Toys of the Seventies, Merlin
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A plastic red electronic toy. It had a keypad and you could - ahem - match wits with the microprocessor in a game of Tic Tac Toe. There were other games you could play as well but describing them would be too lengthy.
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I REMEMBER SANTA GOT ME ONE WHEN I WAS ABOUT 6 YEARS OLD. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO MINE, BUT I LOVED IT!
I loved my Merlin! I got it for Christmas in the late 70's and played it for hours. There was Tic Tac Toe but also a "snake" type game and others. I got another hand held electronic game the following year but I can't remember it's name. It had "more advanced" features. lol
I have one with the original instructions if anybody is interested. ybolin@triad.rr.com
Left it on our tailgate and it died an ugly death.
i got this for christmas i think in 79 or so. I loved this game so much, I killed the batteries within a few hours on christmas day. man i wish i had one right now.
I got this toy for christmas in 1979,from my uncle.I really enjoyed this game,my dad died 3 months earlier,so my uncle and his daughter wanted to get me something,it was special,wish i still had it.
I got one for christmas I played it for hours and a so called friend stoled it from me. does anybody know where i can buy one-
Where's Merlin now?, where did he go? Janie's got it playing tic tac toe...
I had this game too back in the 70s; and I remember it had 4 games : Tic-Tac-Toe, Magic Square, Music (yes, you could play music on the Merlin, and some other game (I can't remember it's name)..It ran on 4 "Double-A" batteries that you put in the back ( you had to open up and take off the flat lid compartment)..The funny thing about it though, was that the game resembled a big-red telephone receiver. Mine got thrown in the trash after the battery compartment had a small hole in it (sad)..But it was a great game to play! ^_^
i had one. i also got the ac adapter for it so that i could plug it in and not use up batteries. i liked playing it.
I Still Have Mine I Got For Christmas One year Year!
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