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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 ...
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.
The initial model was introduced in 1982 as the FD-210 (FD-200 in Japan), which had a black & white five-centimeter (2") Cathode-ray tube display.The device weighed around 650 grams (23 oz), with a measurement of 87 x 198 x 33 millimeters (3½" x 7¾" x 1¼").
Realistic was a private label consumer electronics brand produced by RadioShack. Initially only a home audio equipment brand, its product line expanded to include CB radios, walkie-talkies, and video camcorders by the 1980s. The brand was discontinued in 1994, but revived for a short time in 2016 for use on Bluetooth devices sold by the chain.
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 ...
The Microvision (aka Milton Bradley Microvision or MB Microvision) is the first handheld game console that used interchangeable cartridges [1] [2] and in that sense is reprogrammable. [3] It was released by the Milton Bradley Company in November 1979 [ 4 ] for a retail price of $49.99, [ 5 ] [ 6 ] equivalent to $212.00 in 2023.
Greyhound Electronics, Inc. (GEI; sometimes spelled as Grayhound Electronics), was an American manufacturer of traditional and electronic amusement games based in Toms River, New Jersey. The company flourished in the 1980s and 1990s as a manufacturer and seller of arcade games , skill cranes and background music players, as well as various ...
Was the best-selling handheld console until 2010 when it was surpassed by the Nintendo DS. [11] 1989 [1] 118,690,000 [12] [1] Atari Lynx: First handheld electronic game with a color LCD, [3] 3.5-inch screen. [1] Plays ROM cartridges [13] Hardware revision smaller Atari Lynx II released in 1991. [3] Less than 100 games released. [13] Considered ...