1978 Parker Brothers Electronics Catalog

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Parker Brothers was already a household name for board games and in the 1970s, like a lot of other toy manufactureres, they were attempting to the name in the growing electronic game market.
Competition was fierce but Parker in 1979 had some memorable concepts like Merlin and Wild fire Pinball. While ROM: Spaceknight was a cool concept (and an even better comic book) it didn't get the sales it probably deserved. Click on the pages for a better view of the 1979 Parker Brothers Electronics Catalog.



















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[ScottA]

Man, who didn't have something by Parker Brothers. I always wondered how good Merlin was.

[MegoAddict]

Merlin was very cool

[UnderdogDJLSW]

I wanted a Merlin in a bad way, but I had a bunch of games already and the quota with any parent had been filled They had a demo at Sears that I must have played every time I went to shop with my mom. Rom and Stop Thief were high on my list of wants but never got, too.

[Monsterama2000]

I still have Merlin.

[toys2cool]

I had a bunch of parker brothers stuff

[Sowth]

I've always wondered aout Merlin too, I picked up a mint unused Toltoys one a while ago so should probably give it a flight :-)



Will

[Wee67]

Merlin really was an ingenious toy for its time.

Brian, how do you look through all these catalogs and not resist the urge to start collecting every piece you see?

[palitoy]

Brian, how do you look through all these catalogs and not resist the urge to start collecting every piece you see?

Dude, since I started the site all kinds of weird crap has been creeping in. Last night I got some Josie and the pussycats marchandise, I'm not exactly in a healthy place.

[knight errant00]

I loved ROM and Merlin!

Wait, that didn't come out quite right . . .

[jasonmego1277]

AWESOME, memories galore !