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15 unusual facts about Milton Bradley


1984 Topps

Game maker Milton Bradley issued a set of 30 cards for its Championship Baseball game.

Digger T. Rock: Legend of the Lost City

Digger T. Rock: Legend of the Lost City is an NES game developed by Rare and released by Milton Bradley in December 1990.

Entex Select-A-Game

In this respect, it was very similar to the concept of Milton Bradley's Microvision system released a few years earlier.

Laser tag

Since its birth in 1979, with the release of the Star Trek Electronic Phasers toy manufactured by the South Bend Electronics brand of Milton Bradley, laser tag has evolved into both indoor and outdoor styles of play, and may include simulations of combat, role play-style games, or competitive sporting events including tactical configurations and precise game goals.

Micah Hoffpauir

He also played right field due to the absence of Milton Bradley, hitting his first home run of the season on April 21 at home against the Cincinnati Reds.

Password Plus and Super Password

Three editions of the Password Plus board game were made by Milton Bradley in the early 1980s.

Milton Bradley made an eight-track cartridge version of the game for its Omni Entertainment System.

Power Pad

Short Order, features gameplay similar to that of Atari's arcade game, Touch Me, and Milton Bradley's electronic memory game, Simon, where the player must build a hamburger in which the customer requests by remembering the order of ingredients that the customer puts out.

Reuben Klamer

Klamer did not approach Milton Bradley with intent of selling them his idea of a board game.

Reuben Klamer (born in Canton, Ohio) is an inventor of the classic Milton Bradley (currently owned by Hasbro) board game The Game Of Life.

Shrinky Dinks

In 1992, the California rock band Sugar Ray formed with the name "Shrinky Dinx", but later changed it upon threat of lawsuit from Milton Bradley.

Shrinky Dinks were soon licensed to be manufactured by the major toy companies of the time such as Milton Bradley, Colorforms, Western Publishing and Skyline Toys.

Tafl games

Around 1960, Milton Bradley published Swords and Shields, which was essentially Tablut as recorded by Linnaeus, but with the Swedes transformed into shields (with a king shield) and the Muscovites transformed into swords.

The Who, What, or Where Game

Milton Bradley produced two home editions of The Who, What, or Where Game.

Thunder Machine

The Thunder Machine is also featured in a puzzle image from Milton Bradley, with art by Dave Dorman.


D-Generation X: In Your House

D-Generation X: In Your House (also spelled as Degeneration X: In Your House) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and presented by Milton Bradley's Karate Fighters.

Gustaf Tenggren

From 1923 to 1939, Tenggren worked for the game company Milton Bradley; in 1936, he was hired by The Walt Disney Company, to work as a chief illustrator with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the popular feature-length movie originated in 1934 when Walt Disney decided to re-create the romantic fairy tale.