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- Merlin_(game) abstract "Merlin (sometimes known as Merlin, the Electronic Wizard) was a handheld electronic game first made by Parker Brothers in 1978. The game was invented by former NASA employee Bob Doyle, his wife Holly, and brother-in-law Wendl Thomis. 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 has been recently re-released by the Milton Bradley Company.Merlin took the form of a rectangular device about eight inches long and three inches wide. The play area of the game consisted of a matrix of eleven buttons; each button contained a red LED. The array was encased in a red plastic housing, bearing a slight resemblance to an overgrown touch-tone telephone. Four game-selection and control buttons were also placed at the bottom of the unit; a speaker took up the top section. Supporting electronics (including a simple microprocessor) were contained within the shell of the game. Parker Brothers later released Master Merlin with more games, and the rarer Split Second, where all games involve time with a more advanced display, sporting line segments around the dots. Both of these share the same general case shape, and came out a few years after Merlin.Merlin's simple array of buttons and lights supported play of six different games, some of which could be played against the computer or against another person. Here is the list of games that could be selected:Tic Tac ToeMusic MachineEcho, a game similar to SimonBlackjack 13Magic Square, a pattern game similar to Lights OutMindbender, a game similar to MastermindThe Music Machine game functioned as a musical instrument; in this mode each key was assigned a musical note, and sequences of notes could be recorded and played back. This made Merlin one of the earliest digital sequencers as well as an early consumer-level electronic synthesizer.In 1978 Merlin appeared with Milton Bradley's Simon on the cover of the Christmas issue of Newsweek and the October issue of Boston.The Toy Manufacturers of America named Merlin the best selling Toy and Game Item (SKU) in America in 1980 (2.2 million sold).File:Gold Merlin from TMA.jpg".
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- Merlin_(game) wikiPageWikiLink Category:1970s_toys.
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- Merlin_(game) wikiPageWikiLink Concentration_(game).
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- Merlin_(game) wikiPageWikiLink Lights_Out_(game).
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- Merlin_(game) wikiPageWikiLink NASA.
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- Merlin_(game) subject Category:1970s_toys.
- Merlin_(game) subject Category:1978_introductions.
- Merlin_(game) subject Category:1980s_toys.
- Merlin_(game) subject Category:Audio_games.
- Merlin_(game) subject Category:Handheld_electronic_games.
- Merlin_(game) subject Category:Milton_Bradley_Company_games.
- Merlin_(game) subject Category:Parker_Brothers_games.
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- Merlin_(game) comment "Merlin (sometimes known as Merlin, the Electronic Wizard) was a handheld electronic game first made by Parker Brothers in 1978. The game was invented by former NASA employee Bob Doyle, his wife Holly, and brother-in-law Wendl Thomis. 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.".
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