Radica Games Limited was an American company that produces electronic games, founded in 1983. It began by producing electronic

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games for

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s. In the late 1990s, it became known for its ''Bass Fishin'' line of games. On October 3, 2006,

Mattel, Inc. Mattel, Inc. ( ) is an American multinational toy manufacturing and entertainment company founded in January 1945 and headquartered in El Segundo, California. The company has presence in 35 countries and territories and sells products in more ...

() announced the completion of their acquisition of Radica. While Radica produced electronic handheld games based on casino or card games, it has branched out into toys, board games, and

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accessories.

Products

Product lines under Radica, past and present, include: *Stealth Assault - electronic motion sensor game where player tilts the device to fly a stealth plane shooting down jets *PlayTV - examples include PlayTV Football, Skateboarding, and Baseball *PlayTV Legends - formerly known as "Arcade Legends", the line includes plug-n-play systems featuring video games licensed from

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and

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, as well as ''

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'' *

Skannerz Skannerz is a series of electronic toys made by Radica Games that use barcode technology to create an interactive battle game. Radica brand barcodes have the additional feature of being able to act as a healing code in the first 2 iterations of th ...

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- electronic toy version

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- electronic toy featuring stick people as characters on black-and-white LCD screens, 2005 - 2008, each cube has contacts on top, bottom, and sides, 3 push buttons, and an internal motion sensor. Not to be confused with the game of the same name. **Series 1 Cube Types: 'Scoop' Orange, 'Slim' Purple, 'Whip' Yellow, 'Dodger' Red **Series 2 Cube Types: 'Mic' Pink, 'Hans' Light Blue, 'Handy' Dark Blue, 'Dusty' Light green (as pictured ->) **Series 3 Cube Types: 'Chief' Blue, 'Toner' Gray, 'Dash' Green, 'Sparky' Brown.Cube World Series 3 instruction manual
/ref> **Series 4 Cube Types: 'Slugger' Light Red, 'Kicks' Green, 'Slam' Orange, 'Grinder' Tan **Series 5 Cube Types (with mods): 'Dart' Purple, 'Hip Hop' Black, 'Splash' Blue, 'Sci-Fi' White **Series Jumbo Cube Types: 'Block Bash' Yellow-Orange, 'Global Getaway' Blue *

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- August 26, 2007 - 2010 *Talking Buzz Lightyear *Loopz * Nascar Racer, 1998 *I-Combat - a 3D game that is worn over the head *Big Screen Sudoku game *Blackjack 21 *Poker-Blackjack Lite *Solitare *Color Screen Uno - backlit color Uno card game

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* Toy companies of the United States Toy companies established in 1983 2006 mergers and acquisitions Former Mattel subsidiaries American companies established in 1983 {{US-manufacturing-company-stub

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