This video was filmed in 2013 and never uploaded to this channel. Here is my Vintage 1978 Merlin Electronic game by Parker Brothers. Very cool that it still works after all these years. Thanks for watching!
I remember getting this as a Christmas gift when I was a child, and my sister got Simon. I was so happy that I got Merlin because it was so much fun! As soon as I heard you pressing the buttons, I smiled and said yes, that's what I remembered! So much nostalgia.
I got this one for Christmas too. Very nostalgic! I found a Simon game still in the box last year at an estate sale. It goes well with Merlin. Thanks for watching!
Loved Merlin. We had the best toys in the 70's. I watch all my family home movies & all the CHRISTmas toys I had. I sooo miss those days. The best yrs of my life.
I loved mine when I was a kid. I think of it often. The fact that yours still works speaks to the quality of things made back then. Thank you for making this video! Such great memories.
Does this ever bring back memories! I got one of these for my birthday in 1981. I think the you've-won-tic-tac-toe sound is forever imprinted on my memory.
I loved it so much as a kid in the 70-80s that I had to get the newer version. Even as an adult I love the 10th quest version. Great for engaging the brain and helping with hand/eye coordination.
I am sure some young people might think this game looks too simple/silly. But this was first generation pocket video games, something you could hide in your book bag and take to school to play when bored (on the bus, on break, etc.) I had the basketball game (I think it was Nintendo pocket video game). Since it made noise and I wanted to play in class, I attempted to see if I could open it up and rig it so I could plug in an ear piece. But I distinctly remember it had a proprietary fastener screw on the housing (it was triangle shaped head), so I was foiled (not like they had an internet you could order specialiity items/tools). . I mastered the pattern of the video game, within a short time period though, so that was the only negativce aspect of it.
I was born in 71! I was too young when I had it, but I do remember looking at it, trying to figure out what the heck it was. It just looked like a phone. Believe it or not, this is the first time I ever knew what it did! If I had known, I probably would've liked it! I think that it was a gift, It was nothing I had asked for.
Even before seeing it powered up, built in the 70's ment it would still work, things built back then have a tendency to work even after decades, unlike alot of today's stuff!~
I just found mine last wknd at my mother’s basement! Took it home but haven’t tested it out as of yet. Also picked up Simon, Blip, Connect Four, Sorry and Jack Straws. The seventies were a fun time to be a kid.
I bought a Merlin game back around the same time (78 or 79) and I loved playing with that thing. I enjoyed mine for years but don't know what happened to it, as I tended to move around a lot back then. I remember I bought it at a grocery store of all places, called Albertsons. They were open 24 hours and I remember paying around $40 for it, which was a rather tidy sum to spend on something like this - for me anyway. Yours still looks brand new. Great memories from back then!
Thanks for watching and for your comment Mike! I think every store had them at one time. I remember seeing them everywhere.You are right, $40 was a lot of money back in those days. It was one of the Christmas gifts from my parents that year.
My older brother brought 2 of these home to the UK from Germany in the early 80's I was totally absorbed by it. This video brought memories flooding back 👍
I loved playing this when I was a kid. My best friend had it. I always wanted one but we were really poor and couldn’t afford it. It’s nice to see one again. Brings back memories.
I totally forgot about this game, as many of my toys were lost due to unfortunate circumstances when I was young. There was no way I would have been able to conjure up these sounds alone. But there they are, I totally recall it now. It has been 45+ years since I had heard these sounds. Memory is quite fascinating. I would have pressed these buttons hundreds of times, which put it into a permanent memory bank, even though I have had no reason to access it for decades. Memory was never overwritten. But then what I had for lunch 2 months ago is forgotten unless it was something very special or different. Btw I found it's even more powerful running across a toy in real life I hadnt seen in decades.. Last year i found a Big Trak in a classic game shop and the guy got it out if the display cabinet and ran it for me. It was literally like being transported back in time to childhood. Thanks for posting this!
I know exactly what you're talking about. Memories we made in childhood are forever there. Especially sounds or music. Amazing. Seeing a Big Trak running again must have been really cool! I think I totally destroyed mine playing with it back in those days.
I love these old simple electronic games. I still have many of the originals and have purchased broken ones from ebay and fixed them. So simple a pleasure
Amazing. My sister got for xmas and remember playing together for hours. The bleeps are iconic. Think my favourite game was blackjack. Thanks for sharing.
I clearly remember these days having that cool artefact! It was a feeling of true magic in my hands. I played together with my mates in the elementary school... everybody wanted it!
I played this when I was 5 years old. I am 50. Jingle Bells was my favorite song to play. I watched your video with tears in my eyes and memories in my heart. Thank you for sharing this. ❤
I got this one for Christmas 1979. I seem to remember doing the same thing with mine. It is very similar to a telephone from those days. No problem, thanks for watching Steve!
WOW I forgot all about this game. Cool to see old stuff from when I was a kid. You see "Simon" games all over in different form factors all the time to this day.
Still have mine and works great. I am missing the battery cover, but otherwise still awesome retro game with great sound effects for the time it came out. (still kinda catchy)
What did I do with Merlin?!!! Wish I still had him - Geeze. And Mrs. Beasley, and Lite Brite, and Spirograph, and Rebound, and Master Mind, and Battleship, and Baby Alive, and EasyBakeOven…. What in the world did I do with them all??????
Very nice dtmf-phone 80s design; the interface is great, working only with red leds, blinking and solid, along with basic sound waves gives the toy a unique characteristic look and feel, nice demo 👍
I still own mine. Those were the days. You could play a game without being interrupted by notifications. You were completely alone with your entertainment.
I agree. Those were the days. I know what you are talking about. It seems I can't even enjoy a short tv show or movie without several interruptions. I miss the old days. Thanks for watching Del.
My favourite game ever, this brought back a ton of memories, the music one was one of the best, although I enjoyed them all, especially as you didn't have to stick to what was in the manual, although good, you could just make up an old stuff, very envious that you still have yours...
I agree, Music Machine was the best! I don't know how I managed to hang onto Merlin but I'm glad I did! Thanks for watching my video Sara, and for your great comment!
I had this......I'm 45 now, actually 45 and a half...lol... We played the hell out of this game years ago.... They made a preproduction of Merlin maybe about 15 years ago approx...
