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
Truth or Doubt become social problems as celebrities' scandals. Truth or Doubt Shosuke Tanihara is the presenter of this programme. Every time, there are four or five celebrities as game players. The players tell their own stories which are true, but sometimes there would be made-up stories. There are two types of game cards; one is blue-coloured "TRUE CARD (トゥルーカード)" and the other is red-coloured "DOUBT CARD (ダウトカード)." When the players tell true stories, they use "TRUE CARDs," and when they are not true, players use "DOUBT CARDs." For each confession, other players guess that the story is true or made-up. If they