Radica Games
{{Short description|Hong Kong games company, 1983 to 2011}}
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{{Use Hong Kong English|date=March 2025}}
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| name = Radica Games
| logo = Radica-Logo.jpg
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| industry = Video gaming
| fate = Absorbed into Mattel in 2010s
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| successor = Mattel
| founded = {{Start date and age|1983}}
| defunct = {{Start date and age|2011}}
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| num_employees_year = 1998
| parent = Mattel
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Radica Games Limited was a Hong Kong{{cite web |title=About Us |url=http://www.radicagames.com/html/about_us.html |publisher=Radica Games Ltd. |access-date=21 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19981205100938/http://www.radicagames.com/html/about_us.html |archive-date=5 December 1998 |url-status=dead}} company that produced electronic games, founded in 1983. It began by producing electronic souvenir games for casinos.{{Cite web|url=http://collection.sciencemuseum.org.uk/people/cp134426/radica-games-limited|title=Radica Games Limited|website=sciencemuseum.org.uk}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://shareholder.com/mattel/news/20061003-213209.cfm |title=Mattel Inc.: Investor Relations |website=shareholder.com|access-date=21 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017133534/http://shareholder.com/mattel/news/20061003-213209.cfm |archive-date=17 October 2007 |date=3 October 2006}} While Radica produced electronic handheld games based on casino or card games, it has branched out into toys, board games, and video game accessories.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fabcollectibles.com/toys/handhelds/radica-cube-world.html|title=Cube World toy by Radica: A fun interactive handheld game|website=www.fabcollectibles.com|language=en-US|access-date=2022-04-01}}
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 File:Cube World.jpg
- 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.[http://service.mattel.com/instruction_sheets/i6063.pdf Cube World Series 3 instruction manual]
- 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
References
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External links
- {{Official|https://web.archive.org/web/19981111190322/http://radicagames.com/}}
Category:Toy companies of Hong Kong
Category:Toy companies established in 1983
Category:2006 mergers and acquisitions
Category:Former Mattel subsidiaries
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