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
Lost Treasure (board game) beginning of each game, assigning treasure locations at random. It emits a variety of chip music sounds to signal events during game play. The device has two sets of indicators and three sets of buttons: The first player to earn $1,000,000 in "Lost Treasure" is the winner. Money is earned by selling treasure in one of the 8 ports on the board. The Dive Control randomly assigns treasure locations when it is powered on. Treasure cannot be located on land, but it can be located in a port. Gameplay proceeds by guessing the location of a gold or silver treasure