Milton+Bradley

an American [|board game] company established by [|Milton Bradley] in [|Springfield, Massachusetts], with the [|The Checkered Game of Life] in 1860, America's first popular [|parlour game].
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Between 1969 and 1975, MB developed the [|Milton Bradley Playmate], a first prototype of a robotic toy which never saw an official release, but it served as the inspiration for future Milton Bradley products. || toc =Phantom= In 1981, MB contacted David Levy of Intelligent Software asking for advice, and after a meeting introducing their [|X-Y plotter] type, [|electromagnetic] sensory board, moving its own [|magnetic] pieces, started a cooperation with Intelligent Software on the development of a dedicated chess computer, yielding in the release of the Milton Bradley Phantom in early 1983.
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=Hasbro= Milton Bradley was taken over by [|Hasbro, Inc.], in 1984, discontinuing the chess computer market. Now wholly owned by Hasbro, it is still retained as one of Hasbro's brands, similar to the manner in which [|Parker Brothers] is one of Hasbro's brands. Still in the 80's, Fidelity Electronics bought the rights on the Phantom and released a follow up model with a program by Dan and Kathe Spracklen, the Fidelity Phantom.

=External Links= > [|Patents] from [|Chess Computer UK] by Mike Watters
 * [|Milton Bradley from Wikipedia]
 * [|Milton Bradley Company from Wikipedia]
 * [|List of Milton Bradley Company products - Wikipedia]
 * [|Category: Milton Bradley games from Wikipedia]
 * [|Milton Bradley Playmate from Wikipedia]
 * [|Milton Bradley Phantom] from [|Chess Computer UK] by Mike Watters
 * [|Board Game Urban Legends Revealed #1]
 * [|Board Game Urban Legends Revealed #3]
 * [|How Did Abe Lincoln Growing a Beard Kick Start Milton Bradley’s Gaming Career?]

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