Radica Games

"Radica" redirects here. For other uses, see Radica (disambiguation).

Radica Games

Industry	Video gaming
Founded	1983;42 years ago (1983)
Defunct	2011;14 years ago (2011)
Fate	Absorbed into Mattel in 2010s
Successor	Mattel
Headquarters	Hong Kong
Number of employees	2500 [1]  (1998)
Parent	Mattel

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
• 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
• Fijit Friends
• Word Scramble

See also

• Majesco Entertainment
• Jakks Pacific

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

External links

• Official website