Milton Bradley "Milton" - German Version - Design Prototype Fidelity Phantom (1981)

Milton Bradley Company or Milton Bradley (MB) was an American board game manufacturer founded by Milton Bradley in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1860. In 1984, the company was purchased by Hasbro. MB merged with Parker Brothers in 1998 to form Hasbro Games. The two companies were used as brands of Hasbro. In 2009, the parent company's name was substituted on all the products and Milton Bradley brand disappeared.
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Milton Bradley "Milton" - German Version - Design Prototype Fidelity Phantom (1981)

Unread post by CHVL » Thu Oct 21, 2021 8:23 am

This computer cam from Netherlands. It was a gift from Hans Van Mierlo.

This particular model is intriguing for several reasons:
1) - the packaging box is from Milton Bradley
2) - "Phantom" on the central label of the computer. This central label was glued on another label with Milton written on it.
3) - on the left side, like for a Fidelity Phantom, there is a display, but located on the right border, while for the original Phantom, the display is on the left border. The "display" was only a picture and was printed on the left side of the label
4) - on the right side, the Fidelity logo is represented, when it should be the Milton Bradley logo
5) - the hardware inside the computer is similar to the Milton Bradley hardware, not the one of the Fidelity
I didn't find any documentation for these design modifications and who was doing them.


Milton Bradley packaging
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"Phantom" on the central label. Under it, a "Milton" label
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On the left side, like for a Fidelity Phantom, there is a display, but located on the right border, while for the original Phantom, the display is on the left border. The "display" is only a picture and is printed on the left side of the label.
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On the right side, the Fidelity logo is represented, when it should be the Milton Bradley logo
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Milton Bradley Milton
- 1981
- ELO rating: 1300
- microprocessor 6502A, 8 Bit, 2MHz
- RAM: 2KB
- ROM: 16KB
- program by Mark Taylor
- 12 levels of play
- Movements: pressure sensory for the recording, motorized magnet under the board
This computer is fully functional. It includes chessmen, manual and Plexiglas dust cover.
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