects of it, and not for health. The abuse comes at a price and your body cant continue that brutality for ever without breaking down. With games I can get all that intensity out of my system by taking on extreme challenges, but without destroying myself completely. Gaming was always my true passion. The lifting was born out of trying to manage mental demons. Ive turned my focus even heavier in that direction now and get much more satisfaction from that, then previous lifts and size increases when training.

3000 years from now some1 going to find those crystal footballs and think they hold some super powers like the real crystal skulls LOL 😂🤣

Out of 8 teams he was able to make the Final 4...

5:44 sounds like Cleveland Brown

Is anybody in Alaska Anchorage play electric football