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Radica Games
IndustryVideo gaming
Founded1983; 41 years ago (1983)
Defunct2011; 13 years ago (2011)
FateAbsorbed into Mattel in 2010s
SuccessorMattel
HeadquartersHong Kong Edit this on Wikidata
Number of employees2500 (1998)
ParentMattel

Radica Games Limited was a Hong Kong company that produced electronic games, founded in 1983. It began by producing electronic souvenir games for casinos. In the late 1990s, it became known for its Bass Fishin line of games. On October 3, 2006, Mattel, Inc. 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 video game 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, Baseball and Golf
  • 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.
    • 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
  • Fijit Friends

See also

References

  1. ^ "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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