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When I was a kid (probably around '87 or so), my Uncle gave me a large handheld galaga clone game, which I am now trying to find again.  I will give as much detail as I can so hopefull you all can help me identify it.

First off, he worked at Sears for 20 years, so it is likely a sears brand, or at least sold there.  It was big, about 10-12 inches long and maybe 3-4 inches thick.  The shape was rectangular, with a large screen in the middle and controls on each end, so two players could play.  The screen itself was green on black, LED maybe, certainly not color.  The system was grey in colour, with ridges along the edges, and took maybe 6 D or C batteries. 

Its been bugging me for a while that I don't even know what this is called to be able to track it down.  I know its hard to visualize, so I will try to build a 3d render of it to give more detail. 

Thanks.

Here is roughly what it looked like.  It was a really quick pic to get the point across.  This thing is bigger than it looks in the pic, like 12 inches long by 5 wide and 3 deep maybe.

Look familiar to anybody?

http://www.rfgeneration.com/images/collections/Talen/Game%20Console%20Small.jpg

Edit:  Forgot to post the link....

Sorry, can't help you there. Cool 3D render though.  :P ;D

Thanks...it bugs me that I know it didn't look quite like that, but I haven't seen it in maybe 15 years, so my memory is a little fuzzy.

Thanks for the reply though.

This one?

http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Entex/Galaxian2.htm

Yeah, I am pretty sure that is it.  A little different than I thought (the ridges were on the side and more irregular), but I was pretty close I guess.

I am very impressed, did you recognize from the description/render, or did you research and find it?

Thanks a lot for the help by the way, now to find one in good shape to add to my collection...

That render gave me the impression it was early/mid 80's by design and the screen you mentioned sounded like a VFD, most games from that period used large batteries and had screens like that. Late 80's/90's were more streamlined using AA batteries and LCD screens. Also many people confuse Galaxian/Galaga but there aren't a whole lot of mainstream handhelds based on those two games either way.

I've used that site often and it's by far the best resource for handheld electronic games I've seen on the 'net. Glad I could help. :)

Thanks a lot for the help, thats been bugging me for a while.