EEVblog #1111 – World’s First Microcontroller & Electronic Game




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Summary: A look at one of the world’s first handheld electronics games, the classic 1978 Parker Brother game Merlin The Electronic Wizard. It just so happens to use the world’s first microcontroller, the 4 bit Texas Instruments TMS1000 Some history and a teardown. Nice history of the Merlin development Forum HERE Using the Merlin PART2