History of the board game Monopoly "Advance to Boardwalk" from 1985. There have been six card games: "Water Works" from 1972, "Free Parking" from 1988, "Express Monopoly" from 1993, "" from 1999, "Monopoly Deal" from 2008 and "Monopoly Millionaire Deal" from 2012. Finally, there have been two dice games: "Don't Go to Jail" from 1991 and an update, "Monopoly Express", (2006–2007). A second product line of games and licenses exists in "Monopoly Junior", first published in 1990. In the late 1980s, official editions of "Monopoly" appeared for the Sega Master System and the Commodore 64 and Commodore 128. A television game show, produced by King World
History of the board game Monopoly why Parker rejected Monopoly, but this has more recently been proven to be part of the Parker-invented "creation myth" surrounding the game. In early 1935, however, the company heard about the game's excellent sales during the Christmas season of 1934 in Philadelphia and at F.A.O. Schwarz in New York City. Robert Barton, President of Parker Brothers, contacted Darrow and scheduled a new meeting in New York City. On March 18, Parker Brothers bought Darrow's game, helped him take out a patent on it, and purchased his remaining inventory. By April, 1935, the company had learned that Darrow was not the