Handheld electronic game by less bright dots). In 1978 the Milton Bradley Company entered the handheld market with Simon, a simple color-and-sound-matching game. Simon had no dedicated display, but featured four colored, lighted buttons; the original version was large enough to be used as a tabletop game or a handheld; later versions became increasingly smaller. The same year, Parker Brothers also released Merlin, a more sophisticated handheld which could play six different games using an array of 11 buttons with integrated LEDs. Despite their relative simplicity, each of these early games was highly successful. The initial success of Mattel and Parker Brothers' entries
Between the Buttons stuff." Jim DeRogatis included "Between the Buttons" in his 2003 list of the essential psychedelic rock albums. In a scene in Wes Anderson's 2001 film "The Royal Tenenbaums", the character Margot (Gwyneth Paltrow) plays "Between the Buttons" on a record player. She cues up the track "She Smiled Sweetly," which is followed by "Ruby Tuesday." ("Ruby Tuesday" appears on the US release of the album, though it does not follow "She Smiled Sweetly" in the track order.) In the US, the album was released by London Records on 11 February 1967 (mono, LL 3499; stereo, PS 499). "Let's Spend the