https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/767ad8d7-17b7-4b81-80fe-fe19ecc05bfe 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. http://www.theelectronicwizard.com/ Using the Merlin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZV-cgWU6jE Nice history of the Merlin development: https://www.xconomy.com/national/2014/02/28/bob-doyle-and-the-magic-of-merlin-the-first-mobile-game/ Forum: http://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1111-worlds-first-microcontroller-electronic-game/ EEVblog Main Web Site: http://www.eevblog.com The 2nd EEVblog Channel: http://www.youtube.com/EEVblog2 Support the EEVblog through Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/eevblog Stuff I recommend: https://kit.com/EEVblog/ Donate With Bitcoin & Other Crypto Currencies! https://www.eevblog.com/crypto-currency/ T-Shirts: http://teespring.com/stores/eevblog Likecoin – Coins for Likes: https://likecoin.pro/@eevblog/dil9/hcq3 💗 Likecoin – Coins for Likes: https://likecoin.pro/@eevblog/dil9/hcq3 Sat, 02 May 2026 23:29:13 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://stream.echo6.co https://stream.echo6.co/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/767ad8d7-17b7-4b81-80fe-fe19ecc05bfe All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://stream.echo6.co/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.