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Merlin is notable as one of the earliest and most popular handheld games, selling over 5 million units during its initial run, as well as one of the most long-lived, remaining popular throughout the 1980s. A version of the game was re-released in 2004 by the Milton Bradley Company.
Tiger Electronics Ltd. (also known as Tiger and Tiger Toys) is an American toy manufacturer best known for its handheld electronic games, the Furby, the Talkboy, Giga Pets, the 2-XL robot, [1] and audio games such as Brain Warp and the Brain Shift. When it was an independent company, Tiger Electronics Inc., its headquarters were in Vernon Hills ...
Dungeons & Dragons Computer Fantasy Game is a handheld electronic game released by Mattel in 1981. [1] Designer Peter Oliphant claims that it was one of the more basic projects he worked on during his career.
Hailing from Japan, these digital pets were all the craze in the ’90s. By enabling users to care for a virtual pet, the pocket-sized devices mimicked all the responsibilities of real pet ...
The Entex Select-a-game is a handheld game system released in 1981 by Entex Industries. Entex released six games for the device before they dropped support in 1982 in favor of the Entex Adventure Vision .
See lists of video games for related lists. Starting in the early 1980s, VTech launched a series of portable and table top games that made use of LCD, VFD and LED displays. [1] [2] [3] Some of VTech's games were distributed in the US by Palmtex under their name, like the Tri-Screen Time & Fun series.
Pocket Rockers was a brand of personal stereo produced by Fisher-Price in the late 1980s, aimed at elementary school-age children. [1] They played a proprietary variety of miniature cassette (appearing to be a smaller version of the 8-track tape) which was released only by Fisher-Price themselves. Designed to be as much of a fashion accessory ...
Some of the more well-known handheld games of the LCD era are the Game & Watch series by Nintendo and the games by Tiger Electronics, and many titles from other companies were also popular, especially conversions of arcade games. New games are still being made, but most are based on relatively simple card and board games.