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Patentmania: The Golden Age of Electronic Games

The first era of computerized fun was crude, clunky...and unforgettable.

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Texas Instruments Electronic Game Patent

Electronic Learning Game or Aid Having Synthesized Speech

Filed August 29th, 1980

Texas Instruments’ ingenious, admirable, iconic Speak & Spell. Wouldn’t kids like this gadget pretty much exactly in its original form if it were still available?

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