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, 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
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 ->)
