Radica Games
IndustryVideo gaming
Founded1983 (1983)
Defunct2011 (2011)
FateAbsorbed into Mattel in 2010s
SuccessorMattel
Headquarters
Hong Kong Edit this on Wikidata
Number of employees
2500[1] (1998)

Radica Games Limited was a Hong Kong[1] company that produced electronic games, founded in 1983. It began by producing electronic souvenir games for casinos.[2] In the late 1990s, it became known for its Bass Fishin line of games.[1] On October 3, 2006, Mattel, Inc. announced the completion of their acquisition of Radica.[3] While Radica produced electronic handheld games based on casino or card games, it has branched out into toys, board games, and video game accessories.[4]

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 Sega and Taito, as well as Tetris
  • Skannerz
  • 20Q - electronic toy version
    Cube World
  • Cube World - 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.[5]
    • 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
  • U.B. Funkeys - 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

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "About Us". Radica Games Ltd. Archived from the original on 5 December 1998. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  2. ↑ "Radica Games Limited". sciencemuseum.org.uk.
  3. ↑ "Mattel Inc.: Investor Relations". shareholder.com. 3 October 2006. Archived from the original on 17 October 2007. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  4. ↑ "Cube World toy by Radica: A fun interactive handheld game". www.fabcollectibles.com. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  5. ↑ Cube World Series 3 instruction manual
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