The 76 Pocket Game Designs

In compiling this list I have had to pin down a definition of a unique 'design'. In summary, if 2 games are mechanically and physically identical but cosmetically different (different name, decor or stickers), then those game are considered to be 2 versions of the same design. But it was decided that the most minor physical difference would qualify a new game. The two borderline cases where this rule has been applied are:

Pocket Slot and clones differs from the various Kissing Game clones only by the angle of the revolving pictures
Pacman is identical to the Marble Catch clones apart from the catcher but is counted as a different game.

A person who opted for a less strict criteria might consider that there are 74 designs instead of the 76 below.

Example Names			Example Names	Example Thumbnails
Tic-Tac-Score Pachinko Pinball	P	pu	Crossbow
Pocket Raceway Racing Game The Derby Grand Prix	Pt au	Pt	Golf
Cup Final Pocket Basketball Pocket Soccer	P	P	Blowpipe
Time's Up Turtle Tunnel Dragon Trap	Pt	P	Vampire
Rock 'n' Roll Turn 'n' Tilt	P	J	Yo Yo game
Basketball (2 player)	P		Motorbike game
Poker Casino	P Pt		See Saw game
Time Machine Election	P	J	Shogi
Pocket Slot Fruit Machine	Pt	an	Cactus Hop
Smurf Lookalike Kissing Game	P	jt	Spinning Tops
Rally	P	ju	Boxing
Las Vegas Dice Trap	P	J	Tennis
Big Match World Cup Pro Soccer	P P	ac	Pacman
Drop 'n' Catch Marble Catch Secret Passage	P	J	World Travel Game
Smurf Hat Trick Lucky Ball Feed the Frogs	P		Haunted House Ninja Totomaru
Flick 'n' Spin Pachinko	Pt	J	Cosmo Rally
Rebound Loop Shot	P	J	Cosmo Kong Fever
Bombard Shooting Gallery	P		Nine windows game
Angler Fishing Gone Fishin'	P	ju	Crystal Maze
Roll up Puzzlers	P	J	Baseball
Steeplechase Obstacle Course	P	au	Pocket Pinball Lucky Ball
Bi-Plane Battle Copter Fight Rat-A-Tat	P	J	Cracked Crab Space Shuttle	?
Letterbox Letter Loose	P	J	Target Range
Pass the puck Smurfball	P	A	Pocketmate
Pile Up Moto Cross	P		Solitaire
Gobble Clam's Casino	P	at	Chinese Checkers
Space Invader Space Invasion	P	A	Frog Fight
Splash Down Magnet Target Catch a Caterpillar	P	au	Sentence Nonsense
Big Hit Batting Practice	P	J	Flip Flop Faces Robot Factory
Tremor Amazing Maze	P	J	Fishing Fool Around Fishin'
Derby Day Horsing Around	P	J	Rack 'Em Up
Time Trap Pachinko	P	ac	Wheel of Fortune Spinner's Luck
Moonshot Maze Craze	P	J	Galaxian Star Shooter Burger Catch
Mutineer Pop Up Pirate	P	J	Bowling
Monkey Puzzle Seal Circus	P		Scooter Ball
Basketball (1 player) Clown Catcher	P	J	Golf Game
Stuntbike Space Shuttle	P	au	Baseball
Pitfall Touchdown	P	P	Cat 'n' Mouse Mouse House King Kong

Pocketeers

38P, 6Pt, 1pu, 1-

Designs

37P, 5Pt, 1pu = 43
15J, 2ju, 1jt = 18
2A, 2ac, 3au, 1at, 1an = 9
6-

Key

P:Pocketeer, J:Pocketmate, A: Tomy Pocket Game
t:tatty Pocketeer/Pocketmate box or incomplete/broken Tomy Pocket Game
u: unboxed
c: on card
n: not a Tomy game

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